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Coverage dated June 29, 2025

Wess Roley Identified As Suspected Gunman In Idaho Shooting

Headline from Forbes

Police lifted a shelter-in-place order in Coeur d’Alene after a man with a firearm was found dead near the shooting location.

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  1. Local News 8

    What we know about Wess Roley, the 20-year-old suspect in the Idaho fire shooting (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Bob Ortega, Casey Tolan, CNN Coeur d’Alene, Idaho (CNN) — The suspect who police believe killed two firefighters Sunday after starting a brush fire in Idaho wanted to pursue a career as a firefighter himself, his grandfather told CNN.

  2. Forbes

    Wess Roley Identified As Suspected Gunman In Idaho Shooting (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Police lifted a shelter-in-place order in Coeur d’Alene after a man with a firearm was found dead near the shooting location.

  3. Deseret News

    Alleged sniper in Idaho firefighter shootings identified (opens Deseret News)

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    Deseret News's feed description

    The Associated Press identified the man as 20-year-old Wes Roley

  4. New York Post

    Exclusive | Family of Idaho sniper Wess Roley breaks silence after he ambushed, shot firefighters dead (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Roley, 20, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Sunday after attacking firefighters responding to the blaze he set.

  5. KSN Wichita

    Wess Roley: What we know about suspected sniper in Idaho firefighter ambush (opens KSN Wichita)

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    KSN Wichita's feed description

    The gunman accused of fatally shooting two firefighters and wounding a third while they responded to a wildfire in Idaho has been identified as 20-year-old Wess Roley.

  6. East Idaho News

    What is known about Wess Roley, the 20-year-old suspected of killing Idaho firefighters (opens East Idaho News)

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    East Idaho News's feed description

    COEUR D’ALENE (The Spokesman-Review) — The suspect in the brazen shooting on a mountain that killed two Idaho firefighters and injured another is 20-year-old Wess Roley, according to Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris.

  7. New York Post

    Alleged sniper accused of starting fire in Idaho before killing two firefighters is ID’d as Wess Roley (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    The alleged sniper who shot dead two firefighters and wounded a third in an ambush attack in Idaho has been named.

  8. KEYT Santa Barbara

    What we know about Wess Roley, the 20-year-old suspect in the Idaho fire shooting | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    By Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Bob Ortega, Casey Tolan, Danya Gainor, CNN Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (CNN) — The man who police believe killed two Idaho

  9. New York Post

    Wess Roley, alleged sniper accused of setting Idaho fire before killing two firefighters, ID’d in eerie photo (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Two firefighters are dead and a third is wounded from the attack.

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