Firefighter Shot and Killed Responding to Call in Maryland

Apr 16, 2016, 04:24 PM

Authorities said a firefighter was shot and killed and another was critically injured while responding to a medical call at a house in Prince George's County in Maryland on Friday night.

No one answered the door when the firefighters knocked, and they were shot when they entered the house, the Washington Post reported.

The firefighter who was killed has been identified as 37-year-old John Ulmschneider, a husband and father.