A suspect opened fireplace on firefighters responding to a blaze close to Canfield Mountain in northern Idaho on Sunday, killing two individuals and sparking a police operation to trace down the shooter, who was nonetheless energetic within the space by afternoon.Authorities confirmed that emergency crews had reached the scene of the hearth round 1:30 pm native time. About half-hour later, gunshots have been reported. The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Workplace stated police have been nonetheless “taking sniper fireplace” a number of hours later. Idaho governor Brad Little referred to as the act “a heinous direct assault on our courageous firefighters”.“I ask all Idahoans to hope for them and their households as we wait to be taught extra,” he stated on social media platform X.Officers in neighbouring Shoshone County described the unfolding occasion as “an energetic shooter state of affairs the place the shooter continues to be at giant.”Residents have been urged to keep away from the Canfield Mountain Trailhead and close by Nettleton Gulch Highway, situated round 4 miles north of downtown Coeur d’Alene. The hearth on the mountain web site was nonetheless burning.Coeur d’Alene is house to about 55,000 individuals and lies near the Washington state border.
