BREAKING: Coeur d'Alene Shooter Identified

Beege Welborn

Yes, that's a mugshot. Reports online, not all confirmed yet [Beege adds: now debunked by county sheriff, see update below], are that Roley was born in Russia, has lived in New York and Idaho, has had significant mental health issues, and has had a number of run-ins with law enforcement. There is also talk of a restraining order taken out by his family against being in force.

🚨 20 year old Wes Roley identified as the Idaho shooter. Had multiple arrests for violence, significant mental health issues, and was the subject of a restraining order. Thus, he was barred from owning or possessing firearms. Investigation continuing. pic.twitter.com/oK3FPYQyvy

— John Jackson (@hissgoescobra) June 30, 2025

All of the social media accounts have been scrubbed already, so we are at the just a name and some scanty info phase.

Certainly nothing to go on.

Local news had a good incident recap.

Authorities have identified Wess Roley as the gunman responsible for Sunday’s horrifying ambush on Canfield Mountain that left two firefighters dead and a third critically injured.

According to law enforcement, Roley deliberately set a wildfire and then opened fire on responding fire crews, luring them into a deadly trap.

Roley, whose body was discovered Sunday evening near a firearm, was found in the rugged terrain of Canfield Mountain outside Coeur d’Alene. A law enforcement official confirmed his identity to Channel2 NOW on Monday, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the ongoing investigation.

The incident began around 1:21 p.m. on Sunday when emergency calls were made reporting a brush fire in the heavily wooded hills of Canfield Mountain.

Beege ADDS: It's 2 pm CST and still zip confirmed on this guy, y'all. I keep checking for something official other than his name, and there's nothing.

MORE: 4:36 CST Dribs and drabs.

...Investigators learned that at one point, the 20-year-old suspect wanted to be a firefighter, Norris said, adding, "We don't know if there's a nexus to that desire and what happened yesterday."

Law enforcement in the county had five prior interactions with Roley, 20, but they were "minor in nature," according to Norris. They included welfare checks and a trespassing incident in which Roley was asked to leave and cooperated, he said.

Investigators have not yet done an inventory of Roley's vehicle, which "would be a good place to start" in determining a motive, Norris said. Responding deputies pushed the vehicle off the side of a mountain so that the suspect could not flee, and it currently remains in an embankment, Norris said.

Authorities are looking into Roley's social media presence, the sheriff said.

Interesting about shoving his vehicle off the side of the mountain. Probably pretty clever thinking at the time in this day and age of fobs and electronic ignitions.

The 'born in Russia' looks to have been a rumor, too, according to the sheriff.

...Sheriff Bob Norris said the suspect, identified by the Associated Press earlier as Wess Roley, was born in California and is believed to have previously lived in California, Arizona and Idaho. Norris said Roley had five prior contacts with local law enforcement, but they were minor in nature, such as trespassing and he had previously cooperated with authorities. Roley had no significant criminal history.