TWO FIREFIGHTERS WERE SHOT AND A
CIVILIAN.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
MY NAME IS GRANT WALKER.
THANK YOU TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON
THAT HAS REACHED OUT TO OUR
LOCAL JURISDICTION.
IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME.
IT IS A TRAGEDY.
OUR FIREFIGHTER WAS A
TO
MANY.
-- TOO MANY.
IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME.
WE ON THE LIFE OF ONE OF OUR
FIREFIGHTERS -- HONOR THE LIFE
OF ONE OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY HELP OR
WANT TO
GIVE HELP, FEEL FREE TO REACH
OUT ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY AS
WELL AS THE PROFESSIONAL
FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS OF
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> GOOD EVENING.
WE BEGIN BY SAYING I AM
PROFOUNDLY SORRY TO COME BEFORE
YOU TALKING ABOUT THE LOSS OF
ONE OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
NOT
QUITE 24 HOURS AFTER A
MARYLAND STATE YOUR BRO IS
USUALLY INJURED ON THE BELTWAY.
THIS EVENING AT ABOUT
, THE RESIDENT
CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE BECAUSE HE
BELIEVED WAS
POTENTIALLY THE
RINSING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
-- EXPERIENCING A MEDICAL
EMERGENCY.
THE TRY TO GET HIS ATTENTION.
THE DOOR WAS NOT ANSWERED.
THEY DECIDED THE BEST COURSE OF
ACTION WAS TO ENTER THE HOME AND
CHECK ON THE INDIVIDUAL.
SHORTLY AFTER BEGINNING THE
PROCESS, A SERIES OF SEVERAL
SHOTS WERE FIRED.
TWO OF THOSE FIREFIGHTERS WERE
STRUCK AS WELL AS THE RELATIVE
WHO INITIATED THE CONCERN ON
BEHALF OF THE RESIDENT.
THE RESIDENT WAS APPREHENDED.
HE IS IN THE
INVESTIGATION AND
O'DAY PACKERS -- OUR DETECTIVES
ARE INTERVIEWING HIM.
UNFORTUNATELY, I
DO NOT HAVE A
LOT MORE DETAILS FOR YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO COUNTY EXECUTIVE
TO MAKE AN ADDRESS AND THEN
WE
WILL TAKE SOME QUESTIONS.
>> ONCE AGAIN, I HAVE TO GO
BEFORE THE PEOPLE OF PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY AND LET THEM
KNOW THAT WE LOST ANOTHER ONE OF
OUR BRAVE FIREFIGHTERS.
DOING WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY.
THESE MEN AND WOMEN PUT THEIR
LIVES ON THE LINE.
UNFORTUNATELY, ONE OF THEM
.
WE HAVE ONE IN SURGERY AND OUR
PRAYERS GO OUT TO HIM AND HIS
FAMILY.
THE FIREFIGHTER WE LOST, I KNOW
WITH HIS WIFE AND MOM, -- M
WITH HIS WIFE AND MOM, AS THE
JEW SAID, THIS IS AN ONGOING
INVESTIGATION.
CHIEF SAID, THIS IS AN ONGOING
INVESTIGATION.
IT IS A SAD DAY FOR US.
IT IS ONGOING.
AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION, WE
WILL LET YOU KNOW.
THE MAIN THING THAT WE ASK
IS
FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF PRINCE
GEORGE'S COUNTY FOR THEIR
PRAYERS, THOUGHTS, AS I KNOW
THAT MY FAMILY, THEY GOT TO OUR
LOST BRAVE SOUL.
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT BACK
OVER.
>> QUESTION.