Shooting at senior home in Long Beach kills firefighter
LONG BEACH — A resident of a retirement home opened fire on firefighters responding to a report of an explosion in the building Monday, killing a veteran fire captain and wounding a second firefighter and another person, officials said.
The shooting happened after firefighters responded to an alarm shortly before 4 a.m. at the 11-story retirement facility in Long Beach and found some windows blown out, the smell of gas and a fire that they extinguished, authorities said.
Firefighters were searching the building when shots were fired and the two firefighters were hit, Fire Chief Michael DuRee said.
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