At least two firefighters have died this Sunday and a number still unknown people have been injured in the town of Coeur d’Airne, in the state of Idaho, after receiving shots of “sniper” while trying to quell a forest fire. declared on the northern border of the United States, what has. motivated the deployment of the FBI before the report of a possible ambush.
The Kootenai County Sheriff, Robert Norris, has confirmed a number of provisional fatalities during a press conference in which he has indicated that emergency teams are “receiving snipes from snipers while we talk.” The shooting, perpetrated by a still undetermined number of suspects that are still free, began around 14:00 hours of the local time (22:00 GMT) after going to the Canfield mountain, next to the Washington state border., After receiving the alert call.
“It has been reported that firefighters were receiving shots. We now have two dead. We have an unknown number of injured. We also have civilians who are getting out of the mountain and, possibly, civilians who are trapped or in a state of Schock. This is a very novel situation,” said the Sheriff at a press conference.
At least one suspect continues to shoot the security forces present in the area, given that the county sheriff has recognized that “we do not know if there are one, two, three or four shooters” although he has warned that “we will neutralize this threat as soon as possible”, so he has asked citizens to avoid the area. Until now, the reason for the attack is unknown, but the local press reports an alleged ambush.
Norris has also lamented that this operation “lasts several days”, because the sniper or snipers, who use “modern sports rifles”, do not seem to “want to surrender.” The operation has the “tactical and operational support” of agents of the Federal Police (FBI) that are already addressed to the town, as confirmed by its deputy director, Dan Bongino, in his X account.
Idaho Governor Brad Little, has confirmed that “several heroic firefighters were attacked today while responding to a fire in the north of Idaho” in a message on social networks where he has lamented what he has described as “direct and atrocious attack.” Thus, he has recognized being “disconsolate” and has asked all the inhabitants of the State “to pray for them and their families.”
The United States has registered at least 189 mass shootings, in which at least four people receive shots without counting the attacker, so far from 2025, according to the civil organization Gun Violence Archive.
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