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Webster policemen and firefighters load the casket of Michael Chiapperini onto a Webster Fire Truck after a funeral service at Webster Schroeder High School on Sunday, December 30, 2012. Firefighter and Lieutenant Chiapperini was shot and killed after William Spengler, a Webster resident, lit his house on fire and shot at first responders on Monday, December 24, 2012.