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Authorities recently shared a social media image of the suspect involved in the shooting of firefighters in Idaho. Additionally, they identified the firefighters who lost their lives and those who were wounded in the planned attack.
The suspect, 20-year-old Wess Roley, was spotted in a photo shared on his Instagram story. In the image, he is dressed in black face paint and camouflage attire, complete with a bandolier around his waist. This information was disclosed during a press conference by authorities.
Roley, who was discovered deceased near the site of the shooting several hours after the tragic incident that claimed the lives of two firefighters and left another injured, is presumed to have taken his own life. These details were provided by Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris.
The firefighter victims in the attack were identified at the news conference. Frank Harwood and John Morrison were killed, while Dave Tisdale is hospitalized in stable condition.
Multiple firefighters were shot near Canfield Mountain in Idaho. (KHQ)
Norris said there had been five law enforcement interactions with Roley, which he said were very minor in nature, such as trespassing incidents.
Roley had an interaction with firefighters before shooting about where his car was parked, the sheriff said.
It appeared that the suspect was living in his vehicle, Norris noted.
“We know that he was a transient here,” the sheriff said. “We knew that he lived here for the better part of 2024. But as far as when he got here, why he was here, why he chose this place. I don’t know. He has relatives in the Priest River area, but I don’t know why he chose that. We don’t find any nexus to anything else. Maybe we’ll find more once we do an inventory of the vehicle. But as of right now, we don’t know.”
Fox News’ Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.
