I'm Jason Epperson. This is the America's National Parks podcast and it's time for the latest in National Park news

Strapping everybody this has been a big month for National Park news. A couple really big stories out of

Yellowstone National Park on the morning of July 4th a 28 year old man opened

fire on a dining facility at Canyon Village which is the big visitor facility in the

central part of the park. Just after midnight on the morning of July 4th

Yellowstone's 911 Dispatch Center received a report that a woman had been held against her will

by a man with a gun in residence at Canyon Village. It was also reported to law

enforcement Rangers that he threatened to kill her and others, including alleged mass

shooting plans at crowded July 4th events when day broke.

Responding Law Enforcement Rangers located his vehicle unoccupied in the canyon area and with the individual large 20 law enforcement Rangers including the parks special response team were strategically deployed to protect areas with park visitors and employees

while searching for the suspect and the Parks 911 dispatch center notified surrounding jurisdictions.

At about 8 a.m. law enforcement Rangers posted near Canyon Lodge, which houses employee in public

dining rooms, encountered the man who would later be identified as 28-year-old Samson Lucas Buriah

Fustner of Milton, Florida. Fustner reportedly walked toward the service

entrance of the facility while firing a semi-automatic rifle.

The building was occupied by about 200 people at the time.

Several law enforcement rangers engaged Fustner.

Fustner was shot by the Rangers, one law enforcement

ranger was shot in a lower extremity. Rangers with emergency medical training

rendered aid to both the injured law enforcement ranger and Fustner.

Fustner died at the scene.

The injured Ranger was transported to an area hospital in stable condition and has since been

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