TRENTON

Trenton Firefighter Grazed by Bullet While Inside Station

'Fortunately for him, it was a superficial wound and he’s gonna be all right,' Trenton Police Department Director Steve Wilson said

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A Trenton firefighter is recovering after he was grazed in the arm by a bullet while inside a station Tuesday night. 

The firefighter was working out inside a firehouse along the 400 block of Calhoun Street in Trenton, New Jersey, when a shooting took place in the housing project behind the firehouse, Trenton Police Department Director Steve Wilson said. The firefighter was grazed in the bicep. Police don’t believe he was the intended target. 

“Fortunately for him, it was a superficial wound and he’s gonna be all right," Wilson said.

The firefighter was taken to the hospital, where he was treated and released the same night, Trenton Fire Director Kenneth Douglas said. The firefighter came back to the firehouse to grab his belongings and then went home, Douglas said.

Douglas said two bullets struck the firehouse. One struck the first floor and the other the second, he said. The bullet that hit the second floor went through a window and struck the firefighter, Douglas said.

Police recovered 11 shell casings at the crime scene. No arrests have been made and police have not released information on any suspects. 

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