(unknown if they were EMTs as well)

Mayor: Firefighter Dies in Maplewood Shooting
Posted By: Diane Abernathy Date last updated: 7/21/2008 11:00:25 AM

Maplewood, Mo. - The Mayor of Maplewood said a firefighter has died and two
injured police officers were expected to survive after they were shot at the
scene of a car fire in Maplewood, eight miles west of St. Louis.

Photo Gallery: Shooting and Car Fire in Maplewood
Eric Clark from St. Mary's Hospital in Richmond Heights confirmed an injured
police officer was treated for a gunshot wound to the shoulder in the emergency
room. Clark would did not release the officer's agency affiliation.

Three emergency workers were shot, in a suburb eight miles west of St. Louis,
according to Tracy Panus, a spokesperson for the St. Louis County Police
Department.

Maplewood and St. Louis County firefighters responded to a report of a car fire
in the driveway of a home on Zephyr, off of Big Bend in Maplewood around 5:30
a.m.

While at the scene, NewsChannel 5 crews heard shots fired and a home across the
street from the burning car also caught on fire.

St. Louis County police have not released the exact sequence of events.