{"id":27507,"date":"2025-06-30T16:03:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T16:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/27507\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T16:03:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T16:03:16","slug":"chilling-audio-captures-firefighter-begging-for-help-after-crazed-gunman-ambushes-crew-responding-to-idaho-fire-killing-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/27507\/","title":{"rendered":"Chilling audio captures firefighter begging for help after crazed gunman ambushes crew responding to Idaho fire, killing 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chilling audio captures a firefighter begging for help while \u201cpinned down\u201d by the crazed shooter who lured them to a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/29\/us-news\/2-dead-several-shot-after-firefighters-ambushed-responding-to-idaho-blaze-cops-trying-to-neutralize-ongoing-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blaze in Idaho just to open fire, killing two<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need law enforcement up here immediately,\u201d the unidentified\u00a0firefighter said in the 911 call from Canfield Mountain just north of Coeur d\u2019Alene on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have another Coeur d\u2019Alene firefighter down \u2026 we\u2019ve got two unresponsive battalion chiefs down, multiple gunshot wounds, two Coeur d\u2019Alene are down,\u201d the caller continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m pinned down,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s clear to me that this fire was set intentionally to draw us in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police on the scene of a shooting on Canfield Mountain. AP<\/p>\n<p>Smoke is seen from the Canfield Mountain after a fire is started. REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019Alene at around 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The third firefighter was left fighting for life after surgery, although\u00a0is\u00a0now in\u00a0a stable\u00a0condition, Kootenai County Sheriff Robert Norris told a news conference later on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>A procession from Kootenai Health headed to Spokane after a few firefighters were killed Sunday, June 29, 2025. AP<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do believe the suspect started the fire, it was an ambush and it was\u00a0totally\u00a0intentional,\u201d Norris said. \u201cThis was a total ambush. These firefighters did not have a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:19px\"><strong>Every morning, the NY POSTcast offers a deep dive into the headlines with the Post\u2019s signature mix of politics, business, pop culture, true crime and everything in between. <a href=\"https:\/\/link.chtbl.com\/NYPOSTcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Subscribe here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement and emergency responders at the scene of the shooting. AP<\/p>\n<p>However, the danger posed by the ongoing brush fire forced the fire crews to retreat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMultiple heroic firefighters were attacked today while responding to a fire in North Idaho,\u201d Governor Brad Little\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovernorLittle\/status\/1939460833354072306\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote on X<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis 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,\u201d he\u00a0sad, adding that he and his wife Teresa were \u201cheartbroken\u201d by events in Coeur d\u2019Alene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chilling audio captures a firefighter begging for help while \u201cpinned down\u201d by the crazed shooter who lured them&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[6526,4216,13670,50,3677,67,132,68,1154],"class_list":{"0":"post-27507","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"category-us","9":"tag-firefighters","10":"tag-fires","11":"tag-idaho","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-shootings","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-us-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114773164447990140","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}