Florida firefighters conducting training nearby quickly respond to shooting

  • Source: WFTV-TV ABC 9 Orlando
  • Published: 08/27/2018 12:00 AM

It started as a quiet day, and firefighters at Jacksonville Fire Station 1 decided to use that to do some training. But things changed quickly. To take advantage of downtime Sunday, firefighters decided to conduct an elevator training at a parking garage near the Jacksonville Landing, fire officials said on Facebook. As they completed training, firefighters standing around talking suddenly noticed something strange: throngs of people running from the Landing. “This was an odd sight to all of us and quite perplexing,” officials said in the post. A man walked over, said he had been shot, and rescuers went into action. “At that point, training, experience and instinct take over. A few of us tended to the injured guy who approached us, and the rest of us formed a team and moved cautiously across the street to the restaurant this guy came from



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