Chicago FFs Encounter Gunfire on Call

Nov. 1, 2018
A person who was possibly a juvenile was arrested Thursday for firing a gun into a closet while Chicago firefighters were responding to a call.

A person who was possibly a juvenile was arrested Thursday morning for firing a gun into a closet while Chicago firefighters were responding to a medical call.

CBS Chicago reports that a Chicago Fire Department crew was responding to a call about a deceased person at a home in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the city's South Side when the incident occurred at about 6:45 a.m.

A grandmother had reportedly died at the home and emotions were running high when someone fired a gun into a closet.

Firefighters called for police assistance, and the person who fired the shot was arrested at the scene. Police also recovered a weapon and were trying to determine if the shot was fired intentionally or by accident.

Police said no shots were fired at emergency personnel.

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