Overview

• Two firefighters were fatally shot and several others wounded after an armed suspect opened fire on crews responding to a brush fire at Canfield Mountain in Coeur d’Alene.
• Officers continue to endure sniper fire as the sheriff’s office investigates whether a lone gunman or multiple assailants were involved in the ambush.
• Emergency management officials suspended fire suppression efforts and issued shelter-in-place directives for residents south of Hayden Lake Road and east of 15th Street.
• Governor Brad Little condemned the attack as a “heinous direct assault” on first responders and urged Idahoans to pray for the victims and their families.
• FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino confirmed federal assets are providing tactical and operational support in the multi-jurisdictional response.