A 28-year-old Florida man working for a Yellowstone National Park concessionaire has been identified as the man killed in a fatal shootout with rangers on July 4 at Canyon Village.
This aerial view shows Canyon Village close to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
Samson Lucas Bariah Fussner, of Milton, Florida, was killed after apparently holding a female at gunpoint and threatening to “shoot up” a fireworks show in West Yellowstone or somewhere else in Montana, according to a recording of a Yellowstone Communications Center BOLO (be on the lookout) to surrounding law enforcement agencies and rebroadcast by the Park County Sherriff’s Office Communications Center. A copy of the recording was posted to the NPS Ranger News Facebook page.
Park County Wyoming coroner Cody Gortmaker identified Fussner. Gortmaker took custody of Fussner’s body the night of July 4, according to reporting by the Powell Tribune. An autopsy was conducted Friday, and Gortmaker said it concluded that Fussner “died from injuries sustained by Yellowstone Park rangers,” the newspaper reported and Gortmaker confirmed.
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Samson Fussner, 28, of Florida, has been identified by the Park County Wyoming coroner as the man killed in a shootout with rangers in Yellowstone Park on the 4th of July. Fussner worked as an employee of park contractor Xanterra Travel Collection.
An unidentified park ranger was injured in the shootout. The ranger’s condition and the extent of the injuries have not been released by the National Park Service.
Rangers responded to a report of a man with a firearm who was making threats late on July 3 and continuing into the morning of Independence Day, according to a Park Service news release.
The scanner recording said Lussner – who was a seasonal worker from Milton, Florida – was believed to have a “pistol and possibly other larger weapons,” as well as a knife. The Cowboy State Daily was the first to report the scanner recording.
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