More than a week after a firefighter was accidently shot at a fire station in Union City, a police report details who allegedly pulled the trigger: a fellow first responder.
Michael Crosby, who has worked for both DeKalb County fire and Union City, was shot by Union City firefighter Matthew Bush just before midnight May 8 at Fire Station 42 in the 6300 block of Shannon Parkway, according to a Union City police incident report.
Crosby underwent multiple surgeries after the gunshot wound damaged his organs, according to a GoFundMe campaign organized to support his family with mounting medical bills.
Bush, who had a Georgia weapons license, was listed in the police report as facing a charge of reckless conduct. But he was not listed in Fulton County jail records as of Thursday afternoon, and Union City fire officials said they couldn’t comment on whether he was taken into custody.
Credit: John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com
Credit: John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com
A police officer arrived at the fire station around 11 p.m. and saw medical personnel placing Crosby onto a stretcher to be taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, Union City fire officials wrote in a news release.
The department called the shooting accidental, but wouldn’t provide any additional details on what led to it.
“The city will continue to update the situation as more information becomes available,” fire officials wrote last Thursday, the only information the department shared with the public about the incident. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the injured firefighter and their family, and we ask the community to join us in offering support.”
Crosby and his wife have a young son. She is a kindergarten teacher who is pregnant and expecting a baby girl.
“It is uncertain when he will be able to return to work to support his young family,” the fundraising page stated.
DeKalb fire officials confirmed Crosby was a senior firefighter with their department. After the incident, they put out a statement to their department for anyone needing “peer support” or “extra avenues of help,” a spokesperson told the AJC.
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