LODD: 3 ff's shot, 1 killed, near St. Louis, Missouri
danny burstein
Mayor: Firefighter Dies in Maplewood Shooting
Posted By: Diane Abernathy Date last updated: 7/21/2008 11:00:25 AM
Maplewood, Mo. - The Mayor of Maplewood said a firefighter has died and two
injured police officers were expected to survive after they were shot at the
scene of a car fire in Maplewood, eight miles west of St. Louis.
Photo Gallery: Shooting and Car Fire in Maplewood
Eric Clark from St. Mary's Hospital in Richmond Heights confirmed an injured
police officer was treated for a gunshot wound to the shoulder in the emergency
room. Clark would did not release the officer's agency affiliation.
Three emergency workers were shot, in a suburb eight miles west of St. Louis,
according to Tracy Panus, a spokesperson for the St. Louis County Police
Department.
Maplewood and St. Louis County firefighters responded to a report of a car fire
in the driveway of a home on Zephyr, off of Big Bend in Maplewood around 5:30
a.m.
While at the scene, NewsChannel 5 crews heard shots fired and a home across the
street from the burning car also caught on fire.
St. Louis County police have not released the exact sequence of events.
The tactical unit and bomb squad from the St. Louis County police department
took control of the scene at 8:30 a.m and surrounded the burning home.
Linda Mattus, who lives nearby told NewsChannel 5, police came to her door and
told her a police officer had been shot and she needed to evacuate her home.
Mattus said she was told it could be hours until she is let back in her home.
Lamira Martin who lives across the street from the burning home, said members
of the tactical unit were in her front yard and she would hear them telling
someone to come out of the home.
Big Bend was closed from Manchester to Dale. There is no word on when the
street will reopen.
NewsChannel 5 has crews at the scene. Stay with NewsChannel 5 and KSDK.com for
more on this developing story.
KSDK
http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=150408&catid=3
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