The monster who ambushed firefighters yesterday, killing two and critically injuring one (who is now in stable condition) has been revealed as 20-year-old Wess Roley.

Here’s more from Fox News:

The alleged sniper who killed two firefighters and wounded a third in an ambush-styled attack in Idaho has been identified as Wess Roley.

The Associated Press reported, citing a law enforcement official, that Roley deliberately set a brush fire on Canfield Mountain, near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, on Sunday, June 29 to lure first responders into a deadly trap.

The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office said fire crews responded to a blaze at Canfield Mountain just north of Coeur d’Alene around 1:30 p.m. Gunshots were reported about a half-hour later.

In audio from the scene, a firefighter said there was an “emergency situation” and an “active shooter at a fire.”

“We need law enforcement up here immediately,” the firefighter told a dispatcher, adding that there were “two battalion chiefs down.”

“We have another Coeur d’Alene firefighter down … we’ve got two unresponsive battalion chiefs down, multiple gunshot wounds, two Coeur d’Alene are down … I’m pinned down,” the caller continued.

The caller also said that the fire “was set intentionally to draw us in.”

“It’s clear to me that this fire was set intentionally to draw us in,” the caller said.

Law enforcement launched a massive manhunt, tracking the suspected gunman through the terrain. Using cellphone data, a tactical team located Roley’s body several hours later in a wooded area near the origin point of the fire. A firearm was found nearby.

Officials have not yet confirmed whether he died by suicide or was fatally wounded during an exchange with authorities.

The identities of the two deceased firefighters have not been publicly released, pending notification of next of kin.

The third firefighter, who suffered critical injuries, underwent emergency surgery and remains in stable condition.

 
The Times of India reports that, according to Roley’s grandfather, he had no reason to do this and was actually trying to become a firefighter:

20-year-old Wess Roley who started a brush fire deliberately and then shot at firefighters when they responded to the fire in a shockingly bizarre incident in Idaho Sunday had no reason to do that, his grandfather, Dale Roley, told CNN.

Wess Roley was found dead at the site of the fire hours after he created the senseless tragedy.

Though Wess Roley had a tumultuous childhood with his parents divorcing when he was 10 years old, his grandfather said he had loving family and friends. He went to vacation in Hawaii with his mother last year.

Dale Roley told CNN that his grandson came from a family of arborists and had been working in the tree service industry while trying to figure out his career path.

“He wanted to be a fireman – he was doing tree work and he wanted to be a fireman in the forest,” Dale Roley said.

“As far as I know, he was actually pursuing it.

”His grandfather confirmed that the 20-year-old owned a shotgun and a long rifle. It’s not known whether the sniper ambush was carried out with these firearms.

“It wasn’t like he was a loner,” Dale Roley told CNN. “We had no reason to suspect that he would be involved in something like this.”

Maybe they rejected him as a firefighter or something and, in his demented mind, that gave him reason to do something like this. I guess we’ll know more if they ever figure out the motive.