Two firefighters were wounded by gunfire, one of them fatally as they responded to a routine welfare check in Temple Hills, Maryland on Friday (April 15), officials said.
One of the responding firefighters received multiple gunshot wounds and was flown to a trauma center where they later died.
"The firefighters and police officers were there to lend aid. The resident in the home was non-responsive, so a decision as made to gain entry to the home and check on that person's welfare. As that was unfolding, the individual inside the home fired a number of rounds, striking two Prince George's County firefighters and the concerned individual who had led public safety to that address during the course of the evening," Prince George's County Police Chief Hank Stawinski said.
Temple Hills is a suburb of Washington D.C.
