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One firefighter dies after Prince George’s County shooting
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Date: April 16, 2016 10:54AM
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One firefighter has died after three people were shot in Prince George’s County on Friday night.
Firefighter and paramedic John Ulmschneider died from his injuries at a local hospital.
The other firefighter, 19-year-old Kevin Swain, was flown to the shock trauma center in Baltimore, where he went into surgery. The third individual suffered from minor injuries.
Prince George’s County Police Chief Hank Stawinski says that crews were responding to an emergency call at a home on Sharon Road in Temple Hills at around 7:30 p.m.
Stawinski says the call was a “welfare check” call, meaning that a concerned family member asked for crews to check in on the house resident. When crews arrived, the resident did not respond. The firefighters made the decision to enter the home, at which point the resident opened fire. The third shooting victim is believed to be the person who made the call. The shooter is now in police custody.
37-year-old Ulmschneider was a 13-year veteran of the Prince George’s County Fire Department. He was also a husband and a father to a two-year-old, according to Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker. Kevin Swain is a volunteer firefighter for Morningside, Md.
A press release Saturday indicates that Swain is a member of the Sykesville-Freedom District and Morningside Volunteer Fire Departments. Swain, who is from Sykesville, was surrounded by members of the firefighting community as he was taken into surgery Friday.
The shooting comes less than a month after a Prince George’s County Police officer was killed during an unprovoked attack on a district police station in Landover, Md.
This is a developing story. Stay with Fox News as more information is made available.
Here is a map detailing the location of the shooting.
One firefighter has died after three people were shot in Prince George’s County on Friday night.
Firefighter and paramedic John Ulmschneider died from his injuries at a local hospital.
The other firefighter, 19-year-old Kevin Swain, was flown to the shock trauma center in Baltimore, where he went into surgery. The third individual suffered from minor injuries.
Prince George’s County Police Chief Hank Stawinski says that crews were responding to an emergency call at a home on Sharon Road in Temple Hills at around 7:30 p.m.
Stawinski says the call was a “welfare check” call, meaning that a concerned family member asked for crews to check in on the house resident. When crews arrived, the resident did not respond. The firefighters made the decision to enter the home, at which point the resident opened fire. The third shooting victim is believed to be the person who made the call. The shooter is now in police custody.
37-year-old Ulmschneider was a 13-year veteran of the Prince George’s County Fire Department. He was also a husband and a father to a two-year-old, according to Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker. Kevin Swain is a volunteer firefighter for Morningside, Md.
A press release Saturday indicates that Swain is a member of the Sykesville-Freedom District and Morningside Volunteer Fire Departments. Swain, who is from Sykesville, was surrounded by members of the firefighting community as he was taken into surgery Friday.
The shooting comes less than a month after a Prince George’s County Police officer was killed during an unprovoked attack on a district police station in Landover, Md.
This is a developing story. Stay with Fox News as more information is made available.
Here is a map detailing the location of the shooting.
Re: One firefighter dies after Prince George’s County shooting
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Date: April 16, 2016 10:57AM
>Touching image: PGFD fire trucks pulled over all along the Beltway to salute their fallen fire fighter.