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A horrific scene unfolded at a Twin Falls, Idaho, In-N-Out Burger on Saturday, leaving three people dead and seven others injured. Amid the chaos, authorities believe the actions of an armed bystander and an off-duty state trooper likely saved numerous lives by drawing the gunman's attention away from defenseless crowds.
The shooter, identified by police as 24-year-old Chad Williams, opened fire with an AR-style rifle in the restaurant's drive-thru before turning the gun on himself. Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks confirmed that two of the injured victims remained in critical condition on Sunday.
Lane Koehn, 34, was sitting at a nearby stoplight when the violence erupted. He watched in horror as the gunman emerged and began firing directly at vehicles, including the car immediately in front of him.
As the gunman moved closer to his vehicle, Koehn witnessed another citizen take action to halt the rampage. A bystander in the drive-thru line drew a handgun and began returning fire, forcing the shooter to shift his focus.
When asked by NBC News if the bystander was a hero, Koehn said: “Yes, I would say he definitely distracted the shooter from shooting more people. The shooter is solely focused on him. And it allowed us to get out. I mean, the car directly ahead of me was getting shot.”
Chief Hicks echoed this sentiment during a news conference, stating that both the armed citizen and an off-duty state trooper engaged the suspect. "We believe their actions helped drive the suspect away from the scene, preventing further casualties," Hicks said at a news conference, per NBC News.
The active shooter situation lasted for roughly 10 to 15 minutes, leaving the parking lot in complete disarray. Koehn managed to pull his vehicle into an adjacent lot, where he crossed paths with victims of the attack.
He went on to say: "I could see an employee trying to carry another person out; she had a gunshot wound to the chest, and he's just screaming, screaming her name, telling her to wake up, you know, wake up."
A retired EMT who happened to be in the area rushed over to assist the wounded employee until paramedics arrived. Lynsi Snyder, the president of In-N-Out Burger, later confirmed that an employee was among those killed in the attack, expressing deep grief over the tragedy.
The identities of the deceased victims have not yet been released as officials work to notify their families. Among the wounded was Terry Dudley, a taxi driver who was shot in the back and neck while charging his vehicle nearby. His son, Michael Dudley, shared that his father was intubated but showing signs of improvement.
Multiple law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, are assisting with the investigation.
A digital tip line has been established for community members to submit photos and videos. While the gunman's family is cooperating with the police, a definitive motive for the shooting has not yet been determined.
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Newly surfaced footage has revealed how a brave armed citizen attempted to take on a gunman as he opened fire at an In-N-Out in Twin Falls, Idaho.
The shooter was one of three people who were pronounced dead, with others injured following the shooting on Saturday, August 1, according to the city’s public information officer, Josh Palmer.
The scene is currently under investigation.
This In-N-Out branch had only been open for a week in Twin Falls, attracting numerous customers before this weekend's events.
Speaking to reporters hours after the incident, Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks confirmed that shelter-in-place restrictions were lifted, saying: "We believe that the threat to the community is over."
Duane Rubink, chief of the neighboring Jerome Police Department, told CNN: “It appears there was one shooter who is deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot.”
Now, a jaw-dropping video of the incident has been released, revealing the chaotic nature of the shooting from the perspective of witnesses and those passing by.
Originally posted on social media, a short video shows a man with a handgun shooting at the active shooter, who fires back at him, outside the fast food joint.
Other perspectives revealed that workers were running away from the restaurant in a panic, with numerous gunshots heard.
The gunman is said to have taken his own life, as per police, with the actions of the bold citizen believed to have saved the lives of many bystanders.
He managed to distract the gunman long enough for customers and staff to run to safety, according to witness Lane Koehn, who took the video from his car.
Koehn said that he saw a person carrying an AR-style rifle in the drive-thru area, before a man with a pistol started to fire at the suspect.
The witness also recalled seeing a woman in an In-N-Out uniform bleeding from her chest while being dragged across the parking lot by a fellow employee.
Koehn, the employee, and the man with the pistol stayed with her until medical support arrived, as he recalled to KPTV: “She was pretty bad off, but I don’t know. I hope she made it.”
He thinks that there were around three or four shots fired, with it not being clear if someone was targeted in particular.
Police have yet to announce the identity and motive of the deceased gunman.
The shooter launched his rampage inside the burger joint at around 2 PM local time before heading outside, revealing his identity to several witnesses who were recording the incident.
According to Hicks, local law enforcement is working to finalize the number of people injured, though they did not reveal how many people were involved.
In-N-Out President Lynsi Snyder released a statement following the shooting, revealing that an associate lost her life in the shooting.
Snyder wrote: “We lost one of our beautiful Associates tonight, she was taking care of our most important asset — our customers, and her life was taken by a disgusting human who doesn’t value the lives of others or his own.
"He shot both on our property and off, and ended his life shortly after he took the previous lives of our Associate and Customers, innocent people, who never saw it coming.”
COO Denny Warnick also released a statement, saying: “We are heartbroken, our prayers go out to our Customers, our Associates, and all of their families.
"We are working with the Twin Falls Police Department to assist in the on-going investigation.”
At least three people are dead, and others were injured in a tragic shooting that took place at an In-N-Out located in Twin Falls, Idaho.
The shooter is among those who perished, according to the city’s public information officer, Josh Palmer.
All shelter-in-place restrictions have also been lifted, as Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks told reporters on Saturday (August 1): "We believe that the threat to the community is over."
Duane Rubink, chief of the neighboring Jerome Police Department, said to CNN: “It appears there was one shooter who is deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot.”
The scene is currently under investigation.
This In-N-Out branch had only been open for a week in Twin Falls, raking in the customers before the horrific shooting over the weekend.
Videos posted on social media showed workers running away from the restaurant in a panic, with numerous gunshots heard.
The shooter launched his rampage inside the burger joint at around 2 PM local time before heading outside, revealing his identity to witnesses who were recording the incident.
According to Hicks, local law enforcement is working to finalize the number of people injured, though they did not reveal how many people were involved.
Investigators are working to identify the shooter and work out what the motive was.
Authorities shut down the Perrine Bridge and surrounding roads, while businesses in a nearby mall were placed on lockdown.
In-N-Out President Lynsi Snyder released a statement following the shooting, revealing that an associate lost her life in the shooting.
Snyder wrote: “We lost one of our beautiful Associates tonight, she was taking care of our most important asset — our customers, and her life was taken by a disgusting human who doesn’t value the lives of others or his own.
"He shot both on our property and off, and ended his life shortly after he took the previous lives of our Associate and Customers, innocent people, who never saw it coming.”
COO Denny Warnick also released a statement, saying: “We are heartbroken, our prayers go out to our Customers, our Associates, and all of their families.
"We are working with the Twin Falls Police Department to assist in the on-going investigation.”
Lane Koehn, 34, told the Associated Press that he saw everything happen while he was stopped at a traffic light near the fast food joint.
He said that he saw a person carrying an AR-style rifle in the drive-thru area, before a man with a pistol started to fire at the suspect.
The witness said that an employee moved to help a wounded co-worker, dragging the wounded woman across the parking lot.
Koehn, the employee, and the man with the pistol stayed with her until medical support arrived, as he recalled: “She was pretty bad off, but I don’t know. I hope she made it.”
He thinks that there were around three or four shots fired, with it not being clear if someone was targeted in particular.
Police responded to calls from the area as what was called an active shooter situation.
Numerous videos taken by witnesses in the area show a man with a black T-shirt and blue pants standing between two Teslas before aiming a firearm at the driver’s-side window of one of the vehicles.
Two shots were made, before the man lowered the weapon and walked away, before starting to run across the parking lot with the rifle.
People can be heard panicking and running for shelter in videos of the incident, as many fled the area.
The victims of the horrific shooting that took place at an In-N-Out in Twin Falls, Idaho, on Saturday (August 1), have been named for the first time.
Police said that the shooter, Chad Williams, 24, brandished an AK-style rifle and fired it at numerous innocent bystanders at the fast food joint.
The shooter was one of three people who were initially pronounced dead, with others injured following the shooting on Saturday, August 1, according to the city’s public information officer, Josh Palmer.
Originally posted on social media, a short video showed a man with a handgun firing at the active shooter, who shoots back at him, outside the fast food joint.
Other perspectives showed that workers were running away from the restaurant in a panic, with numerous gunshots heard.
It has now been revealed that four people lost their lives following the shooting.
Christopher Claunch, who worked at Renaissance Ranch Recovery Center, was one of the victims of the shooting, as he died from his injuries after gunshots were heard at 2:30 PM on Saturday.
Speaking to The New York Times, his sister, Kimberly Castaneda, paid tribute to her late sibling.
Two others, including an unidentified female restaurant employee and another unnamed person lost their lives in the shooting, with seven others injured.
Castaneda revealed that Claunch, 59, was two years sober after struggling with alcoholism, and looked back on a memory they shared over the Fourth of July holiday.
She recalled: "My silly brother took my headband that I was wearing with little tin wheels on it... and he sat with those things on like it was just no big deal,
"He was always being a goofball," Castaneda reflected.
She also revealed that the California-native struggled with the loss of his first wife, who lost her life in a car crash just three months after they tied the knot.
Claunch lived in Idaho for three decades, so he was excited when an In-N-Out opened in the state, though he told his sister that he would wait for hype around the joint to die down, following its July 24 opening.
Castaneda admitted: "You have no idea how surprised I was when I found out he was there."
Police have not publicly named any victims, though numerous online fundraisers have been shared since, revealing some of those injured.
One of these named Steven Pixley, who was riding his motorcycle past the restaurant when a bullet struck him.
His GoFundMe page noted that he was rushed to surgery at a local hospital before being transferred to a Boise medical center after being struck in the elbow.
It further read: "He was minding his own business and suffered a tragedy that will affect him for a long time—mentally, physically, and emotionally."
Terry Dudley was another victim, after being shot twice in the back while charging his Tesla, with his employers, North Star Taxi, confirming this in a Facebook post on Sunday.
They stated: "Our driver Terry Dudley was the victim of a mass shooting Saturday," as they admitted that he "has a very long road ahead of him."
A gunman was killed by an armed bystander two minutes after he began firing inside a mall in Indiana.
The shooting spree took place at the Greenwood Park Mall around 6 PM on Sunday (July 17), with multiple people calling the police to report an active shooter.
As reported by CNN, Greenwood Police Chief James Ison revealed that the gunman was identified as 20-year-old Jonathan Douglas Sapirman, who prepared for the shooting for an hour in a restroom before he appeared with a firearm.
Law enforcement confirmed that three people died as a result. The victims were identified as Pedro Pineda, 56, Rosa Mirian Rivera de Pineda, 37, and Victor Gomez, 30.
Two additional people were injured: a 22-year-old woman hospitalized with a leg injury and a 12-year-old girl hit by a bullet fragment.
The legally armed bystander who ended up shooting the gunman was identified as Elisjsha Dicken, 22. Dicken was able to stop Sapirman within two minutes after he had already fired 24 rounds from his gun. Dicken then fired 10 shots from his handgun.
Ison called Dicken’s actions "nothing short of heroic," and said, "he engaged the gunman from quite a distance with a handgun - was very proficient in that, very tactically sound, and as he moved to close in on the suspect he was also motioning for people to exit behind him."
"Many more people would have died last night if not for a responsible armed citizen that took action very quickly within the first two minutes of the shooting," Ison added.
Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb tweeted on Monday (July 18) that the state is grateful for the "quick, heroic actions taken by an individual citizen and first responders on Sunday evening in Greenwood, surely preventing further loss of life and injuries."
"I stand with the community in grieving the loss of lives, and my thoughts are also with the many people impacted by this traumatic incident, including innocent bystanders whose lives are forever changed," Holcomb continued in a second tweet.
Ison said there was no clear motive for the shooting. The gunman's family members reflected on his behavior before the shooting and said there were no signs that he was violent or dangerous.
However, Sapirman had recently received an eviction notice and quit his job in a warehouse in May. The Greenwood Chief Ison also revealed that the gunman had previous encounters with the local police, including for a fight at school.
The relatives also disclosed to the police that over the past two years, the 20-year-old had often practiced shooting at a gun range in Greenwood, which is approximately 15 miles south of Indianapolis.
An Idaho community is in mourning after a shocking ambush left two firefighters dead and another critically injured in what officials have described as a “total ambush”.
On June 29, Kootenai County Fire and Rescue Chief Frank Harwood and Coeur d’Alene Fire Department Battalion Chief John Morrison were killed, while firefighter Dave Tysdal is recovering from two surgeries, according to Coeur d’Alene Fire Chief Tom Greif.
The tragedy began around 1:21PM when firefighters responded to a reported brush fire on the east side of Canfield Mountain near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, a community of 57,000. By 2:00PM, shots rang out.
Chaos erupted as over 300 local, state, and federal officers, including two helicopters with snipers, descended on the scene while firefighters were forced to retreat for safety.
As distressing audio captured, one firefighter pleaded: “Everybody’s shot up here. Send law enforcement now.” Another voice added: “It is clear to me that this fire was set intentionally to draw us in,” per BBC News.
Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris described the horror, saying: “This was a total ambush. These firefighters did not have a chance.”
By 3:15PM, authorities used a cellphone signal to track the suspect’s location, leading a SWAT team to discover the body of 20-year-old Wess Roley alongside a weapon by 7:40PM Roley, who reportedly died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, was believed to have started the fire using a flint found near his body.
Officials recovered a shotgun, rifled slugs, and fragments at the scene, with concerns that more weapons may be hidden in the area.
The brush fire, left to burn during the chaos, grew to 26 acres before being contained.
Roley, described by authorities as a transient living out of his car, had a history of “minor” run-ins with police, mostly trespassing incidents.
Sheriff Norris revealed: “The suspect at one point wanted to be a firefighter,” adding: “We don't know if there's a nexus between that desire and what happened.”
Former classmates recalled Roley’s “Nazi tendencies” and obsession with guns, painting a troubling picture of a young man who posted camouflaged photos of himself online alongside the chilling Bjork lyric: “I’m going hunting.”
Family has stated that Wess graduated from high school in Arizona, before moving to live with his grandfather in Oklahoma for nearly nine months.
After this, Wess moved to Idaho - where his father lives - and started working for a tree company.
Roley’s grandfather, Dale, expressed disbelief over his grandson’s actions, telling The New York Times he was “stunned” by the news. “He was just trying to figure his life out. He seemed to be a little bit optimistic.”
Speaking with CNN, Dale shared that Roley had moved to Idaho in 2023 to work for a tree-trimming company and had aspirations of firefighting.
“He wanted to be a fireman – he was doing tree work and he wanted to be a fireman in the forest,” he said. “As far as I know, he was actually pursuing it.”
Dale added: “He loved firefighters. It didn’t make sense that he was shooting firefighters,” and speculated that rejection from the fire service, possibly due to his height, may have hurt him deeply.
“Something must have snapped,” he reflected. “He did have a lot of heart. I feel real terrible for those killed.”
Dale shared that he and his grandson were close and kept in constant contact until Roley lost his phone last month, leading to a break in communication. He admitted that his grandson had become "kind of a loner" in the last six months, per ABC News.
Harwood, 42, was a 17-year veteran of Kootenai County Fire and Rescue and leaves behind a wife and two children. “He did an amazing job,” Chief Christopher Way said per USA Today.
He added: “This loss is felt by so many.”
Morrison, 52, had been with the Coeur d’Alene Fire Department since 1996. Gabe Eckert, president of the Coeur d’Alene Firefighters' union, recalled sharing cigars with Morrison recently.
“We talked about being better fathers, we talked about being better leaders, and we talked about being better firefighters,” Eckert said. “I’m so incredibly grateful that that gets to be my last memory with him.”
Idaho Governor Brad Little shared the state’s grief in a statement: “All our public safety officers, especially our firefighters, bravely confront danger on a daily basis, but we have never seen a heinous act of violence like this on our firefighters before. This is not Idaho.
“This indescribable loss is felt deeply by all those in the firefighting community and beyond.”
Our thoughts continue to be with all those impacted by this tragedy.
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