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

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

Idaho authorities confirmed that a sniper who lured firefighters to a blaze they believe he set to ambush them had acted alone and had been found dead.