4 firefighters shot, 2 dead in western NY

4 firefighters shot, 2 dead in western NY

WEBSTER, N.Y. (AP) -- The police chief in Webster, N.Y., says that four firefighters were shot while responding to a blaze in the town near Rochester this morning and that two are dead.

Chief Gerald Pickering says “one or more shooters” fired at the firefighters. Officials say they had arrived at the scene of the blaze near the Lake Ontario shore around 6 a.m.