MORRIS HEIGHTS, Bronx (PIX11) — Several first responders are now recovering after authorities say they were assaulted while responding to an emergency call in the Bronx on Thursday night.
The attack happened at a high-rise apartment building in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx.
Police say they received an urgent call around 10 p.m. at a building on Sedgwick Avenue about multiple EMT workers who had been assaulted. Responding officers found two EMTs badly injured, one with head wounds, the other with face injuries.
The FDNY says as many as four EMTs may have been involved, and all were taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
Officials say a man was taken into custody.
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