As a wildfire began to sow panic in a small northern Idaho mountain community, a group of firefighters who rushed to put out the blaze instead found themselves in an unexpected shootout.

A gunman who fatally shot two firefighters and critically wounded a third who were responding to a brush fire near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, on Sunday, was found dead hours later, officials said. The body of 20-year-old Wess Roley was discovered by Idaho SWAT teams on the east side of Canfield Mountain after firefighters came under “active sniper fire” while responding to the fire,