Re: the Webster shootings

The gunman apparently lured the firefighters to his location for some reason and opened fire. Why? No one knows at this point. He had multiple weapons when he was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The gunman’s sister is still unaccounted for.

According to Webster Police Chief Gerald Pickering, fireman Tomas Kaczowka died at the scene and fireman Mike Chiapperini, who is also a lieutenant with the Webster Police Department also died at the scene. The two injured firemen have been identified as Theodore Scardino, a West Webster Fire Officer, and fireman Joseph Hofsetter, who is a volunteer firefighter and a fulltime firefighter with the Rochester Fire Department.

Chief Pickering says an off duty Greece police officer, John Ritter, who happened to be driving by the scene at the time in his private vehicle received injuries from shrapnel striking the side of his body in his car.

Police believe seven homes were destroyed by the fire.

Spengler was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head. Police don’t know a motive yet. Pickering says that Spengler was living in a home on Lake Road with his sister but his sister is missing. At a press conference, Pickering expressed concern about her safety.