Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris said firefighters first responded to an early afternoon report of a brush fire at a popular and scenic hiking and biking area near the outskirts of town. But

Two Idaho firefighters killed in a shooting near Coeur d'Alene were identified by authorities Monday. The big picture: The two veteran firefighters, along with a third who was critically injured, were ambushed by a lone gunman who started a wildfire in the state's north Sunday, investigators said.

The gunman suspected of fatally ambushing firefighters responding to a blaze in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, on Sunday has been identified as a 20-year-old man who once wanted to be a firefighter, according to law enforcement officials.