Chicago paramedic fired, another suspended after investigation into patient's death, CFD says

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- A Chicago Fire Department paramedic was fired after his superiors said he failed to take care of a patient who later died.

That patient, 44-year-old Leonardo Guerrero, was pronounced dead at Thorek Memorial Hospital on August 31. He stopped breathing while he was strapped to a stretcher.

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The fire department looked at body camera video from a police officer who was there. Its investigation found the paramedics violated several protocols, and the death was ruled a homicide.

Paramedic Dakota Ibrahim was fired. His fellow paramedic Joseph Schultz was suspended.