Omaha firefighter shot after patient pulls gun in ambulance (updated x 3)

[Omaha Steve]

Last edited Wed Jul 3, 2013, 06:39 AM - Edit history (2)

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Kevin Cole and Maggie O'Brien

An Omaha firefighter was shot after a patient he was transporting pulled out a gun in the ambulance, police said Monday.

Paramedics were called to a convenience store at 48th and L Streets just after 3 p.m. on a report of a woman having a seizure.

While they were taking her to a hospital, she pulled out a gun near 42nd and Center Streets.

FULL story at link.

Read more: http://www.omaha.com/article/20130701/NEWS/130709969/1685#omaha-firefighter-shot-after-patient-pulls-gun-in-ambulance

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Updates on this story will be placed in this post as they go online.

[riverwalker]

1. getting more common in hospitals

they page "Code Silver" overhead when someone has a gun.

[ileus]

5. code black at our hospital

I attended the active shooter inservice last year...

[niyad]

2. from the article, the injury to the firefighter is not serious, thank goodness. and then she

managed to shoot herself.

thank you for keeping us updated.

[struggle4progress]

3. "Guns! My last defense against tyrannical ambulances carting me to hospital when I have seizures!"

[theHandpuppet]

7. +1!

If only she had a high capacity magazine she could have made a proper job of it and gotten a few bystanders while she was at it.

[nilram]

9. No G.D. Socialized Medicine for ME, Karel Marx!

[msongs]

4. exercising her NRA given constitutional right so don't pick on her, 'k? nt

[Omaha Steve]

6. Showcase: More photos from the scene

http://odc.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=5002&p=4628

[Omaha Steve]

10. UPDATES

Police ID woman accused of shooting Omaha firefighter: http://www.omaha.com/article/20130701/NEWS/130709969/1685#police-id-woman-accused-of-shooting-omaha-firefighter

By Kevin Cole and Maggie O'BrienThe woman accused of shooting an Omaha firefighter in the back of an ambulance Monday has been identified Justine Dubois.

Omaha police said the 24-year-old woman pulled out a gun while being transported in an ambulance.

The incident began just after 3 p.m. when firefighters were called to the area of 48th and L Streets on a report of a woman having a seizure. They put her in an ambulance and headed for a hospital.

While en route, near 42nd and Center Streets, Dubois pulled out a gun, according to police.

FULL update at link.


Omaha firefighter shot in ambulance identified: http://www.omaha.com/article/20130701/NEWS/130709969/1707#police-id-woman-accused-of-shooting-omaha-firefighter

By Kevin Cole and Maggie O'Brien

Omaha firefighter Brock Borhart was tending to Justine Dubois, while his partner, Julianne Moran, drove the ambulance to a local hospital, sources say.

Dubois, 24, pulled a gun on Borhart, who was shot in the abdomen while wresting the gun away, according to sources with knowledge of the case.

Authorities described Borhart's injury as a superficial wound.

The incident began just after 3 p.m. Monday when Borhart and Moran were called to the area of 48th and L Streets on a report of a woman having a seizure. They put Dubois in an ambulance and headed for the hospital.

FULL update at link.

[Ash_F]

11. People can sometimes be belligerent when coming out of a seizure.

Glad to hear the wound was superficial for the firefighter at least. Sounds like the patient is worse off.

[Omaha Steve]

12. Woman's seizure before gunshots in ambulance may have been faked (update 3)

http://www.omaha.com/article/20130703/NEWS/707039826/1694#woman-s-seizure-before-gunshots-in-ambulance-may-have-been-faked

By Emerson Clarridge and Maggie O'Brien

Published Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at 1:00 am / Updated at 3:39 am

The woman who police say shot a firefighter inside an Omaha ambulance Monday was connected to a stolen vehicle, and authorities question whether the epileptic seizure she said she experienced was legitimate, a preliminary investigation suggests.

Justine Dubois, 24, may have been fueling a stolen vehicle at a gas station in the minutes before police and firefighters encountered her, authorities said. No further details were being made available Tuesday night.

Police have not identified the victim, but according to sources with knowledge of the case, he is Brock Borhart.

He was tending to Dubois while his partner, Julianne Moran, drove the ambulance to a hospital, the sources said.

FULL update at link.