Nettleton Gulch Fire Shooting Fatalities 2025

Battalion Chiefs Frank Harwood and John Morrison responded with other firefighters from the Coeur d’Alene Fire Department and Kootenai County Fire and Rescue to a grass fire on Canfield Mountain in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Sometime after arriving on scene, firefighters communicated that they were taking gunfire and believed that they had been ambushed. Harwood and Morrison were fatally wounded at this time. Officers from various law enforcement agencies promptly responded to the scene and exchanged gunfire with the lone gunman who was later found deceased. A fire engineer from the Coeur d’Alene Fire Department was also critically injured during the incident and is recovering. Investigation into the incident continues.