Newark, NJ- Apparatus Struck by Gunfire 06-30-11

[truck4]

Date: 06-30-11
Time: 2248hrs
Location: 51 Heddon Terrace
Description: While operating at a 2nd Alarm, co's reported shots fired in the area. Members later found bullet hole in apparatus.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/06/fire_truck_responding_to_newar.html

 

[Bulldog]

Editor's note: A report posted late Thursday night about a Newark fire truck hit by a bullet has turned out to be false.

The post has been removed from our website.

The Star-Ledger apologizes for the error.

 

[Florian Knight]

Wouldn't have been the first time NJ Firefighters had bullets fly their way.

Here is a story from a few years back.
http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2008/06/gunfire_shatters_window_of_tre.html

 

[guitarman314]

Even though this was false, it was a very believable story.

 

[truck4]

Somebody told me about this last night- something like a call for PD after some locals threw objects at a rig. Members went back to quarters and found a 'bullet hole.' I waited for the story to be backed up and saw it on NJ.com. Wonder if anything went down at all or if the whole thing is fiction.

 

[MichaelS]

Wasnt a 2nd alarm either - was a Signal 11 (Full assignment, Working Fire - 4 Engs, 2 Trucks, 1 FAST, Rescue 1, DC-1, 2 BCs) + an additional Signal 9 (1 BC, 2 Engines, 1 Truck).