The body of the firefighter shot and killed Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 81 in Agua Dulce is transported in a procession during the early hours of Wednesday, June 2, south on the 14 Freeway in Newhall. The procession started at 12:40 a.m. and was escorted by helicopters, as well as fire department and law enforcement vehicles. It ended at the coroner’s officer in downtown Los Angeles. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Special to the Southern California News Group)
A procession of firefighters and law enforcement officers accompanied the body of a Los Angeles County firefighter on its way to the coroner’s office in the early hours of Wednesday, June 2, 2021, the day after he was gunned down — allegedly by another firefighter — at Station 81 in Agua Dulce.
The procession began about 12:40 a.m. Wednesday, said a photographer at the scene, and made its way south on the 14 Freeway before heading to downtown Los Angeles.
The body of the firefighter shot and killed Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 81 in Agua Dulce is transported in a procession during the early hours of Wednesday, June 2, south on the 14 Freeway in Newhall. The procession started at 12:40 a.m. and was escorted by helicopters, as well as fire department and law enforcement vehicles. It ended at the coroner’s officer in downtown Los Angeles. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Special to the Southern California News Group)
The body of the firefighter shot and killed Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 81 in Agua Dulce is transported in a procession during the early hours of Wednesday, June 2, south on the 14 Freeway in Newhall. The procession started at 12:40 a.m. and was escorted by helicopters, as well as fire department and law enforcement vehicles. It ended at the coroner’s officer in downtown Los Angeles. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Special to the Southern California News Group)
The body of the firefighter shot and killed Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 81 in Agua Dulce is transported in a procession during the early hours of Wednesday, June 2, south on the 14 Freeway in Newhall. The procession started at 12:40 a.m. and was escorted by helicopters, as well as fire department and law enforcement vehicles. It ended at the coroner’s officer in downtown Los Angeles. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Special to the Southern California News Group)
Helicopters light up the freeway as the body of the firefighter shot and killed Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 81 in Agua Dulce is transported in a procession during the early hours of Wednesday, June 2, south on the 14 Freeway in Newhall. The procession started at 12:40 a.m. and was escorted by fire department and law enforcement vehicles. It ended at the coroner’s officer in downtown Los Angeles. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Special to the Southern California News Group)
The body of the firefighter shot and killed Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 81 in Agua Dulce is transported in a procession during the early hours of Wednesday, June 2, south on the 14 Freeway in Newhall. The procession started at 12:40 a.m. and was escorted by helicopters, as well as fire department and law enforcement vehicles. It ended at the coroner’s officer in downtown Los Angeles. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Special to the Southern California News Group)
The body of the firefighter shot and killed Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 81 in Agua Dulce is transported in a procession during the early hours of Wednesday, June 2, south on the 14 Freeway in Newhall. The procession started at 12:40 a.m. and was escorted by helicopters, as well as fire department and law enforcement vehicles. It ended at the coroner’s officer in downtown Los Angeles. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Special to the Southern California News Group)
The body of the firefighter shot and killed Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 81 in Agua Dulce is transported in a procession during the early hours of Wednesday, June 2, south on the 14 Freeway in Newhall. The procession started at 12:40 a.m. and was escorted by helicopters, as well as fire department and law enforcement vehicles. It ended at the coroner’s officer in downtown Los Angeles. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Special to the Southern California News Group)
Los Angeles County Fire Station 81 is quiet and unmanned Wednesday after a firefighter shot fellow firefighters at the station on Tuesday before returning to his home which is is suspected to have set on fire before shooting himself. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Los Angeles County Fire Station 81 in Agua Dulce is quiet and unmanned Wednesday, June 2, 2021, after a firefighter shot fellow firefighters at the station on Tuesday before returning to his Acton home, which he is suspected of setting on fire before fatally shooting himself. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Los Angeles County Fire Station 81 in Agua Dulce is quiet and unmanned Wednesday, June 2, 2021, after a firefighter shot fellow firefighters at the station on Tuesday before returning to his Acton home, which he is suspected of setting on fire before fatally shooting himself. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Los Angeles County Fire Station 81 in Agua Dulce is quiet and unmanned Wednesday, June 2, 2021, after a firefighter shot fellow firefighters at the station on Tuesday before returning to his Acton home, which he is suspected of setting on fire before fatally shooting himself. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
The burned-out home of a Los Angeles County firefighter on the 2600 block of Bent Spur Drive in Acton is seen Wednesday, June 2, 2021. The firefighter allegedly shot two fellow firefighters — one fatally — at Fire Station 81 in nearby Agua Dulce on Tuesday and returned to this home, which he is suspect of setting on fire before shooting himself to death. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Firefighters paid tribute to their fallen comrade from freeway overpasses, with the ladders from their trucks extended, as the procession passed. Helicopters and police and fire vehicles accompanied the vehicle carrying the firefighter’s body.
Another firefighter — a captain — was wounded by gunfire Tuesday and is hospitalized. The alleged shooter drove to his home in Acton and set it on fire before reportedly shooting himself to death.
