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Firefighters, medics recall shootout in front of station

Had the medic unit returning to quarters been delayed it would have been in the middle of the shootout

By Allison Manning
The Columbus Dispatch

CLINTONVILLE, Ohio — Firefighters and medics are used to responding to shootings and violence. Just not usually right next door.

An early-morning shootout on Wednesday between Columbus police and two people in a fleeing SUV ended in the parking lot of Fire Station 19, at Northmoor Place and N. High Street in Clintonville.

The SUV plowed through the station’s bushes and stopped in the parking lot. When the barrage of gunfire was over and a man lay handcuffed on the ground, the police turned to the medics who were watching.

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