Peter Talbot
The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
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1月28日 - 周三晚上，当消防员在里面时，塔科马的塔科马消防局站被枪声击中。塔科马消防员的工会将这一事件描述为开车射击。
Fire Station 7, located at 5448 S. Warner St., was hit by bullets, TFD spokesperson Joe Meinecke confirmed. No one was injured, but multiple bullet holes were left in the building, which also houses the South Tacoma Branch of the Tacoma Public Library.
It wasn’t the only building that was struck by gunfire in recent days. Tacoma Police Department spokesperson Wendy Haddow said the Tacoma Public Library branch connected to Fire Station 7, a Bass Pro shop and a police substation were also struck by gunfire.
Police aren’t yet sure when the substation at 1501 S. 72nd St. was shot at. Officers discovered the damage at about 9 p.m. Thursday. A window that faces 72nd Street had a bullet hole in it. Haddow said the bullet went into a community room and into the ceiling.
相片of the shooting at the fire station posted to Facebook by the Tacoma firefighter’s union, IAFF Local 31, showed bullet holes in the station’s sign and a hole where one bullet pierced through to a room with exercise equipment.
消防队员在听到了顾nshots and immediately threw themselves to the floor to protect themselves, IAFF Local 31 president Allyson Hinzman said. She said intact bullets were found inside.
欣兹曼说：“这确实只是天赐之物，没有伤害。”“如果您看看子弹击中的位置以及它们的经过的位置，就没有理由为什么没有人坐在椅子上或在那个钻机上锻炼。”
Tacoma Police Department is investigating the shooting, Meinecke said. A police spokesperson was not immediately available to comment.
The shooting comes during a busy week for Tacoma firefighters. In one night, Tacoma fire crews responded to eight residential structure fires that police are now investigating as arson. Three of the fires were reported within an hour.
Hinzman said the shooting is just the latest and most violent instance of attacks on firefighters the union has seen at Station 7 in the past two years. She said it started with people walking by the station and making verbal threats, followed by people physically attacking crews and vandalism at fire stations. Now, firefighters are ducking for cover inside.
欣兹曼说：“每个人都签署了为我们的城市服务，提供公共服务的工作。”“但是我们期望的是能够回家我们的车站并找到缓刑。并深吸一口气，放松身心，并有那一刻的安定下来。”
The firefighter’s union has asked the city to provide further safety measures for its workers, Hinzman said, but she said nothing has been done, aside from the addition of a single line of fencing placed in front of Station 7.
This story was originally published January 28, 2022 11:34 AM.
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