Gunman kills three, injures seven in Twin Falls In-N-Out shooting; suspect dead
A shooting at an In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho, left three people dead and seven injured before the 24-year-old suspect died by self-inflicted gunshot. Police said an off-duty trooper and an armed civilian returned fire, helping to end the attack.
Twin Falls police confirmed that a 24-year-old male suspect opened fire at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant on Saturday afternoon, killing three people and wounding seven others. The gunman was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound near the restaurant later that day.
Police Chief Matthew Hicks said investigators believe the shooter acted alone and that an off-duty state trooper and an armed citizen who fired back helped drive the suspect away from the scene, preventing further casualties.
"We believe their actions helped drive the suspect away from the scene, preventing further casualties," Hicks said.
Two of the injured were treated and released from a local hospital, three remain in stable condition and two are listed as critical. Authorities are still notifying families of the victims and have not released names or ages.
In-N-Out owner Lynsi Snyder released a statement expressing sorrow over the loss of an employee, one of the three people killed.
"We lost one of our beautiful Associates tonight," Snyder said.
The FBI urged anyone with images or video of the incident to submit them to law enforcement. Witnesses described a chaotic scene with the shooter emerging from the drive-through and being confronted by a man with a pistol. The restaurant, which opened a week earlier, is located in a busy shopping plaza that had hundreds of people present at the time of the attack.
Twin Falls, a city of about 56,000 residents, is located roughly 130 miles southeast of Boise and 75 miles north of the Nevada border. A follow-up police briefing was scheduled for Sunday afternoon.