A wildfire call on Canfield Mountain turned into a deadly ambush Sunday when two firefighters were killed and another wounded by gunfire. Authorities have now identified the alleged shooter as 20-year-old Wess Roley, a transient who had been living out of his vehicle in the area, according to Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris.
The shooting began after firefighters responded to a blaze that Roley had allegedly set using flint. The fire, reported at approximately 1:20 p.m. on Saturday, quickly escalated into a deadly shootout when the first responders asked Roley to move his vehicle.
“There was an interaction with the firefighters,” Norris stated during a Monday news conference. “It has something to do with his vehicle being parked where it was.”…