As societal norms continue to crumble and people devolve into the worst versions of themselves in Trump’s America, acts of violence and aggression towards everyday people have become the new norm, but over the weekend, things got even weirder when a suspect shot and killed two firefighters and wounded a third for no apparent reason who were responding to an emergency.
According to NBC News, 20-year-old Wess Roley was found dead following his ambush after firefighters responded to a call of a burning bush near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Upon arrival, the suspect opened fire with a sniper rifle and killed two firemen on Sunday (June 29). More than 300 police officers immediately responded to the attack and exchanged gunfire with the suspect before he went into hiding. Roley was later found dead near Canfield Mountain not too long after the shooting.
NBC News reports:
“We had a cell phone activation that was in the same spot since about 3:16 [p.m.], and that it was in the same area,” he said at tonight’s news conference. “And we honed in on that cellphone, and we saw that there was a male, appeared to be deceased, with a weapon nearby.”
Authorities believe the body belongs to the sole shooter in today’s violence that killed two firefighters who responded to a brush fire believed to have been set intentionally on the mountain.
Norris said federal authorities pitched in with technology that helped track that cellphone signal.
“There are some helicopters that had some really good technology that were able to pinpoint where that cellphone activity was,” the sheriff said. “So yeah, there was our federal partners assisting us in this situation.”
The third firefighter wounded in the attack is said to be fighting for his life but is in stable condition at the time.
There’s no word on possible motives for the ambush or whether the suspect acted alone, however, authorities believe Roley carried this ambush out alone.
“Based on the preliminary information, we believe that was the only shooter up on that mountain at that time,” Norris said. “There is no threat to the community at this time.”
We really are living through some crazy times in 2025.
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