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Daily News reports that two ER24 paramedics were forced to duck for cover and flee behind their ambulance on Thursday when a patient, who had had a knife stuck in his stomach, turned on them and began firing solid ammunition rounds at them with a paintball gun.
According to ER24, the paramedics were lucky to have escaped unscathed, but their vehicle was damaged by several round of ammunition fired in their direction. The drama began at 5pm when paramedics arrived at a residential property in Glenwood following a call about a 43-year-old man with a knife embedded in his stomach. They found the man in the kitchen with a large knife in his stomach. According to the paramedics, the man pulled the knife out of his stomach and started to threaten them. "Moments later he produced a paintball marker and started firing solid ammunition at the paramedics and their vehicle. Multiple rounds damaged windows on the side of the ambulance. Fortunately, the paramedics were able to find shelter behind the vehicle and were not hit by any of the rounds," ER24 spokesman Werner Vermaak reported. Police arrived on the scene and the man later calmed down. Another ER24 ambulance transported the man under police guard to a nearby hospital.
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