Idaho Ambush
Investigators are likely working to understand the motivation of the Idaho suspect who they believe started a brush fire before shooting at responding firefighters in what authorities describe as a planned ambush, a former intelligence official told CNN.
“Right now, behind the scenes, there’s a lot of work going on to really understand who this individual is and what motivated them to carry out this attack,” Shawn Turner, former US national intelligence communications director, said Monday.
First, investigators will be looking at “whether or not there was some sort of tension; some sort of strife, conflict between local law enforcement and this individual,” Turner said.
Then, they will likely look into the whether the suspect held broader world views – such as anti-law enforcement or anti-government leanings – that drove him to launch the attack.
By TuAnh Dam, Zoe Sottile, Amanda Musa, Danya Gainor, Susannah Cullinane, Amanda Jackson, Audry Jeong and Omar Jimenez, CNN
