A madman gunned down two people and wounded several others at a brand new In-N-Out Burger in Idaho on Saturday, sending panicked patrons running for their lives.<\/p>\n
The shooter, who is among the dead, launched his rampage inside the burger joint in Twins Falls at around 2 p.m. local time before heading outside \u2013 in clear view of witnesses who recorded the harrowing scene.<\/p>\n
Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks said investigators were still working to determine the final number of people injured and did not say how many people may have been involved.<\/p>\n
A dramatic cellphone video captured a man with a rifle in a parking lot near an In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho.<\/p>\n
Hicks also said officials believe \u201cthe threat to the community is over\u201d and that investigators were working to identify the shooter and determine a motive.<\/p>\n
Jerome Police Chief Duane Rubink told CNN that \u201cit appears there was one shooter who is deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot.\u201d<\/p>\n
One witness told the Associated Press he watched the violence unfold while stopped at a traffic light near the In-N-Out restaurant.<\/p>\n
Lane Koehn, 34, said he saw a person carrying what he described as an AR-style rifle come out of the drive-thru area before another man armed with a pistol began firing at the suspect.<\/p>\n
Koehn said an employee then rushed to help a wounded co-worker, dragging the woman \u2014 who he said had suffered a gunshot wound to the chest \u2014 across the parking lot. He, the employee and the man carrying the pistol remained with her until paramedics arrived.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was pretty bad off, but I don\u2019t know. I hope she made it,\u201d Koehn told the AP.<\/p>\n
Koehn estimated hearing three or four shots fired, adding that it was unclear to him whether anyone in particular had been targeted.<\/p>\n
Police had responded to the parking lot to what authorities described as an active shooter situation.<\/p>\n
Two shots ring out in quick succession, with a visible muzzle flash accompanying each discharge, according to authorities.<\/p>\n
In one cellphone video, filmed from inside a nearby vehicle, a man wearing a black T-shirt and blue pants is seen standing between two parked Teslas before aiming what appears to be a rifle at the driver\u2019s-side window of the blue vehicle.<\/p>\n
Two shots ring out in quick succession, with a visible muzzle flash accompanying each discharge.<\/p>\n
The man then lowers the weapon and briskly walks away before breaking into a run across the parking lot, still carrying the firearm.<\/p>\n
The person filming can be heard whispering, \u201cOh my gosh\u201d moments before the shots.<\/p>\n
As the suspected gunman moves away, the camera abruptly drops as the person filming appears to duck for cover. A panicked voice later says, \u201cGet down \u2026 I don\u2019t have service.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another video, recorded from a vehicle stopped at a red light on Blue Lakes Boulevard North, shows people running across the street as gunshots crack in the background.<\/p>\n
The camera pans toward the In-N-Out, where a person in dark clothing can be seen pacing near a white sedan in the drive-thru lane while holding a long firearm.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe got more in the back,\u201d one occupant says as the armed person leans into the sedan and later opens its rear hatch.<\/p>\n
The person then removes a second long object from the vehicle as one witness says it is \u201csomething bigger.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cI\u2019m getting the f\u2014 out of here,\u201d an occupant says before the vehicle speeds away.<\/p>\n
As it passes the restaurant, one person yells out the window, \u201cHey! Stop shooting! Stop shooting, bitch!\u201d<\/p>\n
Several people can be seen fleeing the area, including a person in a white shirt running across the road and another in a bright yellow shirt sprinting along the sidewalk.<\/p>\n
The person filming can be heard whispering, \u201cOh my gosh,\u201d moments before the shots. x\/commandante_<\/p>\n
Authorities shut down the Perrine Bridge and roads in the area, while businesses in a nearby shopping center were placed on lockdown and the parking lot near Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods was cleared.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Magic Valley Mall also went into lockdown, while St. Luke\u2019s Magic Valley urged people to avoid coming to the hospital unless it was an emergency.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The shooting has led to three people being killed, with five others suffering injuries from the shooting. Facebook\/Hayley Watters<\/p>\n
The hospital said its emergency department remained open and was \u201cworking closely with law enforcement and emergency responders as they manage the situation,\u201d according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n
Reinke said investigators were transporting hundreds of witnesses to different locations for interviews.<\/p>\n
Chick-fil-A Twin Falls closed for the remainder of the day out of an abundance of caution.<\/p>\n
The gunman was apprehended. Kevin Bell Jr. via AP<\/p>\n
Gov. Brad Little urged Idahoans to \u201cavoid the area and follow directions from law enforcement as they work to keep everyone safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
The FBI said it was aware of the shooting and was offering assistance to local law enforcement.<\/p>\n
The Twin Falls restaurant had been open for just one week before Saturday\u2019s shooting, having welcomed its first customers on July 25, according to CNN.<\/p>\n
The shooting occurred at around 2 p.m. local time. x\/commandante_<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are heartbroken,\u201d In-N-Out COO Denny Warnick said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Post has sought comment from local law enforcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A madman gunned down two people and wounded several others at a brand new In-N-Out Burger in Idaho…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":798640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,17788,451,1853,339016,3,4382,452,453,194],"class_list":["post-798639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-fast-food","tag-headlines","tag-idaho","tag-in-n-out","tag-news","tag-shootings","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/798640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}