Another D.C. Firefighter Wounded in Off-Duty Shooting

For the third time in as many months, an off-duty D.C. firefighter has been shot in the city. Police and fire officials report today’s incident occurred during a car-jacking. The firefighter has already been released from the hospital.

The shooting happened around 3:00 a.m. in the 2300 block of G Street, Northeast. We are told the firefighter suffered a graze wound to the chest. His car was later recovered in another Northeast neighborhood.

It was last Wednesday at 2:00 p.m., at 8th and S Streets, Northwest, that another D.C. firefighter received a graze wound to the head. According to WTOP Radio the firefighter had been approached by two teenagers when one of them pulled out a gun and fired.

The outcome was very different back on May 11th when Firefighter Michael Holmone of Engine 19 was shot. Holmone died after being hit in the chest while off-duty in his old neighborhood on Jay Street, Northeast.