By Andy Sevilla, printed April 16, 2014
An 18-year-old Kyle man is in jail after police say he shot at firefighters at least once as they battled a structure fire at the Sunset Ridge Trailer Park.
Jason Montalvo was booked into the Hays County jail on an assault on a public servant charge for allegedly shooting at Kyle firefighters.
Firefighters were called out to a structure fire just after 1 a.m. Monday in the 300 block of Buggy Whip Drive in southeast Kyle. They found a small storage shed completely engulfed in flames.
According to Kyle Fire Department officials, the fire was considered suspicious, prompting a call to the Hays County Fire Marshal to investigate.
Shortly after the firefighters extinguished the shed fire, they reported hearing gunshots fired. Kyle Taylor, Kyle’s fire chief, said.
Taylor said the firefighters noticed a hole in the wall near them. He then called police to report the possible shooting. Kyle police officers responded to the scene and determined the gunshot came from a home in the area where the storage shed had caught fire
Montalvo was being held on $14,000 bail and remained at that Hays County Jail as of Monday afternoon, according to county jail records.
