New Delhi, July 1 -- The man who fatally shot two firefighters and wounded another in northern Idaho has been identified as Wess Roley, authorities said on Monday.

Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris, offering new details about the Sunday confrontation at Canfield Mountain, said Roley, who allegedly started the wildfire, shot the first responders after they asked him to move his vehicle.

"We do believe that the suspect started the fire, and we do believe that it was an ambush and it was intentional," Norris said in a press conference on Sunday.

Wess Roley, 20, lived out of his vehicle, was discovered dead from the scene as the blaze began to spread across the mountain. Sheriff Bob Norris later said he died by suicide.

Roley had set a f...