Cops: NY ex-con gunned down firefighters

Monroe County Sheriff Deputy Chief Steve Scott, second from right, and Webster Police Lt. Joseph Rieger stand by the photo of the dead and injured firefighters during a news conference in Webster, N.Y., Dec. 25, 2012. Authorities say William Spengler, 62, who served 17 years in prison for manslaughter in the 1980 hammer slaying of his grandmother, set his house afire then sprayed bullets at first responders, killing two firefighters and injuring two others. He then killed himself as seven houses burned on a sliver of land along Lake Ontario.

Monroe County Sheriff Deputy Chief Steve Scott, right, and Webster Police Lt. Joseph Rieger stand by the photo of the dead and injured firefighters during a news conference in Webster, N.Y., Dec. 25, 2012.

Webster Police Chief G. Pickering speaks during a news conference in Webster, N.Y., Dec. 25, 2012.

Police officers man a road block on Lake Road following two firefighters killed, and two injured in a presumed ambush attack, Dec. 24, 2012, in Webster, NY.

Webster Police Chief Gerald Pickering, center, addresses a news conference concerning the two firefighters killed, and two injured in a presumed ambush attack, Dec. 24, 2012, in Webster, NY.

Webster Police Chief Gerald Pickering, right, embraces New York State Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy following a news conference concerning the two firefighters killed, and two injured in a presumed ambush attack, Dec. 24, 2012, in Webster, NY.

Webster Police Chief Gerald Pickering converses with New York State Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy, right, following a news conference concerning the two firefighters killed, and two injured in a presumed ambush attack, Dec. 24, 2012, in Webster, NY.