Chilling audio captures a firefighter begging for help while “pinned down” by the crazed shooter who lured them to a blaze in Idaho just to open fire, killing two.
“We need law enforcement up here immediately,” the unidentified firefighter said in the 911 call from Canfield Mountain just north of Coeur d’Alene on Sunday.
“We have another Coeur d’Alene firefighter down … we’ve got two unresponsive battalion chiefs down, multiple gunshot wounds, two Coeur d’Alene are down,” the caller continued.
“I’m pinned down,” he said. “It’s clear to me that this fire was set intentionally to draw us in.”
Two firefighters were killed and another was wounded after the gunman opened fire on emergency crews responding to a blaze at Canfield Mountain just north of Coeur d’Alene at around 1:30 p.m.
The third firefighter was left fighting for life after surgery, although is now in a stable condition, Kootenai County Sheriff Robert Norris told a news conference later on Sunday afternoon.
“We do believe the suspect started the fire, it was an ambush and it was totally intentional,” Norris said. “This was a total ambush. These firefighters did not have a chance.”
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The body of the suspected gunman was later found with a firearm nearby after authorities were able to track him down using cell phone information.
However, the danger posed by the ongoing brush fire forced the fire crews to retreat.
“Multiple heroic firefighters were attacked today while responding to a fire in North Idaho,” Governor Brad Little wrote on X on Sunday.
“This is a heinous direct assault on our brave firefighters. I ask all Idahoans to pray for them and their families as we wait to learn more,” he sad, adding that he and his wife Teresa were “heartbroken” by events in Coeur d’Alene.
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