{"id":1760,"date":"2025-07-01T07:25:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T07:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/idaho-officials-name-suspect-in-deadly-ambush-that-killed-two-us-firefighters\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T07:25:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T07:25:50","slug":"idaho-officials-name-suspect-in-deadly-ambush-that-killed-two-us-firefighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/idaho-officials-name-suspect-in-deadly-ambush-that-killed-two-us-firefighters\/","title":{"rendered":"Idaho officials name suspect in deadly \u2018ambush\u2019 that killed two US firefighters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LOS ANGELES, July 1 — Officials in the US state of Idaho have identified the man believed to have ignited a brush fire Sunday and shot at responding firefighters, killing two.<\/p>\n

The suspect, who apparently took his own life, was named as 20-year-old Wess Roley on Monday by Kootenai County Sheriff Robert Norris.<\/p>\n

A third firefighter was also injured in the incident, which occurred on Canfield Mountain, outside the city of Coeur d’Alene in the northwestern state.<\/p>\n

The sheriff said Roley was originally from California and had lived in various places on the West Coast.<\/p>\n

“We have information that he, at one time wanted to be a firefighter, so we don’t know if there’s a nexus to that desire and what happened yesterday,” Norris told a press conference.<\/p>\n

The victims of the incident were identified as Frank Harwood, 42, and John Morrison, 52, both veterans of the Kootenai County Fire Department.<\/p>\n

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The injured officer was identified as 47-year-old Dave Tysdal, who underwent two surgeries in the last 24 hours, according to Coeur d’Alene Fire Chief Tom Greif.<\/p>\n

The sheriff on Sunday had said the fire had been intentionally set, calling it an “ambush.”<\/p>\n

About 300 law enforcement officers were deployed to the area as the hectic scene unfolded.<\/p>\n

Serious gun violence is common across the United States, where many states have few barriers to the purchasing of firearms, despite widespread support for greater gun control.<\/p>\n

There have been 189 mass shootings in the United States this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive — which it defines as four or more people shot. — AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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LOS ANGELES, July 1 — Officials in the US state of Idaho have identified the man believed to have ignited a brush fire Sunday 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 third…<\/p>\n

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