EMT shot and killed by patient. Man with rifle tackled by other crew member during Friday night incident in Cape Vincent, NY.
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Twenty-five-year-old Mark B. Davis, an EMT with the Cape Vincent (NY) VFD, was shot and killed late Friday night while on an emergency medical call.
EMT Mark B. Davis
Davis was part of a crew of three responding to 114 South Esseltyne St. in Cape Vincent. The EMTs began treating 25-year-old Christopher G. Burke who had made the 911 call. New York State Police will not say the nature of the illness or injury. Police say it was Burke who, for some reason, became upset, grabbed a rifle and fired two shots as the ambulance crew fled the building.
Christopher G. Burke
Here are excerpts from an article by WWTI-TV:
While the EMS workers were tending to Burke, he became agitated, went into another room and retrieved a high powered rifle. While talking to the EMS workers, Burke had indicated he had weapons in the home, police said.
“And they heard the action of a weapon being activated. At that point the EMTs attempted to retreat from the residence,” said State Police BCI captain Mark Lincoln.
As the EMTs retreated, Burke allegedly fired two rounds, one of them hitting Davis and killing him.
Burke then ran from the home and was tackled and held down by another EMT. Clayton Police officer Robin Pearce took him into custody with help from Alexandria Bay Police officer Jerry Delosh.
EMTs at the scene attempted life-saving efforts on Davis and continued during the ambulance transport to Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown, where he was pronounced dead.
