BOISE, Idaho — The man who shot firefighters battling a blaze in northern Idaho did so after they asked him to move his vehicle, killing two of them and wounding a third, the Kootenai County Sheriff said Monday.
The man, identified as Wess Roley, had set a fire, and the firefighters who rushed to put out the blaze on Sunday instead found themselves in an unexpected shootout.
They took cover behind fire trucks, but two died and a third was wounded during a barrage of gunfire over several hours, authorities said. It appears the man later killed himself, Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris said.
Sheriff Noriss says that Roley was living out of his vehicle at the time, had once aspired to be a firefighter, and had only a handful of minor contacts with area police. Norris also mentioned that the Roley's social media had been "wiped clean," but is unsure who deleted the posts.
Watch the full press conference with the Kooenai County Sheriff below:
