Police: Ga. gunman lured firefighters into home Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 10:17 am, Thursday, April 11, 2013 (AP) — Police say a man who held firefighters hostage for hours in a suburban Atlanta home was heavily armed with a half-dozen guns, and told the firefighters that he targeted them so he wouldn't be shot. Walters says Brown opened fire on a police officer who entered a bedroom when SWAT members stormed the house Wednesday evening.