Doctors unable to save eye of Buffalo Valley firefighter
FirefighterNation Staff
LATIMER COUNTY, Oklahoma — Doctors say they are unable to save the eye of a firefighter after he was shot while battling a house fire.
The Latimer County Emergency Management office tells KOCO that Buffalo Valley firefighter Lyle Walker-Pugh was injured Saturday evening while battling a mobile home fire.
Ammunition inside the house fired and struck Walker-Pugh in the face and head.
An update on a GoFundMe page for Walker-Pugh and his family says one round struck the firefighter at the corner of his eye and travelled through his head, exiting behind his ear.
He also suffered a fractured skull.
County officials say that he may also suffer hearing loss.
