Luis Bou, an EMT with Atlantic Beach Fire Rescue, has been fired and permanently banned from the department after allegedly blaring sirens, blocking a funeral motorcade, and unleashing antisemitic slurs at grieving families during a levaya procession in Inwood on Tuesday.

Atlantic Beach Fire Rescue announced Bou�s termination Wednesday evening, calling his alleged conduct �appalling and outrageous� and stressing that it �in no way reflects who we are as an organization or the values we stand for.�

�Immediately upon learning of this incident, he was permanently banned from any involvement with our department & our facilities,� the department said in a statement. �There is zero tolerance for hate within Atlantic Beach Rescue.�

The shocking incident unfolded Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Burnside Avenue and Nassau Expressway. Witnesses say Bou, in a department-marked vehicle, suddenly cut into the funeral motorcade.

Instead of yielding to the procession, he allegedly flipped on his sirens, blocked traffic, and then turned his vehicle�s PA system on the mourners. Eyewitnesses reported him shouting, �[expletive] the Jews,� �Jews need to die,� and �free Palestine� as families watched in disbelief.

Bou, identified by sources as an Inwood resident living across from a local shul, left mourners stunned and shaken.

Atlantic Beach Fire Rescue extended �deepest sympathies to the grieving families & the Jewish community,� pledged full cooperation with law enforcement, and�vowed to continue enforcing �the highest standards of professionalism, integrity, and respect� among its members.

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