Steamboat Geyser erupts, as seen through the trees in Yellowstone National Park on Sept. 17, 2018. (Jacob W. Frank/ National Park Service)
One person is dead and a park ranger injured after a shooting overnight and into July 4 in Yellowstone National Park, the park said Thursday in a news release.
The news release sent late Thursday morning said the fatal shooting took place during “a significant law enforcement incident” at Canyon Village in the central part of the park.
“Rangers responded to a report of an individual with a firearm who was making threats,” the park said in the news release. “When rangers contacted the individual there was an exchange of gunfire between the subject and law enforcement rangers.”
The park said a Yellowstone law enforcement park ranger was injured but is in stable condition and being treated at a nearby regional hospital.
It also said the public is not threatened.
The park said the FBI is investigating and National Park Service special agents are supporting the investigation.
The park said no additional details were available Thursday, and it is not releasing the deceased individuals’ identity at this time.
An area around the Canyon Lodge complex remains closed for the investigation, the park said.
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