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Law Enforcement Involved In Shooting At Yellowstone National Park

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By Compiled From N... - July 4th, 2024
A view of lower Yellowstone Falls, less than two miles from Canyon Village, where a shooting incident occurred on the morning of July 4, 2024, in Yellowstone National Park / Rebecca Latson file

A view of Lower Yellowstone Falls, a feature less than 2 miles from Canyon Village, the site of a shooting incident on the morning of July 4, 2024, in Yellowstone National Park / Rebecca Latson file

During the early hours of Thursday morning July 4, there was a significant law enforcement incident at Canyon Village in the central part of Yellowstone National Park. Rangers responded to a report of an individual with a firearm who was making threats. When rangers contacted the individual there was an exchange of gunfire between the subject and law enforcement rangers. One Yellowstone law enforcement park ranger was injured and is presently in stable condition at a nearby regional hospital. The individual making threats is deceased and the park is not releasing the individual’s identity at this time.

An area around the Canyon Lodge complex remains closed for the investigation lead by the FBI with support from National Park Service special agents. There are no active threats to the public and no additional information is currently available.

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