Motive Unclear as Firefighter Kills Colleague at Station

Motive Unclear as Firefighter Kills Colleague at Station
Law enforcement authorities close off a road during an investigation for a shooting at fire station 81 in Santa Clarita, Calif., on June 1, 2021. David Swanson/AP Photo
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif.—A firefighter killed a co-worker and wounded another at their small fire station before setting his own home ablaze and apparently killing himself in California’s second deadly workplace shooting in days.

The gunman, a firefighter specialist and engineer, was off-duty when he apparently drove the 10 miles from his home in Acton, north of Los Angeles, and opened fire Tuesday morning at Los Angeles County Fire Station 81, authorities said.