Former classmate of firefighter ambush suspect details past extremist views

[Guno צְבִי]

Dieter claimed Roley was someone who talked about Nazism, who was "very pro-gun," who spoke of wanting to join the military, who would often make drawings of bombs and military vehicles and who allegedly got in trouble once for drawing swastikas in a textbook.

Roley would also say "awful things" related to the border crisis, Dieter said. Dieter said he and his friends would brush off all the comments as "Wess just being Wess," trying to say outlandish things to be "edgy" and stand out.

Probe into Idaho firefighter ambush suspect digging into childhood, gun familiarity

As officials invesitgate the suspect's possible motive, a former classmate of Wess Roley told ABC News he was someone who talked about Nazism and was "very pro-gun."

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Dieter said Roley never spoke much about his family or his background, except he allegedly often claimed to have been born in Germany and to be more German and "more patriotic" than others.

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Growing up around firearms​

The source familiar with the investigation, however, said that authorities learned Roley grew up with a family that had firearms and felt comfortable handling them

The source said Roley's stepfather lawfully possessed many firearms.

 

[Hawkeye10]

The claim that he wanted to be a firefighter is interesting next to the fact that he killed two battalion commanders before killing himself.