Complex sentence: Shots were fired at them, Molotov cocktails were tossed at them, and a mob of about 100 people seized control of a fire pumper, and the fire department withdrew its personnel from the area.
Split into simpler sentences: Shots were fired at them, Molotov cocktails were tossed at them, and a mob of about 100 people seized control of a fire pumper. The fire department withdrew its personnel from the area.