In Hermitage, PA one firefighter clobbers another with a pipe & attached drain. Fight occurs as they were heading out on a run.
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WPXI-TV reports they heard the Hermitage Fire Department dispatched on a call for a kitchen fire Tuesday night and that was quickly followed by a call at the same firehouse for a firefighter who had been assaulted. Hermitage Police say a 26-year-old firefighter suffered a serious head wound. The cops didn't have to go far to make an arrest. Charged is 54-year-old Dale McCloskey, a veteran Hermitage volunteer firefighter.
"One of them assaulted the other with a plastic pipe and at the end of the pipe was a drain. I'm not sure what they used it for," said Hermitage Deputy Police Chief Brian Blair.
"He hit him in the back of the head three times. There was an open wound and there was some blood," said Blair.
"Our fire department is incredible. They are all volunteers, except two paid, and in my book they're No. 1," Blair said.
McCloskey has now been banned from all town fire stations. news reports indicate he was released on a $5000 unsecured bond. No one is saying what sparked the attack.
