Authorities have not yet named the off-duty firefighter suspected of killing one of his fellow firefighters and critically injuring another this morning, but they believe he killed himself after setting his Acton home on fire. https://cbsloc.al/3fEYCkj

While DC debates a Jan. 6th commission, at this point no government official or authority has told Aaron Babbitt who killed his wife, Ashli.

Late night chronicles...

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NYC: Midtown Transformer fire that started around 2:16 a.m. at 60 East 57th Street is still reportedly producing "extreme levels of CO readings" in the building. Video by FNTV

BREAKING! SWAT standoff underway at Grand and Badillo avenues in Covina with a suspect wanted for vehicular manslaughter. Some nearby residents have been evacuated. standoff which began Tuesday afternoon with a suspect wanted on vehicular manslaughter charges was still ongoing Wednesday morning in a Covina neighborhood

There's a big push to get rid of the top cop, but his daughter says the allegations are totally false: “She was always attacking him when she was mad. She once picked up a portable TV and threw it at him. … A vase bounced off him and shattered.”

https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/daughter-of-bostons-top-cop-refutes-that-he-abused-her-mother-says-mom-was-actually-the-violent-one/

A procession was held early Wednesday morning for an L.A. County firefighter who was killed in a shooting at a fire station in Agua Dulce which also left a second firefighter critically wounded. The suspect is believed to be an off-duty firefighter.

From Inbox: Meanwhile, in Chile 👀

Police say the Mercedes tumbled off the jack, killing the suspected catalytic converter thief.

https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/car-thief-gets-crushed-to-death-while-stealing-vehicles-catalytic-converter/

BREAKING! A large fire has erupted at major Oil Refinery in Tehran, Iran. Earlier the largest ship in the Iranian navy caught fire and later sank in the Gulf of Oman. Both incidents are under investigation.

LASD Santa Clarita Valley Station: Today is a new day, but we will continue to keep Fire Station 81, and all of the LA County Fire Department, as well as the victims’ family and friends, in our thoughts and prayers.

Wow. She got another teen to take the blame for just $250. The problem for her... was that he couldn't keep a secret.

https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/young-mom-charged-for-allegedly-bribing-child-to-take-blame-in-shooting-of-another-teenager/