{"id":572733,"date":"2026-08-03T04:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T04:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/572733\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T04:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T04:03:11","slug":"employee-among-three-killed-in-us-shooting-at-fast-food-restaurant-in-idaho-crime-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/572733\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee among three killed in US shooting at fast-food restaurant in Idaho | Crime News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__subhead\">Seven people were also injured in the shooting at an In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, southern Idaho, on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"avatar\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/author\/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1785729791_73_2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg\"   aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published On 2 Aug 20262 Aug 2026<\/p>\n<p>An employee was among the three people killed in a shooting at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in the US state of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/5\/18\/a-race-on-the-right-what-to-know-about-idahos-2026-primary-elections\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Idaho<\/a>, where police say the suspected shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.<\/p>\n<p>Seven people were also injured in the shooting, which took place in the city of Twin Falls on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The suspected shooter has been identified as 24-year-old Chad Williams, who authorities believe acted alone.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Police Chief Matthew Hicks praised an off-duty officer and citizen who fired at the shooter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe their actions helped drive the suspect away from the scene, preventing further casualties,\u201d he said. \u201cWe want to take a moment and commend the actions of the off-duty officer and the citizen, and their heroic action to stop this incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hicks said that law enforcement is working to determine a possible motive in the attack and said that the family of the suspected attacker was cooperating with authorities. He warned against the spread of false claims and misinformation, noting that a man who had \u201cno involvement in this incident whatsoever\u201d had been falsely identified online as the attacker.<\/p>\n<p>Of the seven people injured in the attack, police said on Sunday that two had been treated at a hospital and released, three were in stable condition, and two remained in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy heart is broken, my chest is heavy, my eyes burn from the tears I\u2019ve shed. We lost one of our beautiful Associates tonight,\u201d In-N-Out owner and president Lynsi Snyder said in a statement released early on Sunday via social media. \u201cIn-N-Out will be mourning with the families and praying for them as they tread through a very painful season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The names of the victims have not been released.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the FBI encouraged members of the public with videos or images related to the incident to share them with law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FBI has set up a digital media tipline for the public to submit images and videos related to the shooting, which occurred in Twin Falls, Idaho, on August 1, 2026,\u201d the federal agency\u2019s Salt Lake City office said in a social media post.<\/p>\n<p>Police who responded to the shooting found the body of the suspected gunman in an area near the restaurant, a spokesperson for the city said.<\/p>\n<p>A witness, Lane Koehn, said he was at a stoplight near the restaurant when he saw someone armed with an AR-style rifle exit the drive-through and then be fired upon by a man with a pistol.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He also saw an employee drag a woman with a gunshot wound to the chest to safety, where they waited for paramedics.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cShe was pretty bad off, but I don\u2019t know. I hope she made it,\u201d Koehn said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The In-N-Out had opened just about a week earlier, on July 24, as part of the California-based company\u2019s recent expansion to Idaho.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe were trying to get as far as we could, and some angels let us in their car,\u201d 40-year-old Nayeli Rodriguez, who was waiting inside the restaurant for food with her daughters when the attack began, told The Associated Press news agency. \u201cI left my car there in the parking lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Police Chief Hicks called the attack a \u201cvery chaotic scene\u201d during a news conference on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Idaho Senator Mike Crapo said he was \u201cgrateful for the swift response of Idaho\u2019s first responders\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seven people were also injured in the shooting at an In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, southern Idaho, on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[737,3895,42,21558,43,102,40,38,41,39,1032,1156,3803],"class_list":["post-572733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-crime","tag-gun-violence","tag-headlines","tag-investigation","tag-news","tag-police","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-united-states","tag-us-canada","tag-weapons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}