One Md. Firefighter Dead, Another Wounded in Shooting on EMS Call
Three people, including two Prince George's County firefighters, were shot during a response in Temple Hills Friday night.
Firefighter/Paramedic John Ulmschneider, a 13-year veteran, died at Southern Maryland Hospital, while the other firefighter was in surgery at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, officials announced at a press conference at 11:15 p.m.
A civilian who made the call for firefighters to check on a resident on Sharon Road also was shot, but not seriously injured, officials said.
When firefighters arrived at the residence, they couldn't contact the man inside. Fearing he may be in need of medical assistance, firefighters entered the home. That's when shots rang out.
The suspect was taken into custody by Prince George's County Police.
Holmschneider is survived by a wife and child. Officials said his relatives were at the hospital with him.
In 2009, Ulmschneider responded to a man who who was trapped under the rear wheels of a van after the parking brake failed.
Citizens were trying to lift the van off the man with a floor jack, but it had reached it's maximum lifting spread.
"Firefighter Ulmschneider managed to raise it enough...to remove the citizen from the underside of the truck," a write-up on the incident stated.
In January, East Pulaski, Ark. Fire Lt. Jason Adams, 29, was shot and killed by a ma who mistake the responder for an intruder.
Adams responded to the man's home after his wife called 911 when the man suffered a seizure.
The man was later charged with manslaughter.
