Shooting at Yellowstone National Park on July Fourth injures ranger, kills suspect
One person was killed and a park ranger was injured in a shooting Thursday morning in Yellowstone National Park in Canyon Village, Wyoming, park officials said.
One person was killed and a park ranger was injured in a shooting Thursday morning in Yellowstone National Park in Canyon Village, Wyoming, park officials said.
The episode began overnight and ended Thursday morning, Yellowstone National Park said in a news release. Rangers responded to a report of a person with a firearm who was making threats at Canyon Village, which is south of Tower Falls in the central part of the park.
Rangers contacted the person and exchanged gunfire. The person died. No identity was released.
A Yellowstone law enforcement park ranger was injured. The ranger, whose name has not been released, was stable at a hospital.
The FBI is leading the investigation with help from National Park Service special agents. An area around the Canyon Lodge complex remained closed as part of the investigation.
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