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(NewsNation) — The gunman accused of fatally shooting 2 firefighters and wounding a 3rd portion they responded to a wildfire successful Idaho has been identified.
The fishy has been identified arsenic Wess Roley, a instrumentality enforcement authoritative told the Associated Press connected Monday. The authoritative spoke connected the information of anonymity due to the fact that they were not authorized to sermon the investigation.
Kootenai County Sheriff Robert Norris declined to merchandise further details astir Roley, including his age, concern oregon a imaginable motive, and said the region coroner would find the origin of his death.
Authorities said they judge Roley deliberately acceptable the wildfire connected Canfield Mountain conscionable northbound of Coeur d’Alene to lure archetypal responders to the scene. The shooting began astir 2 p.m. Sunday, astir 30 minutes aft crews responded to the occurrence call, Norris said.
The fishy appeared to beryllium hiding successful rugged terrain and utilized a high-powered rifle, and officials said they judge helium acted alone.
Roley's assemblage was recovered from the country arsenic the blaze began to dispersed crossed the mountain. Norris said his section plans to instrumentality to wherever the assemblage was found, with a firearm nearby, to look for further evidence.
The identities of the 2 slain firefighters person not yet been released. The 3rd firefighter, who was injured, underwent country and was reported successful unchangeable information Sunday night.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
