Kelly Adams and Alfredo Rojas
[From article]
Officials say two paramedics are in serious condition after they were attacked and stabbed repeatedly while trying to help a woman on Detroit’s west side, and the suspect remains on the loose.
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The paramedics, identified as Alfredo Rojas and Kelly Adams, had been called to the area to treat a woman with an ankle injury when a man who was with the woman became “agitated” and attacked.
“They were together on the sidewalk when EMS arrived,” Jones told reporters. “The male subject was upset at the assessment of the EMTs so as they were treating her — I can’t get inside of his head, I don’t know what he was agitated about, but he was upset for some reason — and at some point during the encounter, he produced this weapon.”
The suspect first went for the Rojas, who has been working with the department for about two years. When Adams, a 13-year department veteran, stepped in to help her partner, the suspect turned his attention — and his weapon — to her.
Both paramedics were stabbed and slashed repeatedly before making it back to their vehicle.
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“I understand the situation that the men and women of the Detroit Fire Department and the Detroit EMS are experiencing and I am working aggressively to get them the training and the equipment that they need,” he said. “They’re working in some dangerous conditions… they’re concerned. I mean, police officers are concerned, firefighters are concerned, EMTs are concerned. They’re professionals but it is dangerous and they go into some very dangerous situations.”
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2015/10/20/two-ems-workers-attacked-stabbed-with-box-cutter-in-detroit-suspect-on-the-loose/
Two EMS Workers Attacked, Stabbed With Box Cutter In Detroit; Suspect On The Loose October 20, 2015 12:14 PM
CBS News Detroit MI
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