The gunman behind the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history had in-laws who attended the church he targeted, the local sheriff said. "We know that his ex- in-laws or in-laws came to church here from time to time," Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackitt told CNN Monday. "They were not here yesterday. So we don't know why he actually showed up yesterday.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN

A beloved former fire chief and city councilman who spent his retirement dedicated to philanthropy died Saturday. Robert “Buddy” Bagley, 86, served 16 years as fire chief before he retired in 1986. He had been with the department for 35 years, according to his obituary, and was the city’s longest serving chief.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Norfolk Virginian-Pilot/HamptonRoads.com

Lockland Firefighter Michael Allen said he could feel his heart beating in his chest when he heard a 10-month-old was trapped in an apartment fire. A mother had been cooking at her apartment on North Wayne Avenue Sunday when a fire started in the kitchen. She was able to get three of her children outside, but the smoke was too thick for her to get to her baby.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCPO-TV ABC 9 Cincinnati

VIDEO - A veteran firefighter is doing his part to help first responders come to terms with post-traumatic stress. In a video by Starbucks, 29-year veteran firefighter Mike Washington, with the Seattle Fire Department, said keeping stress in after difficult calls is like holding a “ticking time bomb.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

An appeals court has affirmed the dismissal of separate lawsuits by two Unified Fire Authority firefighters who alleged their constitutional rights were violated when a Cottonwood Heights police detective accessed a state database containing their prescription drug records. Assistant Fire Chief Marlon Jones and firefighter Ryan Pyle sued after Detective James Woods ran queries in 2013 on all 480 UFA employees after prescription drugs disappeared from some ambulances.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Salt Lake Tribune