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Mass Shooting at Twin Falls, Idaho In-N-Out Burger Leaves Three Dead and Seven Injured
Just the facts
On Saturday at approximately 2:00 p.m., a gunman armed with an AR-style rifle opened fire outside and inside an In-N-Out Burger location in Twin Falls, Idaho, killing three people and injuring seven others. Twin Falls City spokesperson Josh Palmer and Police Chief Matthew Hicks confirmed that responding officers located the body of the suspected gunman nearby following the incident. Multiple victims were transported to St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center for treatment of severe gunshot injuries. Twin Falls, a city of 56,000 residents located 130 miles southeast of Boise, had opened the restaurant location on July 24.
Why this is news
A mass shooting occurred on Saturday afternoon at a newly opened In-N-Out Burger restaurant in a busy shopping plaza in Twin Falls, Idaho.
Developments timeline
- The owner of In-N-Out Burger confirmed that a restaurant employee was among the three people killed during the shooting at the Twin Falls, Idaho location.
- Twin Falls police identified the gunman as Chad Williams and confirmed that he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after being confronted by an off-duty state trooper and an armed citizen.
Sources
This summary is compiled strictly from the original reporting below.