VIDEO: Two Lauderhill firefighter paramedics went before a Broward County judge to request that she keep the man accused of repeatedly shooting at their fire rescue engine behind bars.
Jermaine Eugene Shennett, 41, was charged with aggravated assault on a firefighter but a second charge of possession of a weapon by a convicted felon was added Thursday, records show. Three firefighters were inside the ambulance during that Sept. 16 shooting, but none was hit by the six or seven shots fired.
Two of them appeared before Judge Phoebee Francois Thursday morning to ask that Shennett stay in the Broward County Jail without bond.
“The fact that the individual can be walking among us if he posts his bond within a few days is also a [concern] to the fire department and everybody,” said firefighter Liosdan Diaz.