Authorities identified the suspect as Wess Roley. Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris said it appeared he had been living in his car, and authorities did not know why he was in the area. Roley, who dreamed of becoming a firefighter himself, was found dead on the mountain from a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Wess Roley has been identified as the suspect behind the deadly shooting, according to a law enforcement official who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

The gunman behind a deadly ambush that targeted firefighters in Idaho has been identified as Wess Roley. Two firefighters were killed in a suspected ambush on Canfield Mountain just north of Coeur d’Alene.