The shooter who ambushed Idaho firefighters on Sunday, killing two, has reportedly been identified as a 20-year-old man.
The Associated Press reported that “a law enforcement official” revealed the suspected shooter’s age and name on the condition of anonymity.
Reports of a fire on Canfield Mountain, north of Coeur d’Alene, came into 911 shortly after 1:20 p.m. and firefighters took gunfire upon responding to the scene, Breitbart News reported.
Hours after the first shots were fired, Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris noted that first responders continued to be fired upon by a sniper, or snipers. FOX News published video of Norris saying, “We don’t know if there is one, two, three, or four … [shooters]. We don’t know.”
BREAKING: At least two Idaho firefighters have been k*lled after being ambushed while responding to a wildfire set a mountain in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
— RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) June 29, 2025
Police are unsure if there are 2, 3, or even 4 sh00ters.
Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris: “We don’t know if there are 1,… pic.twitter.com/IZOJVze2ye
Once the danger was over, Norris explained that law enforcement detected cell phone activation on the side of the mountain at 3:16 p.m., honed it on it, and that led them to the body of the 20-year-old. A firearm was lying nearby the man’s body.
Law enforcement exchanged gunfire with the shooter, and it is uncertain if the 20-year-old man was killed by law enforcement rounds or if he took his own life.
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