The unconfirmed theory has been floated on social media, after sleuths realized the dates of the incidents matched up.

Authorities say firefighters who rushed to put out a blaze in a northern Idaho mountain community found themselves instead in an unexpected shootout.

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — A man who started a wildfire and then fatally shot two firefighters and wounded another in northern Idaho was a 20-year-old transient who attacked the first responders after they asked him to move his vehicle, a sheriff said Monday.Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris offered new details about the Sunday confrontation at Canfield Mountain, just north of Coeur d’Alene, a popular recreation area. He said Wess Roley was living out of his vehicle, had once aspired to be a firefighter and had only a handful of minor contacts with area police.“We have not been able to find a manifesto,” the sheriff said, adding a motive was still unknown.Norris said families of the victims are “in shock — absolutely. They’re in shock and they’re still processing it.”2 veteran firefighters are killed and a third is in critical conditionBattalion Chief Frank Harwood, 42, who had been with the county fire department for 17 years, was killed, Kootenai County Fire and Rescue Chief Christopher Way said during a…

A man who set a wildfire and then fatally shot two firefighters and wounded another in northern Idaho was a 20-year-old transient who attacked the first responders after they asked him to move his vehicle, a sheriff said Monday. Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris offered new details about the Sunday…

Kootenai County Sheriff reveals details of ambush at Canfield Mountain, where transient Wess Roley killed two firefighters before taking his own life.