The attack occurred after crews responded to a fire on Sunday afternoon, which authorities say was intentionally set

US authorities said the gunman has been found dead and is believed to have acted alone.

The man suspected of shooting firefighters Sunday as they responded to a brush fire in Idaho has been identified, a law enforcement official said today.

Two people were killed on Sunday after an ambush targeting firefighters battling a wildfire in Kootenai County, located in the northwestern US state of Idaho.It was not immediately clear if there...

Wess Roley has been identified as the suspect in the Idaho ambush that killed two firefighters and injured one.

Authorities say a man armed with a rifle started a wildfire and then began shooting at first responders in a northern Idaho mountain community, killing two firefighters and wounding a third. The gunman was later found dead with a weapon nearby.

He slaughtered two firefighters, who haven't been named, and left a third critically-ill after starting a brush fire cops fear was used to bait the fire department.

A man armed with a rifle started a wildfire Sunday and then began shooting at first responders in a northern Idaho mountain community, killing two firefighters and wounding a third during a barrage of gunfire over several hours, authorities said. A shelter-in-place order was lifted Sunday night after a tactical…

Two firefighters were killed when they were shot at while responding to a fire in northern Idaho, with law enforcement officers still taking sniper fire and hunting for the killer.

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…

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 sheriff says a man shot firefighters battling a blaze in northern Idaho after they asked him to move his vehicle, killing two of them and wounding a third.

Two firefighters lost their lives and a third was wounded during a deadly ambush while responding to a brush fire near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, officials confirmed Sunday. The injured firefighter underwent surgery and was reported stable later that evening at a local hospital.

Two firefighters have been killed in the United States following a pre-planned 'ambush' by a gunman, in what's been described as a 'heinous' assault.