Man found dead on Canfield Mountain after shooting
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Emergency vehicles line the road into Cherry Hill Park off 15th Street on Sunday afternoon following reports of an ambush shooting attack on Canfield Mountain.
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COEUR d’ALENE — Hours after two firefighters were killed when they were ambushed while responding to a blaze on Canfield Mountain, SWAT team members found “a deceased male” on the mountain with a firearm nearby, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office.
Police exchanged gunfire with the individual, authorities confirmed, but his cause of death is not yet known.
The shelter in place order has been lifted, but a wildfire continues to burn.
This is a developing story.
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