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Homeless Man Assaults Tulsa Firefighters
(AP) TULSA, Okla.
A Tulsa firefighter suffered only minor arm injuries when he was attacked by a man with a crowbar.
Spokesman Bill French says the firefighters were sent to put out a burning couch behind a house about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. French says after the fire was put out they were approached by 59-year-old John Andrew Davis who threw a bucket at the firefighters and hit firefighter Rick Reed with the crowbar.
Other firefighters grabbed Reed and held him for police who arrested him for assaulting a firefighter, resisting arrest and starting an illegal open fire.
Workers at the nearby John 3:16 Mission say Davis is mentally unstable and homeless and often eats meals at the mission.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
A Tulsa firefighter suffered only minor arm injuries when he was attacked by a man with a crowbar.
Spokesman Bill French says the firefighters were sent to put out a burning couch behind a house about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. French says after the fire was put out they were approached by 59-year-old John Andrew Davis who threw a bucket at the firefighters and hit firefighter Rick Reed with the crowbar.
Other firefighters grabbed Reed and held him for police who arrested him for assaulting a firefighter, resisting arrest and starting an illegal open fire.
Workers at the nearby John 3:16 Mission say Davis is mentally unstable and homeless and often eats meals at the mission.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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As firefighters we have to know there is always a chance for this happening and need to be alert.
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