Police found the suspected gunman dead near a busy In-N-Out Burger and said the public was no longer in danger.
TWIN FALLS, Idaho — Three people were killed and seven others were injured, some critically, in a shooting at a crowded In-N-Out Burger restaurant in southern Idaho, city officials said.
Police responding to the Saturday afternoon attack found the body of the suspected gunman near the restaurant. Authorities had not said whether that person was included among the three reported deaths. The gunman’s identity and motive also had not been released as investigators continued interviewing witnesses and processing the large crime scene.
Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks said authorities believed the danger to the community had ended. He described the area as chaotic after officers were called to the restaurant on Blue Lakes Boulevard. Hundreds of people were believed to have been in the surrounding shopping area when the shooting began around 2 p.m.
Officials had not released the names or ages of those killed or injured as they worked to notify their families. Twin Falls public information officer Josh Palmer said some of the wounded were in critical condition. Multiple patients were taken to St. Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center, which said it was working with law enforcement and emergency responders.
Witnesses described customers and employees running from the restaurant and across nearby roads as word of the shooting spread. Haley Dodaro, who was waiting in the drive-thru with her mother, said she first thought there might be a fire because workers were rushing from the building. A person directing traffic then warned them that a shooter was in the area.
Nayeli Rodriguez of Burley said she was waiting for food inside with her daughters when she heard shots coming from the direction of the kitchen. An employee told customers to get down. Rodriguez said an older man tried to protect her family before they escaped and were allowed into another person’s vehicle.
Lane Koehn, who was stopped near the restaurant, said he saw a person carrying what appeared to be an AR-style rifle emerge from the drive-thru area. Koehn also reported seeing another armed man fire toward the shooter. Authorities had not released an official account of that confrontation or said whether the second armed person struck anyone.
Video recorded from across the street appeared to show a person dressed in black carrying a long rifle near a white car. The person opened a door and then the vehicle’s trunk before the driver recording the scene left the area. Police had not publicly confirmed the full sequence shown in the video.
The restaurant sits in a busy commercial area of Twin Falls, a city of about 56,000 people roughly 130 miles southeast of Boise. The location opened July 24, about a week before the shooting, as the California-based restaurant company continued its expansion into Idaho.
Investigators were working to identify the gunman, determine a motive and establish the order of events. Authorities said there was no continuing threat, but the names of the victims and further details about the injured had not been released.
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