12-25-2012, 07:24 PM
From the Associated Press today:
WEBSTER, N.Y. -- Police in Webster, N.Y., say the man who lured firefighters to their deaths in a blaze of gunfire left a typewritten note saying he wanted to burn down the neighborhood and "do what I like doing best, killing people."
Police Chief Gerald Pickering said Tuesday that the man's sister hasn't been found yet. He said 62-year-old ex-convict William Spengler armed himself with three weapons and set his house afire to lure first responders into a death trap.
Two firefighters were shot dead and two others are hospitalized. Spengler killed himself as seven houses burned around him Monday.
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section...id=8931460
A convicted felon who reportedly had a history of mental illness armed with three weapons. Interested in finding out to whom they trace back (his family members or otherwise).
Looks like nothing in his note related to his sister's location; hope she's still alive but not counting on it.
RIP to the ambushed fire fighters.
ETA: This new release says that officers found remains in the family house and they believe that they are those of the sister.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/webster-gunman-...No3W07TnmI
WEBSTER, N.Y. -- Police in Webster, N.Y., say the man who lured firefighters to their deaths in a blaze of gunfire left a typewritten note saying he wanted to burn down the neighborhood and "do what I like doing best, killing people."
Police Chief Gerald Pickering said Tuesday that the man's sister hasn't been found yet. He said 62-year-old ex-convict William Spengler armed himself with three weapons and set his house afire to lure first responders into a death trap.
Two firefighters were shot dead and two others are hospitalized. Spengler killed himself as seven houses burned around him Monday.
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section...id=8931460
A convicted felon who reportedly had a history of mental illness armed with three weapons. Interested in finding out to whom they trace back (his family members or otherwise).
Looks like nothing in his note related to his sister's location; hope she's still alive but not counting on it.
RIP to the ambushed fire fighters.
ETA: This new release says that officers found remains in the family house and they believe that they are those of the sister.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/webster-gunman-...No3W07TnmI