Authorities found the suspected shooter dead in the shooting that killed at least two firefighters Sunday during a wildfire in Idaho, a state on the northern border of the United States, which mobilized federal authorities amid reports of a possible ambush.
The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office, where the shooting occurred, reported that the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team found a man dead in Canfield Mountain alongside a firearm.
“The shelter-in-place order (due to the shooting) is now lifted. However, there is still an active wildfire on Canfield Mountain. Residents in the area are advised to be prepared,” the office stated in a brief announcement.
The shooting began around 2:00 p.m. local time (10:00 p.m. GMT) after firefighters responded to a wildfire report on Canfield Mountain in Coeur d’Alene, near the Washington state border.
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Idaho Governor Brad Little confirmed that “several heroic firefighters came under attack while responding to a fire” in the northern part of the state, near the Canadian border, and Kootenai County Sheriff Robert Norris reported in a press conference that there was also an unknown number of injured.
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino announced on social media that bureau agents “were en route to the scene in Coeur d’Alene to provide tactical and operational support.”
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem also stated that her department, DHS, was “actively monitoring the scene.”
Meanwhile, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi thanked FBI agents for supporting local authorities.
The United States has recorded at least 189 mass shootings, in which at least four people are shot excluding the attacker, so far in 2025, according to the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive.
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