Coeur d’Alene shooting suspect identified as Wess Roley

This is 20-year-old Wess Roley, the suspected gunman who set a fire and then ambushed firefighters, killing two and wounding more.

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — Authorities have identified the gunman responsible for the deadly sniper ambush on Canfield Mountain as Wess Roley, following an hours-long active shooter situation that claimed the lives of two firefighters and left a third critically injured.

Roley, whose body was discovered Sunday evening near a firearm, is believed to have set a brush fire in the rugged, forested terrain outside Coeur d’Alene with the intent to lure firefighters into a deadly trap.

Two firefighters — one from the Coeur d’Alene Fire Department and the other from Kootenai County Fire & Rescue — were fatally shot while assessing the scene.