What kind of person shoots a firefighter? We don't know yet, because the identities of two hunters, charged by the FBI with chasing down and shooting at two Australian firefighters and two local police officers working with the US Forest Service in Washington state, haven't been released.
From The Age:
Fairfax Media has been told the hunters pursued the four across a ridge, despite being warned they were in a restricted area and should leave.
One of the local officers is understood to have used his phone to record a last message to his family, so concerned was he about the two hunters in pursuit.
However, all four managed to find cover and were later safely airlifted out of the area.
Image: Australian fightfighters in Washington state/Facebook.
