The suspected sniper was identified as Wess Roley, 20, Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris confirmed at a news conference ...

What began as a routine response to a brush fire on northern Idaho’s Canfield Mountain turned into a deadly attack Sunday ...

Investigators say Roley intentionally set the fire to ambush the fire crew on Sunday and was perched in a sniper position, firing at the firefighters, according to the AP. They took cover behind ...

A man who had intentionally set the fire to ambush the crew on Sunday was perched in a sniper position, firing at the firefighters.

Wess Roley, 20, was identified as the Idaho shooter by Bob Norris, the sheriff of Kootenai County, which is in northern Idaho just west of Spokane.

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A shelter-in-place order was lifted Sunday night after a tactical response team discovered the body of a man with a firearm nearby.

The Idaho firefighters killed and wounded in a bloody mountainside ambush were identified as decades-long veterans of their departments who were “dedicated” to their communities and families ...

Two firefighters were killed Sunday when they were ambushed by sniper fire while responding to a blaze in a northern Idaho ...

Officials said Wess Roley, 20, started a fire and then killed two responding firefighters. He was found dead on Canfield Mountain after a shootout.

The motive for the shooting was not known and Norris did not provide any details on the suspect, saying officers were still working to identify the man.