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A Hispanic firefighter from San Joaquin County passed away this morning this Monday due to a gunshot wound when he was putting out a fire in the city of Stockton.
Captain Max Fortuna, of 47 years, had responded along with other firefighters to a call that reported a fire in a dumpster on Aurora Street and Washington Street, in downtown Stockton, authorities reported in a Press conference.
SacFire joins @StocktonFirePIO in mourning the loss of Captain Max Fortuna. I have served his community for more than years. This morning, he was shot while responding to a fire. Our thoughts & prayers are with his family, friends & his Stockton Fire brothers & sisters. #LODD pic.twitter.com/ADq80YmTAW— Sacramento Fire Department (@SacFirePIO) January 22, 2021
Approximately at 5: 02 am, Stockton Police received a report that a firefighter had been injured with firearm, reported Fire Chief Rick Edwards.
Firefighters who were at the dumpster fire administered First Aid to Fortuna before he was taken to a nearby hospital
, where he later died from the gunshot.
Stockton police officers arrested a suspect of being related to the shooting, a man from 70 years, in addition to recover a firearm at the scene of the shooting.
The authorities did not report any further arrests related to this case.
Fortuna had worked as a firefighter for 21 years and is survived by a wife and two children.
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