SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - A Springfield ambulance has been hit by gunfire while responding to a medical call.
Police Lt. Henry Gagnon tells the Springfield Republican that officers and the ambulance crew were at a call on State Street near Hancock Street at about 3:20 a.m. Sunday, when a man came running toward them saying he was being robbed.
Police say two other men then appeared, one firing a handgun.
No arrests have been made. Police were looking for two men wearing white T-shirts.
Nobody was struck by the shots, but one did hit the American Medical Response ambulance, which had a patient inside. No arrests have been made. Police say the robbery victim had been pistol whipped, and was being treated for his injuries.