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chowder66

(10,979 posts) Mon Jun 30, 2025, 01:10 PM Jun 30

Suspect identified in firefighter ambush that left 2 dead and 1 injured in Idaho [View all]

Source: CNN

Authorities identify suspect in firefighter ambush
From CNN's Mark Morales
Authorities have confirmed the identity of the suspect in the firefighter ambush as 20-year-old Wess Roley, according to a law enforcement official.

Investigators believe the suspect intentionally set a brush fire on Canfield Mountain on Sunday before opening fire on responding firefighters, killing two and injuring a third.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/idaho-coeur-dalene-firefighters-shooting?t=1751303318472

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Suspect identified in firefighter ambush that left 2 dead and 1 injured in Idaho [View all] chowder66 Jun 30 OP

20 years old......................... Lovie777 Jun 30 #1

Right in the fat part of the age curve for emerging paranoid schizophrenia Prairie Gates Jun 30 #3

That is pretty sick PatSeg Jun 30 #2

At the Sheriff's press conference last night gab13by13 Jun 30 #4

Sounds like a typical Fox news viewer. hadEnuf Jun 30 #5

I hate it when that happens mike_c Jun 30 #6

The only enlightened sheriffs are fictional characters Marthe48 Jun 30 #8

This sort of ambush is logistically easier in the woods with fewer people around IronLionZion Jun 30 #12

reminds me of the idiots who don't lock their doors Skittles Jun 30 #13

Right? I've lived in rural areas and electricmonk Jun 30 #17

Searched for a picture of the guy white and there also is a picture of his parents posing on front of the kimbutgar Jun 30 #7

Wow! I figured it was someone with mental disease. C Moon Jun 30 #9

That's possible. H2O Man Jun 30 #14

I didn't see it anywhere, but it appears he took his own life? C Moon Jun 30 #15

That seemed to be H2O Man Jun 30 #16

MAGA hat proves mental illness these days IronLionZion Jun 30 #11

Right. H2O Man Jun 30 #18

WTF is wrong with people IronLionZion Jun 30 #10

Seriously. H2O Man Jun 30 #19