Firefighters responded to a fire call, but got far more than expected. Jeffrey Cullen, 58, used the fake fire call to lure the men to a tree where his cat was stuck. When the firemen refused to get the cat, Cullen pulled out his gun. The firemen and a twelve-year old boy ran for their lives.
The three person crew knew something was amiss when they responded to the fire call and saw no smoke or fire. Instead the allegedly deceptive Cullen insisted that he wanted his cat brought down from a tree and said that he knew the only response he would get was for a fire call.
According to reports the battalion chief told Cullen to wait for animal control or wait for the cat to get hungry and come down.
Clearly, Cullen did not like this response as he pulled out a small black revolver and emerged from his house whilst shooting, all upset over a little cat in a tree.
Fortunately, the firefighters along with a young child managed to flee the scene uninjured. Deputies arrested Cullen after a brief standoff and he is now being charged on four felony counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to the Mohave County Sheriff's Department.
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