The Idaho man who set a wildfire in order to ambush firefighters left behind a haunting farewell letter to his father before killing two fire officials and taking his own life.
On June 29, 20-year-old Wess Roley opened fire on first responders battling a blaze he had intentionally started on Canfield Mountain near Coeur d'Alene, People reported. Battalion Chief Frank Harwood, 42, and Battalion Chief John Morrison, 52, were both killed at the scene. A third firefighter was injured but survived. Authorities later used cell phone data to locate Roley's body in the nearby woods, where he was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound with a shotgun next to him.
