Friday, April 1, 2011

Retrial in Death of Phoenix (AZ) Firefighter

From KPHO.com:
The retrial of Christopher Benitez began Thursday. Benitez is accused in the death of a Phoenix firefighter. His first trial ended in a hung jury four months ago.

Firefighter Brett Tarver was killed on March 14, 2001, at the Southwest Supermarket, when he got trapped by falling debris.

Prosecutors say Benitez, who was a teenager at the time, set the fire as revenge, days after getting caught stealing beer from the store.
Read more HERE. For more on the RIT response in the Tarver LODD case, read Steve Kreis's 'Rapid Intervention Isn't Rapid,' and here is a link to the NIOSH report: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face200113.html

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