Federal prosecutors allege the suspect who took a hostage and got into a shootout with Yellowstone National Park rangers spewed racist rants ahead of the incident.

According to authorities, Samson Lucas Bariah Fussner, 28, held a woman against her will and threatened to carry out a mass shooting outside Yellowstone National Park. Thao Nguyen.

The man killed in the shooting was identified as Samson Lucas Bariah Fussner. A woman told Yellowstone rangers he allegedly planned to carry out a mass shooting.

Yellowstone officials identified the lone shooter Tuesday as Samson Lucas Bariah Fussner, 28, of Milton, Florida. A park ranger who was wounded was released from a hospital but not identified.

This image made from a video taken from an unidentified Yellowstone National Park ranger's body-worn camera and provided by the National Park Service shows Samson Lucas Bariah Fussner shortly ...

The shooter, identified as 28-year-old Samson Lucas Bariah Fussner, died after an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement, the US National Park Service said in a news release Tuesday.

Park officials identified the shooter Tuesday as 28-year-old Samson Lucas Bariah Fussner, of Milton, Florida. Park rangers shot and killed him as he fired on a service entrance to the dining facility.

Their rounds hit the attacker, Samson Lucas Bariah Fussner, 28, of Milton, Florida, who died at the scene in the busy Canyon Village tourist lodge area near the scenic Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.

Fussner’s Facebook page suggested he was proud about landing a concession job in Yellowstone, a typically seasonal gig that often involves cooking and serving food to the park’s 3 million ...