Gunman who was killed by Yellowstone rangers had planned a July 4 mass shooting, park reveals

Associated Press

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park officials say a gunman killed by park rangers as he fired a semiautomatic rifle at the entrance of a dining facility with 200 people inside had told a woman he planned to carry out a mass shooting. Park officials identified the shooter Tuesday as 28-year-old Samson Lucas Bariah Fussner, of Milton, Florida. Park rangers shot and killed him  as he fired on a service entrance to the dining facility. Law enforcement rangers say Fussner had held a woman at gunpoint earlier, telling her he planned to carry out a mass shooting at a July Fourth event outside Yellowstone.