LOS ANGELES: Officers within the US state of Idaho have recognized the person believed to have ignited a brush hearth on Sunday (Jun 29) and shot at responding firefighters, killing two.
The suspect, who apparently took his own life, was named as 20-year-old Wess Roley on Monday by Kootenai County Sheriff Robert Norris.
A 3rd firefighter was additionally injured within the incident, which occurred on Canfield Mountain, exterior the town of Coeur d’Alene within the northwestern state.
The sheriff stated Roley was initially from California and had lived in numerous locations on the West Coast.
“We’ve info that he, at one time needed to be a firefighter, so we do not know if there is a nexus to that need and what occurred yesterday,” Norris informed a press convention.
The victims of the incident had been recognized as Frank Harwood, 42, and John Morrison, 52, each veterans of the Kootenai County Fireplace Division.
