Edit from 06/30/2025 at 06:30 am: the authorities have just announced that they have found a “deceased man”, on the site where firefighters fighting against a fire had been caught. “A firearm was found nearby”. The order for the inhabitants to take shelter, established during a confrontation between the authorities and an unknown number of shooters, was lifted.
Weapons violence has still struck in the United States. At least two people were killed on Sunday in the state of Idaho in an ambush stretched at firefighters who were fighting against a brush fire.
The fire is still underway in a mountainous area of ​​the County Kootenai, an area appreciated by hikers, while the police continue to exchange shots with the shooters (s), said sheriff Robert Norris. “We have an unknown number of victims […] Right now, we are wiping snipers, “he said.
“One, two, three or four” shooters
The shooter has shown “no sign of the will to surrender,” said the sheriff, encouraging the police “to be pulled to neutralize the threat”. “Several heroic firefighters were attacked today while they were working on a fire in northern Idaho,” said state governor Brad Little, denouncing “a direct odious attack on our courageous firefighters”.
The authorities believe that the shooters (s) are in “dense vegetation” and “blend into their environment,” said sheriff. They were “well prepared,” he added, adding that the authorities did not know if there were “one, two, three or four” shooters.
The FBI in reinforcement
The deputy director of the FBI, Dan Bongino, said that the confrontation was still underway, and that the agency sent staff “to provide tactical and operational support”.
The chief firefighters in the area, Pat Riley, explained that he had “a broken heart” by the attack, on the local television channel KHQ. He said there was a risk of fire extension since firefighters cannot fight it in these circumstances. He added that he did not know how many victims were to be deplored, but that they were “all members of the staff of the fire services”. The authorities asked residents to take shelter on the spot until the confrontation is finished.
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With more firearms in circulation than residents, the United States displayed the highest firearm mortality rate in all developed countries. The killings are a recurring scourge that successive governments have so far failed to stem, many Americans remaining very attached to their arms.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, there were 189 mass shootings this year in the United States. They are defined by the organization as incidents where at least four people, other than the shooter, are killed or injured.
