Two firefighters dead after being shot while responding to house fire

[Thor]

wtf

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/24...-with-gunfire/

[Updated at 9:48 a.m. ET] Two firefighters were killed when one or more shooters opened fire at the scene of house fire in upstate New York on Monday, police said.

[Posted at 8:39 a.m. ET] Firefighters who responded to a fire in Webster, New York, were shot at as they tried to put out flames that tore through a home, the town's fire marshal told CNN.

[ricoFlame]

wow, that's just awful. doing your job on Christmas eve...brutal.

[Puppet Guy]

...so will the NRA move for armed guards on every fire truck now?

[Coach]

Shot by people thinking they were breaking an entering perhaps? I just don't see why ANYone would shoot a firefighter, even gangs or something like that. Just makes no sense.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Shot by people thinking they were breaking an entering perhaps? I just don't see why ANYone would shoot a firefighter, even gangs or something like that. Just makes no sense.

If the fire goes out too soon, less evidence destroyed OR "I want to kill someone. I think I'll start a fire, pick a high spot to watch and then pick off the firefighters as they come in."

Those are my completely uneducated theories.

[worth]

I may be out to lunch on this, but I remember hearing there are a few places in the US that if there is a fire or medical emergency, they will not respond unless police are present. I doubt this town is one of those places, but for some reason I remember hearing that it can be very dangerous for first responders in certain places.

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Shot by people thinking they were breaking an entering perhaps? I just don't see why ANYone would shoot a firefighter, even gangs or something like that. Just makes no sense.

Or the shooter set the fire to lure first responders to the scene so he could shoot them down.

Cowperson

[DuffMan]

Maybe someone got a new gun for xmas and wanted to try it out.

[Rathji]

Probably training for the expected volunteer openings at local schools.

[Northendzone]

Good grief, what is wrong with some people's children.

[bluck]

The NRA is going to come out and say something stupid such as the firefighters should be carrying handguns when responding to domestic situations

[undercoverbrother]

Broken America

[DuffMan]

Originally Posted by worth

I may be out to lunch on this, but I remember hearing there are a few places in the US that if there is a fire or medical emergency, they will not respond unless police are present. I doubt this town is one of those places, but for some reason I remember hearing that it can be very dangerous for first responders in certain places.

Sounds like a war zone, what a craphole.

[Cowperson]

CNN saying the shooter set a trap, shot four firefighters and then killed himself.

Cowperson

[bluck]

God Bless America.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by duffman

sounds like america, what a craphole.

fyp

[rubecube]

This would never have happened if the firemen had their concel and carry permits. This was a gun free zone. Firearm bans only protect criminals.

*BLARGNRAVOMIT* *BLARG*

[schteve_d]

That is so effed up.

[FlameOn]

Wtf. Horrible thing to happen right before Christmas for all of these firefighters and their families. Who the heck hoses firefighters though especially ones just doing their jobs.

[DuffMan]

I'll take a wild guess and say the shooter used and AR type gun.