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Boise’s Fox affiliate reports: The suspect accused of intentionally setting a brush fire on a mountain in Idaho on Sunday to ambush firefighters with gunfire, killing two and injuring a third, has been identified. Authorities told The Associated Press that 20-year-old Wess Roley, who is now deceased, was believed to have set the wildfire on Canfield Mountain in Coeur d’Alene. …

The New York Times reports: A gunman deliberately started a wildfire in a rugged mountain area of Idaho and then shot at the firefighters who responded, killing two and injuring another on Sunday afternoon in what the local sheriff described as a “total ambush.” Law enforcement officers exchanged fire with the gunman while the wildfire burned, and officials later found …