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Monday, July 21, 2008
LODD: Firefighter Killed, Two Police Officers Wounded
21 July 2008 - 13:00 CDT
Neighbors Say Fire Destroys Maplewood Home
LODD:
Firefighter Killed, Two Police Officers Wounded
Maplewood, Mo. -- A home where St. Louis County police believe a
shooting suspect has been hiding out has been destroyed by a fire,
according to neighbors.
Tracy Panus, a spokesperson for the St. Louis County Police Department, said officials did not know the status of the suspect as the home burned on Zephyr, off of Big Bend in Maplewood, eight miles west of St. Louis.
Black smoke could be seen rising above a tree line where a home was burning at 10:30 a.m.
Lamira Martin, who lives across the street from the home, said live on NewsChannel 5 that the home was an "inferno" and that she heard possible explosions around 10:30 a.m.
NewsChannel 5 crews saw an armored vehicle from the St. Louis County tactical unit heading towards the home, and then they spotted black smoke.
Media crews were kept away from the scene and television helicopters were not allowed to fly in the area.
The Maplewood Fire Department said Ryan Hummert, 22, a paramedic and firefighter was shot and killed after he got out of his fire truck at the scene of the car fire, across the street from the burning home around 5:40 a.m.
Hummert started working for the department in August 2007. He was a 2004 graduate of Rockwood Summit High School and was the son of former Maplewood Mayor Andy Hummert and his mother, Jackie Hummert.
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.
The Mayor of Maplewood said a second police officer was injured in the shooting and was being treated at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
Panus said the initial call came out as a car fire to the Maplewood Fire Department around 5:40 a.m....
Story continues at: http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=150408&catid=40
Edited on: Monday, July 21, 2008 13:29.33
Categories: Emergency Services