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pinboy3niner

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32. "Monroe County Sheriff's Deputies say that the shooter was found dead near the scene"

Reply to Earth_First (Original post)

Mon Dec 24, 2012, 01:17 PM

Dec 2012

One of the firefighters that was killed was Lt. Mike Chiapperini, a Webster Police Department lieutenant, who was off-duty and was responding as a volunteer firefighter One of the firefighters injured was an off-duty Greece Police Officer, John Ritter.

33 residents in the area were evacuated from their homes.

Four homes were engulfed in flames and destroyed. Four other homes were damaged.

Monroe County Sheriff's Deputies say that the shooter was found dead near the scene. They did recover a weapon. They believe the shooter acted alone.

http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S2876697.shtml?cat=565

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Firefighters shot at scene of Webster (NY) fire; 2 injured, 2 deceased... [View all] Earth_First Dec 2012 OP

WTF etherealtruth Dec 2012 #1

So are we going to start arming firefighters...? Earth_First Dec 2012 #2

Shooting at firemen is nothing new: Remmah2 Dec 2012 #4

While both do H2O Man Dec 2012 #16

Oooohhh. Well in that case, lets continue to do nothing about it. AllyCat Dec 2012 #18

WAKE UP AMERICA! Whovian Dec 2012 #3

It's a sad statement of where our society has gone. Remmah2 Dec 2012 #5

Photographs + Livestream link: Earth_First Dec 2012 #6

What's the excuse this time? TheCowsCameHome Dec 2012 #7

My son lives about a half mile from there. Not Me Dec 2012 #8

Yes, a quite wealthy demographic in this area... Earth_First Dec 2012 #9

"Cooked off" ammunition? Barack_America Dec 2012 #10

No. Robb Dec 2012 #23

They just reported that 4 firefighters were shot and 2 are dead! Cooley Hurd Dec 2012 #11

So sad... Earth_First Dec 2012 #12

First responders... murdered by gunfire... on fucking Christmas Eve... Cooley Hurd Dec 2012 #13

D&C says 3 houses ablaze now... Cooley Hurd Dec 2012 #14

Sounds like the fire was the deliberate lure. WinkyDink Dec 2012 #15

I understand that this vol. department is the same firehouse that responded to a tragic arson Earth_First Dec 2012 #17

You mean they aren't union thugs? They are unpaid volunteers? AllyCat Dec 2012 #19

A few dead kids, a few dead firefighters... Robb Dec 2012 #20

Is it confirmed that some asshole shot them? TheMightyFavog Dec 2012 #21

See 23, above. Robb Dec 2012 #24

Ammunition cooking off is not particularly dangerous. tradecenter Dec 2012 #25

Local media 10 NBC reporting a gunman has been 'located' Earth_First Dec 2012 #22

Cue the gun apologists in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1. Merry Fucking coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #26

You know, I really think this thread needs to be kept at the top of GD all fucking coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #27

The same thing could have happened with baseball bats boomer55 Dec 2012 #28

BULLSHIT go away we can do it Dec 2012 #30

Uh. Dude don't you pay attention? It was snark at boomer55 Dec 2012 #35

The Lieutenant shot and killed this morning was a 20-year veteran of the Webster Police/Fire Earth_First Dec 2012 #29

CBS tweet: shooter "eliminated" ananda Dec 2012 #31

"Monroe County Sheriff's Deputies say that the shooter was found dead near the scene" pinboy3niner Dec 2012 #32

I have one question. ananda Dec 2012 #34

Because they qualify for "middle class" tax cuts on incomes under a million? Comrade Grumpy Dec 2012 #36

Oh no. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #33

i just moved to Irondequoit, right near Webster BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2012 #37