Incident

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7-04-2024 Wyoming Yellowstone National Park (Mammoth) 1-1

Location

July 04, 2024

Canyon View Lodge - Yellowstone National Park
41 Clover Ln
Yellowstone National Park (Mammoth), Wyoming

Participants

Type: Victim
Participant Characteristics:
- Law Enforcement
Name: Ranger
Age Group: Adult 18+
Status: Injured

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Samson Lucas Bariah Fussner
Age: 28
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Officer Involved Incident
Officer Involved Shooting - Officer shot
Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator killed
Workplace shooting (disgruntled current or former employee)

Notes

Canyon Village area; Yellowstone National Park Ranger shot near Lodge; exchange of gunfire with subject; APPROX 44.73255545154779, -110.48623125315092. Aka: Samson "Lucas" Fussner

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Rifle

Sources

URL: https://x.com/nps_ranger

URL: https://www.facebook.com/YellowstoneNationalParkVisitor/posts/pfbid02i5hBcppJ5yQmvzBqSPwvNQ6EhK7SYbQ7DaufDxvmon4xzePBn9FQCi2ZCHvk2coNl

URL: https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/news/240704.htm

URL: https://www.jhnewsandguide.com/the_hole_scroll/coroner-identifies-florida-man-killed-in-exchange-of-gunfire-with-yellowstone-rangers/article_64cb40c4-3c84-11ef-8a31-53dc840a4138.html

URL: https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/yellowstone-national-park-announces-new-details-in-officer-involved-shoting

District

State Senate District: 18
State House District: 24