Police have identified the suspect as 62-year-old William Spengler, convicted of manslaughter in the 1980 death of his grandmother. Spengler spent 17 years in the New York State prison system before being released on supervised parole.
Pickering said it?s believed that the gunman opened fire from high ground, possibly from a berm near the home. At one point, a responding police officer exchanged fire with the shooter.
The two deceased firefighters have been identified as Lt. Mike Chiapperini, who was both a firefighter and a member of the Webster police, and Tomasz Kczowka, a volunteer firefighter.
The injured have been identified by police as firefighters Theodore Scardino and Joseph Hofstetter.
Dr. Nicole Stassen, a trauma physician at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, N.Y., confirmed Monday that the two injured firefighters, Scardino and Hofstetter, are being treated at the hospital for "significant injuries."
She said Scardino suffered two gunshot wounds. One bullet struck his left shoulder, causing multiple breaks in the shoulder blade and travelling through a portion of his left lung. The bullet is still embedded in Scardino's shoulder, and may remain there permanently, Stassen said.
The other bullet struck Scardino's right knee, causing significant damage though it did not break any bones. Stassen said Scardino will likely be able to walk on the knee once his recovery is complete.
Stassen said Hofstetter has a single, "complex" injury resulting from a bullet that struck his pelvis. The bullet is embedded in part of his spine and has not been removed -- and likely never will be, she said.
Both men are in intensive care and their recovery is expected to take months, Stassen said.
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