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East Idaho has experienced a rash of recent unrelated incidents of gun violence, resulting in three fatalities, including the Feb. 8 death of an Idaho Falls man who an unidentified officer reportedly mistook for a suspect.
On Sunday afternoon, a suspect whose identity has not been disclosed was killed when law enforcement officers returned his fire during a standoff in the Rose-Firth area, police said.
On Sunday night, area authorities also wrapped up one of the most intense manhunts in Southeast Idahoâs history when they nabbed 43-year-old Richard âRockyâ Iverson, of Blackfoot, who was allegedly involved in a Saturday night shootout with U.S. Marshals that claimed the life of another suspect.
EDITORS NOTE: This story has been updated to include the name of the suspect killed in the standoff FIRTH — A man who died following a shootout with deputies in Bingham County Sunday was squatting in the home. Bingham County Sheriff Craig Rowland tells EastIdahoNews.com that Bruce Diehl, 51, of Shelley, had been in the […]
FIRTH — A man was killed in a shootout with deputies in Bingham County today. Police reports show Bingham County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a home in the area of 800 North and 150 West at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday. There was a man barricaded inside the home who had fired multiple times at deputies […]