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This undated image provided by the West Webster fire department shows firefighter Lt. Michael Chiapperini. Chiapperini, 43, also the Webster Police Department's public information officer, was killed when William Spengler, 62, who served 17 years in prison for the 1980 hammer killing of his grandmother, armed himself with a revolver, a shotgun and a semiautomatic rifle before he set his house on fire to lure first responders into a death trap before dawn Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/West Webster Fire

Funerals Set for 2 Slain Webster Firefighters



WEBSTER, N.Y. (AP) - Funeral services have been set for the two Rochester-area volunteer firefighters fatally shot as they arrived at a house fire set by the ex-convict who killed them.

Calling hours for Michael Chiapperini and Tomasz Kaczowka will be held at Webster Schroeder High School from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and from noon to 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.

The funeral service for Chiapperini, who was also a lieutenant with the Webster Police Department, will be held at the high school at noon Sunday. He will be buried in West Webster Cemetery.


The funeral Mass for Kaczowka will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Stanislaus Church in Rochester. Burial will be at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Rochester.

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Locations : Massachusetts, New York, Rochester, Webster
People : Michael Chiapperini, Tomasz Kaczowka
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