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Video shows what happened as Cincinnati firefighters forced entry at a home on March 5 while doing a welfare check on a 68-year-old man. Things start to go bad at about 2:40 into the video. Luckily there were no injuries.
An edited version of this video was published at Cincinnati.com shortly after the incident and the entire video was uploaded to LiveLeak on Thursday.
No criminal charges will be filed against the homeowner who fired gunshots at Cincinnati firefighters while they were performing a welfare check on him at his Northside residence, Hamilton County Prosecutor Joesph Deters announced.
Fire crews were called to assist police who also were called to check on the man about 9:15 a.m. Sunday at a home in the 4200 block of Spring Grove Avenue.
Lt. Steve Saunders, police spokesman, said officers and firefighters summoned after the elderly man’s friends were unable to reach him and he did not meet them for breakfast as previously scheduled.
When the homeowner did not respond to knocks on his door, first responders attempted to gain access to the home by breaking a window near the door. The homeowner responded by firing two shots.
