I listened to this live on a scanner channel this morning.
A gunman ambushed firefighters at a house fire in the Rochester suburb of Webster, N.Y., early Monday, killing two firemen and injuring two others before killing himself.
Seven homes were destroyed as firefighters waited for police to secure the scene.
The gunman, who shot and killed himself at the scene, was identified as William Spengler, who was arrested by Webster police in 1980 for beating his 92-year-old grandmother to death with a hammer.
Spengler, 62, served 17 years in New York State prison on manslaughter charges, police officials said.
His 67-year-old sister, with whom he lived, is missing.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...-shot/1788917/