KATY, Texas — A fire department is mourning the loss of one of their own after a firefighter-EMT shot and killed himself while on duty Sunday.
KHOU reported that firefighter Jason Anderson was a two-year veteran of the Katy Fire Department.
Eleven other firefighters were at the station when the 30-year-old firefighter shot himself. He died after being taken to the hospital via Life Flight.
“Obviously he took his own life with his own gun. It’s very devastating,” Chief Rufus Summers said. “The department is just in shambles right now.”
A memorial service will be held on Aug. 27 at the Merrell Center at 6301 S. Stadium Ln., Katy, Texas at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the JJ Watt Foundation and the 100 Club.