Man Shoots at N.Y. Firefighters Called to Fire

Firefighters were shot at while responding to a house fire in LeRoy Tuesday morning.

A man shot at firefighters when the first crew arrived around 4 a.m., according to local television station WHEC. 

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None of the responders were injured and they retreated from the scene. 

Officials say the man set fire to his home, then went to his neighbor's home where he killed a 68-year-old man.

It is believed that the gunman wanted police officers to shoot him, Sheriff Patrick O'Flynn said.

Officials have declared the scene a fire and homicide investigation and said the gunman is in custody.

This incident is located 40 miles southwest of West Webster, N.Y., where a gunman shot and killed two firefighters on Christmas Eve in 2012.