The suspected sniper who police say fatally shot two firefighters after deliberately setting a blaze was discovered useless in a mountainous area of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris introduced at a press convention Sunday evening the alleged shooter received right into a gun battle with officers in Canfield Mountain after police traced his cellphone sign throughout a manhunt involving roughly 300 officers.

Norris mentioned the change of gunfire ended with the suspect’s demise.

It is unclear whether or not the gunman, whose title was not launched, took his personal life or was killed by police bullets. Norris mentioned police imagine the person was the one shooter, describing him as a sniper.

Earlier within the day, the sniper allegedly lured the firefighters to Coeur d’Alene by beginning a brush hearth. Norris mentioned the suspect — whose motive is unknown — then fatally shot two firefighters and critically injured a 3rd.