Dispatchers Fired After Ambush of Florida Cops

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — An official says three employees at an emergency dispatch agency have been fired because they did not alert deputies and firefighters responding to a house fire that a man at the home threatened to shoot arriving law enforcement.

When deputies arrived at the fire in Tallahassee on Nov. 22, they were ambushed by 53-year-old Curtis Wade Holley. Authorities said he fatally shot Leon County Sheriff’s Deputy Christopher Smith and wounded another deputy before he was killed in a gun battle outside his home.

Tim Lee, director of the city-county Consolidated Dispatch Agency, told The Tallahassee Democrat (http://on.tdo.com/1wFu7PP) on Friday that the three employees failed to warn first responders about Holley’s threats.