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San Antonio police are investigating after a man was shot on the city’s West Side early Thursday morning, KSAT.com reported.

The shooting happened just after 4 a.m. near San Antonio Fire Station 35 on Culebra Road and North Zarzamora Street, not far from Woodlawn Lake, the report said.

According to police, a man showed up to the fire station wounded, saying he had been shot behind a Dollar Tree across the street. That’s when, police say, as firefighters were tending to him, they heard additional gunshots.

Police said it’s unclear as to whether someone was firing at the station, but it doesn’t appear that either the building nor anyone inside was struck by the gunfire, according to the report.

A preliminary police report says officers discovered from talking to witnesses that the suspect had driven up to the area and got into an argument with the victim, as he was standing outside the car. The suspect fired several shots, striking him multiple times, police said.

Investigators say they found both shell casings and a blood trail behind the Dollar Tree, the report said.

Hope Township is relying on a backup tanker/pumper firetruck following a crash Saturday that injured a firefighter, authorities said, according to a report in LehighValleyLive.com.

The call came in as members of the Hope Volunteer Fire Department were cleaning up from catering the Warren County community’s town picnic at Swayze Mill Park, fire department official said Thursday, the report said.

The fire department posted Saturday evening to Facebook that firefighters were called for a car fire near large propane tanks and other vehicles on County Route 521, which is Hope Blairstown Road.

For more on this story, please go to LehighValleyLive.com.

A Mississippi man was arrested this week and charged with stealing a fire truck on September 11, MagnoliaStateLive.com reported.

Alcorn County Sheriff’s Office deputies say Cedrick Wilbanks, 33, of Corinth, Mississippi, stole a fire service truck from the Union Center Volunteer Fire Department, the report said.

The truck was stolen on September 11, sheriff’s investigators said.

Wilbanks was charged with grand larceny along with three counts of burglary for other crimes that occurred in the same time frame as the truck theft, the report said.

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Firefighters in Waseca say a bittersweet goodbye to a tanker they’ve had for 41 years, KEYC.com reported.

The Waseca Fire Department recently received a grant for nearly $180,000 to replace their old fire engine, the report said.

Their biggest concern with the current engine was safety because the engine was not equipped with modern seatbelts and the chassis didn’t hold the water properly, according to the report.

The fire department is excited about the new tanker, especially the additional 500 gallons, the report said.

The new fire truck will be outfitted with an AED and a 2,500 gallon tank, as well as automatic transmission so all firefighters will be able to drive it, according to the report.