A 57-year-old man faces misdemeanor charges after he struck a Huntington firefighter as he was being pulled from a fire at an abandoned house Tuesday in the 400 block of 8th Avenue, according to criminal complaints from Cabell County Magistrate Court.
Terry Ray Elswick Sr., of Huntington, is charged with battery on a governmental representative and public intoxication.
Firefighters responded to the house around 8 p.m. Tuesday. Although abandoned with the front door boarded up, four people were found inside, according to a social media post by IAFF Local 289.
Having been forced to kick open the front door, firefighters made their way inside and found Elswick unresponsive on the ground. As he was dragged from danger, Elswick, who appeared intoxicated, awoke and struck a firefighter, complaints state.
