Update: June 30 12:15 ET:
The 20-year-old suspect has been identified off the record as Wess Roley, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Monday. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation.
The names of the slain and injured firefighters have not been released.
As with all this insane, mindless shooting, the perpetrator, if he is the shooter, is criminally insane.
Roley worked for his father in Idaho but was from Arizona. Wild conspiracy theories have sprung up based on nothing.
This is what Grok3 has to say.
Update: 2:55 am ET:
The shooter is dead. Police believe there was only ONE shooter in the Idaho incident, and they tracked him down using cell phone pings. They have his cell phone and know who he is, but haven’t released his name.
Authorities DID exchange gunfire with him, but cannot confirm how he died. However, reports indicated that he died by his own hand.
Two firefighters are deceased and one is in critical but stable condition in the hospital.
BREAKING: Police believe there was only ONE shooter in the Idaho incident, and they tracked him down using cell phone pings
Authorities DID exchange gunfire with him, but cannot confirm how he died.
Two firefighters lost their lives, one is critical and in surgery.
Snipers… pic.twitter.com/UG1fBmRrt6
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 30, 2025
Details
A gunman shot and killed two firefighters in an “ambush-style” attack at the popular Canfield Mountain recreation area near Coeur d’Alene Sunday afternoon.
The slain firefighters were from the Coeur d’Alene Fire Department and Kootenai County Fire and Rescue, Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris said at a news conference Sunday night. A third firefighter was “fighting for his life” after undergoing surgery, the sheriff said.
Members of the SWAT team found one man dead on Canfield Mountain with a gun nearby, according to a news release from the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office. Ashelter-in-place order for the surrounding area was then lifted.
Investigators were able to hone in on a cell phone that had been in one place on the mountain since 3:16 p.m., Norris said. When they traced the phone, they found their alleged suspect dead with a firearm under his body. Norris said it’s unclear whether he died by suicide.
The firefighters who were killed or injured and the shooter were not identified Sunday.
The community lines the streets for a procession.
NOW: Idaho patriots are starting to line the streets with flags as first responders leave the area following the news of the “neutralized” kiIIer
THIS is the America I know and love! pic.twitter.com/tylEHjJn1y
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 30, 2025
Idaho law enforcement officers pay their respects as they transport the bodies of the fire fighters shot dead by a gunman using a sniper while they responded to a fire in the mountains of Coeur D’Alene, Idaho.
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) June 30, 2025
Update: 10:22 ET
If a sniper gets a clear shot, they are going to take the shooter or shooters out. As of 10:22 ET, 11 firefighters were shot, and people are trapped on the hill.
Heavily armed agents are flooding the area.
NOW: Heavily armored law enforcement units have just arrived on scene in Idaho
Many federal agencies are now on scene, including FBI, DHS, and the US Forest Service.
This coward is going to be annihilated. pic.twitter.com/9OiA9PCtod
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 30, 2025
Original Story
In Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, a man or men started a fire, and waited for firefighters to arrive so he could shoot them.
Early reports ay nine firefighters and two police officers were injured. There might be other victims up on the hill. There are calls for life flights.
It’s utter madness.
The Sheriff gives an update explaining they don’t know how many shooters or victims or if civilians didn’t get out. At least two are dead.
IDAHO ACTIVE SHOOTING | LATEST:
– Firefighters ambushed while responding to brush fire
– At least 2 dead, bodies still on mountain, Sheriff says
– FBI, US Marshals on scene
– Cops “activity taking sniper fire.”
– Possibly multiple shooters
– 0 suspects in custody pic.twitter.com/kkk7XYyte1— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 30, 2025
The broadcast in the first clip is so troubling.
BREAKING
Scanner audio from Kootenai County Fire confirm multiple firefighters have been shot, and the fire was intentionally set to draw them into an ambush. https://t.co/DtSyboXpLH pic.twitter.com/kQUm5fyGMz
— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) June 29, 2025
BREAKING
Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office in Northern Idaho reporting an active shooter incident.
Fire department says multiple firefighters shot and injured while responding to incident in Coeur d’Alene pic.twitter.com/xBmjJSAwYn
— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) June 29, 2025
BREAKING UPDATE: Early reports indicate as many as 9 firefighters and 2 cops have been injured after being ambushed near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
Massive emergency response underway with unconfirmed reports of multiple shooters. https://t.co/cw7myIYgwH pic.twitter.com/epQAW3MDpV
— Ready Breaking (@Ready_Breaking) June 29, 2025
Listen live to radio traffic as firefighters in Couer D’Alene Idaho are lured in and then ambushed by an active shooter. Multiple firefighters shot scene is still active. #Breaking news. pic.twitter.com/vTe1utK7B9
— Tyler Anderson, MD (@DoctorTyMD) June 29, 2025
He’s living in his own Private Idaho!
The asylums have been emptied and the former ‘inmates’ are ‘running’ the DNC and Soros’s judiciary…
First responders should be last on this nut’s list. They do service for Americans every day. Many do not have weekends off and others have night shifts. They probably spend less time with their families than the rest of us. Law enforcement officers are never really off duty. And firefighters can be called back at any time. In big fires… Read more »
You can thank our failed justice system for only putting this criminal in jail for 30 days.How about that judge going to the families of the deceased and explain his reasoning.
Nothing on the identity or ethnicity of the ambush killer. Curious…
Waiting for the ‘spin’ by the ‘legacy’ media and the Demoncraps to beatify the murderer/murderers…and admonish the ‘firefighters…
This is Trump’s fault, somehow, and the MSM mis-ledia will be the first to tell us it was.