Two firefighters are dead, two more wounded in ambush

Two firefighters are dead, two more wounded and a police officer was hit by shrapnel by a convicted double murder with a gun.

Gunman ambushes, kills two firefighters at New York blaze
By Catherine E. Shoichet and Chuck Johnston
CNN
December 24, 2012

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
NEW: Two firefighters were killed and two were injured before the gunman shot himself, police said
NEW: Police: The suspect had been convicted of killing his grandmother, and his sister may be missing
NEW: Seven houses were destroyed in what police described as an "inferno"

"It does appear that it was a trap that was set," the police chief said (CNN) -- A man convicted of killing his grandmother decades ago allegedly ambushed firefighters on Monday, fatally shooting two of them as they arrived to battle a blaze in upstate New York, police said.

Two other firefighters were wounded in the attack in the Rochester-area town of Webster. Investigators believe the suspect, (the shooter), 62, deliberately lured them to a house fire, Webster Police Chief Gerald Pickering said.

Police: Gunman set trap for firefighters

Authorities do not know how (the shooter) who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene, obtained the weapon he used in Monday's shooting or why he opened fire, Pickering told reporters.
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