Idaho authorities confirmed that a sniper who lured firefighters to a blaze they believe he set to ambush them had acted alone and had been found dead.

The "bodies of the slain firefighters arrived in the nearby city of Spokane, Washington," Sunday evening, "escorted by a procession of fire and law enforcement vehicles," The Associated Press said. The "line-of-duty slayings rocked a region marked by a history of law enforcement deaths," said Spokane's The Spokesman-Review.