The gunman accused of fatally shooting two firefighters and wounding a third while they responded to a wildfire in Idaho has been identified as 20-year-old Wess Roley.

"When a community prays together, that's what we can do," Fr.  Len MacMillian said. "It's not a solution, but it's a better way of life."

Firefighters were ambushed by a gunman while responding to a brush fire in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, on Sunday, according to the local sheriff's office.