PALMDALE – Palmdale Sheriff’s detectives are investigating what shattered the rear window of a fire engine responding to a call in Palmdale Monday evening.
No one was hurt in the incident, which occurred around 7:55 p.m. as Fire Engine 37 was traveling in the eastbound lanes of Avenue R near 11th Street East in Palmdale.
“We were responding to a medical aid call in our district and we were apparently shot by a pellet gun in the right rear of the fire engine,” said Captain Jessica Post of LA County Fire Station 37.
However, Palmdale Sheriff’s Station officials said detectives have not yet determined what shattered the window.
“As they passed by, one of the firefighters heard a pop noise, like something impacting the glass, and then the window just shattered and fell on the ground,” said Lt. Wright of the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station. “It could have been a pellet gun, it could have been a sling shot, it could have been somebody mowing their lawn picking up a nail and throwing it out… In our initial investigation, we weren’t able to determine what it may have been.”
Anyone with information on this incident is urged to contact the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station Detective Bureau at 661-272-2400.
Joe says
Really? This is news? Just fix the darn window.
EMT says
So the people your life may depend on one day could have been possibly shot at during a medical call. And you could care less? Hope you dont ever need them
UncleTom says
I know its a stretch to understand why its news, so let me try to simplify it.
A vehicle that provides an important public service had a window shattered under unknown circumstances, which was also occupied and on route to a call. While a sheriffs vehicle might be expected to have something happen to it (which is still wrong), firefighters should not be expected to deal with attacks of this nature, if it was an attack and not some strange accident. This fact, along with the unknown cause of the damage, likely led to the decision to provide a news article notifying the public of the incident, so that perhaps if somebody heard or saw anything during or after the fact, that information can be provided.
If it was in fact an attack, then I want the person/people dealt with appropriately.
Is that a simple enough explanation, or shall I use words a 3 year old would understand?
Stay Cool says
Thank you for putting it into perspective, and shame on those who feel this should not be regarded as “news worthy”.
Tom thumb says
Pathetic
reallyBRO says
really bro, you must like paying taxes huh?
and if somebody is shooting at the fire dept. we got problems. and i personally would like to know about it, so yes to answer you’re dumb question, yes. absolutly. this is news