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Police: Webster gunman wanted to ‘kill as many people as possible’
The man who ambushed and killed two firefighters in Webster, New York on Monday left a note saying he wanted to “burn down his neighborhood and kill as many people as possible,” police said on Tuesday. Webster Police Chief Gerald Pickering also said the gunman, 62-year-old William Spengler, was armed…
Four firefighters shot, two killed after responding to house fire in Webster, NY
The Webster firefighters who responded to a structure fire in Lake Road early this morning found themselves fired upon by an as-yet-unknown assailant. By the time police secured the scene, two firefighters were dead and two others were hospitalized with gunshot wounds and three structures and a vehicle were engulfed…
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