New Jersey firefighter robbed at gunpoint while on duty

  • Source: Trenton Times
  • Published: 12/08/2016 12:00 AM

An armed robber stuck a handgun in a Trenton fire captain's face while he was on a call in the Chambersburg neighborhood Tuesday night, fire officials said. The fire captain, from Engine Co. 7 on Hamilton Avenue, was not injured during the 6:45 p.m. incident on Cummings Place, officials said. Trenton police detectives are investigating the crime. No arrests have been made, the police department said Wednesday. The robbery occurred after Engine Co. 7 assisted on a medical call on Cummings Place - a small dead-end street off Cummings Avenue, officials said. Engine 7 was sent to a fire call and left the scene, but returned



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