🇺🇸 Someone set fire to the Canfield Mountain area in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
When firefighters arrived they were shot.
It was an ambush.
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Firefighters were shot at immediately upon arrival at the fire in the Canfield Mountain area of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
The shooter is still on the loose.
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Authorities believe the fire was deliberately set to lure emergency crews, who are now pinned down. Life Flight helicopters and support from Spokane are en route.
The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that it's an active shooter situation.
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Police is on scene
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The FBI is assisting authorities in the active shooter situation in Coeur d'Alene, northern Idaho, where multiple firefighters were shot.
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Two firefighters were shot and killed in an ambush while responding to a wildfire on Canfield Mountain in Coeur d’Alene, North Idaho.
The sheriff confirmed there are additional casualties, but the exact number remains unknown.
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A reporter asked if gunfire was coming from multiple locations, suggesting multiple shooters.
The sheriff confirmed this, saying officers and deputies on the Canfield Mountain are indeed reporting shots from different directions.
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Sheriff Robert Norris went on to say that they can't confirm the number of shooters in the attack.
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Sheriff Robert Norris told reporters that cops are actively taking sniper fire "as we speak."
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The Active Shooter on Canfield Mountain in Coeur d'Alene Idaho has been NEUTRALIZED!
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🇺🇸 Fox News reports that a total of 11 firefighters and police have been injured by gunfire in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
2 firefighters have been confirmed dead.
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