It is unknown how he died, and authorities have not yet revealed a motive. Police and fire crews respond to a shooting and fire on Canfield Mountain in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Sunday, June 29, 2025.

The Idaho House Republican Leadership said in a statement: “We are horrified by the murder of two firefighters in Coeur d’Alene, and shocked by such a vicious attack on our first responders.

Battalion Chief John Morrison was fatally shot by Idaho sniper Wess Roley. City of Coeur d'Alene Coeur d’Alene Fire Department Kootenai County Fire and Rescue responded to the scene around 1:30 ...

Smoke is seen from blaze burning in a community near Canfield Mountain where a sniper ambushed firefighters responding to the fire, just north of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Sunday, June 29, 2025.

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — As a wildfire began to sow panic in a small northern Idaho mountain community, a group of firefighters who rushed to put out the blaze instead found themselves in an ...

A man armed with a rifle started a wildfire Sunday and then began shooting at first responders in a northern Idaho mountain community, killing two firefighters and wounding a third during a ...

Local authorities said an armed man started a fire on a mountain in northern Idaho and then began shooting at responding firefighters, killing two and injuring a third. Additionally, authorities ...

Timeline of the Canfield Mountain attack At 1:21 p.m. local time, emergency dispatchers received a phone call reporting a fire on the east side of Canfield Mountain, Norris said.

The gunman suspected of fatally ambushing firefighters responding to a blaze in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, on Sunday has been identified as a 20-year-old man who once wanted to be a firefighter ...

Wess Roley was identified as the Idaho sniper suspect Monday. On Sunday, Roley, 20, set a blaze in the woods of Canfield Mountain near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho — then opened fire from a concealed ...

Roley used gas, compact lighters, and flint to ignite a series of fires on Canfield Mountain on the afternoon of June 29 to initiate a response from local fire departments, Norris said.