Two firefighters slain in North Idaho ambush
Law enforcement officers stage at Cherry Hill Park next to Canfield Mountain on Sunday in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. (Bill Buley/CdA Press)
An FBI agent prepares to help with the response on Canfield Mountain on Sunday.
A Coeur d'Alene police officer responds to Cherry Hill Park near Canfield Mountain on Sunday after two firefighters were shot and killed.
COEUR d’ALENE — Hours after two firefighters were ambushed and fatally shot while responding to a blaze on Canfield Mountain Sunday, authorities said that the suspected shooter was found dead on the burning mountain.
The suspect has not been publicly identified. His background and motives remain under investigation, police said. Authorities believe the suspect set the fire intentionally and acted alone.
“This was a total ambush,” Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris said during a Sunday night news conference in Hayden. “These firefighters did not have a chance.”
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