California Firefighters Had Job Dispute Before Fatal Attack

California Firefighters Had Job Dispute Before Fatal Attack
Law enforcement personnel close off a road during an investigation of a shooting at Fire Station 81 in Santa Clarita, Calif., on June 1, 2021. David Swanson/AP Photo
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif.—A Los Angeles County firefighter appeared to have a longstanding job-related dispute with the colleague he shot and killed at their small, rural fire station in what became California’s second deadly workplace shooting in less than a week, authorities said Wednesday.

The gunman also wounded a fire captain at the station about 45 miles north of Los Angeles on Tuesday before setting his house on fire in a nearby community and apparently killing himself, officials said.