Law enforcement officers at Yellowstone National Park were alerted to a gunman’s plan to shoot at an employee dining hall hours before the attack on July 4, according to information revealed Thursday by the National Park Service.
NPS rangers shot and killed Samson Lucas Bariah Fussner, 28, that morning as he fired a semi-automatic weapon while walking toward Yellowstone’s Canyon Lodge building. No other workers or visitors were hurt, but an officer was shot and injured in the incident.
The details were released by NPS in a video briefing that accompanied footage from officers’ body cameras, which showed the chaotic scene as they responded.
In the early morning of July 4, a woman reported to law enforcement that Fussner came to her residence with a knife and a handgun, held her against her will, and shared plans to attack the employee dining hall in Canyon Lodge and other July 4 events, according to the NPS video statement.