2 killed in Idaho after firefighters ambushed by gunfire, suspected gunman dead: Sheriff

The incidental unfolded arsenic unit responded to a brushwood occurrence successful Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, connected Sunday afternoon.

KOOTENAI COUNTY, Idaho -- The suspected gunman who fatally ambushed firefighters successful Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, connected Sunday, has been killed, according to the sheriff.

Responding SWAT squad members located a deceased antheral connected Canfield Mountain with a firearm nearby, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office.

The ambush connected Sunday near 2 radical dormant and different injured aft gunfire erupted astatine firefighters portion responding to a brushwood occurrence connected Canfield Mountain.

Kootenai County Sheriff Robert Norris said during a property briefing that the 2 fatalities are believed to beryllium occurrence personnel.

The injured individual, who suffered a gunshot coiled successful the attack, was brought to the Kootenai Health Hospital, the aesculapian halfway confirmed to ABC News.

The incidental unfolded astatine astir 1:30 p.m. section clip aft the tiny but ongoing brushwood occurrence broke out.

When occurrence unit responded to the blaze astir fractional an hr later, they started getting changeable astatine by an chartless idiosyncratic successful the woods, officials said.

Law enforcement is investigating whether the occurrence could person been intentionally acceptable successful bid to lure archetypal responders to the scene, Kootenai County Sheriff's Lt. Jeff Howard told ABC News.

The shelter-in-place bid has been lifted for Canfield Mountain Trailhead and the surrounding area, but residents are advised to show for updates connected the ongoing fire.

The FBI assisted authorities successful Kootenai County, an bureau spokesperson told ABC News.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little called the incidental a "heinous nonstop battle connected our brave firefighters."

"Multiple heroic firefighters were attacked contiguous portion responding to a occurrence successful North Idaho," Little wrote successful a post connected X. "I inquire each Idahoans to commune for them and their families arsenic we hold to larn more," helium added.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been briefed connected the shooting, a DHS authoritative told ABC News.

ABC News' Tristan Maglunog, Luke Barr and Pierre Thomas contributed to this report.

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