As shots rang out , a wounded firefighter ' ` ` ' DOAs '' on the street . Police believe the gunman set a trap for the firefighters who responded . By then , Spengler had set up himself somewhere above the scene in a `` natural hollow , a position of cover to actually be a sniper , '' Pickering explained . Robert Spengler , who killed his wife decades ago , was found dead . Several houses were destroyed in what was described as an ` ` inferno ''
As shots rang out , a wounded firefighter ' ` ` ' DOAs '' on the street . Police believe the gunman set a trap for the firefighters who responded . Robert Spengler , who killed his wife decades ago , was found dead . Several houses were destroyed in what was described as an ` ` inferno ''