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WEBSTER, N.Y. -- Authorities say four firefighters were shot, two of them killed while responding to a house fire in western New York.
Officials in the town of Webster tell local media outlets that someone shot at firefighters around 6 a.m. Monday when they arrived at the scene of the blaze just east of Rochester.
Two responding firefighters are being treated for gunshot wounds. Two other firefighters were killed in the hail of bullets.
The dead are Lt. Mike Chiapperini, 43, a volunteer firefighter and Webster Police Departments public information officer, and firefighter Tomasz Kaczowka.
Webster Police Chief Gerald Pickering told reporters that the shooter was killed by a gunshot. It's unclear whether the shot was self-inflicted.
Pickering said the firefighters were shot at when they pulled up to a house in the 100 block of Lake Road. One firefighter was able to flee the scene, while the other three were "pinned down at the location." A SWAT team responded, rescued the firefighter who was alive and then engaged the suspect.
The crime scene is still active. No more details on the shootout are available.
4 Firefighters Shot, 2 Killed At Webster, New York Fire Scene; Shooter Dead (UPDATE)
Officials in the town of Webster tell local media outlets that someone shot at firefighters around 6 a.m. Monday when they arrived at the scene of the blaze just east of Rochester.
Two responding firefighters are being treated for gunshot wounds. Two other firefighters were killed in the hail of bullets.
The dead are Lt. Mike Chiapperini, 43, a volunteer firefighter and Webster Police Departments public information officer, and firefighter Tomasz Kaczowka.
Webster Police Chief Gerald Pickering told reporters that the shooter was killed by a gunshot. It's unclear whether the shot was self-inflicted.
Pickering said the firefighters were shot at when they pulled up to a house in the 100 block of Lake Road. One firefighter was able to flee the scene, while the other three were "pinned down at the location." A SWAT team responded, rescued the firefighter who was alive and then engaged the suspect.
The crime scene is still active. No more details on the shootout are available.
4 Firefighters Shot, 2 Killed At Webster, New York Fire Scene; Shooter Dead (UPDATE)