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Webster firefighters released from hospital

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The two Webster firefighters injured in an ambush by a gunman have been released from the hospital.

Joseph Hofsetter and Theodore Scardino were shot while responding to a call to a burning house on Christmas Eve. Two other firefighters, Michael Chapperini and Tomasz Kaczowka were killed in the incident.

Hofsetter and Scardino had been treated at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester.
 

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