Fire and Shooting on Oakdale

There was a congressional hearing about first reponders to 911. Satan had a field day on our Springfield street.

This morning, my fire alarm woke me around 5:30 A.M. It was just beeping. I smelled smoke and turned on my computer to learn there was a fire down Oakdale St. between S. Cloverleaf Loop, and Pheasant in Springfield. There was also a shooter who took his own life. According to an eyewitness, his body is in the bushes outside what I assume is his home. Shots were fired, and the Springfield Fire Department was forced to retreat and let his home burn, and the one next to it. Three homes and a car were destroyed.

In the second video a fireman is asked if any firefighters got hit by gunfire.

“Yeah they did.”

This has not been confirmed. (This is incorrect – thank God!)

Thank you to Springfield Fire and Police.