SHOTS FIRE AT 2 DIFFERENT FIRE/EMS DEPARTMENTS: WI & CO.
WISCONSIN:
Earlier yesterday, an ambulance from the South Shore Fire Department in Mount Pleasant, WI was struck by a projectile while transporting a patient, shattering the passenger side window of the patient compartment. Fortunately, neither the patient nor the attending paramedic were injured. The Mount Pleasant Police Department is investigating.
COLORADO:
A man faces multiple charges after he opened fire at an ambulance responding to an Aurora house fire on Friday afternoon. At 1520 Friday, the Aurora FD responded to a house fire on S. Kittredge Street. As the fire department responded, they received reports that a man ran out of the house that was on fire, and was holding a gun w/a report of shots fired. While Firefighters worked to extinguish the fire, a Falck Rocky Mountain ambulance arrived. The armed man immediately fired and hit the front windshield. The bullet changed trajectory and did not strike any of the three medics inside. Police arrived at the scene and located the armed man. Following a brief standoff, he was taken into custody. He has been arrested for arson and two counts of attempted murder.
