TWIN FALLS, Idaho \u2014 A shooting at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in southern Idaho on Saturday afternoon left multiple people dead and others injured, police said. <\/p>\n
The shooter was among the dead, Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks said in a news conference. Police were still trying to determine the shooter\u2019s identity and motive.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe the threat to the community is over,\u201d Hicks said. He added that he did not yet know exactly how many were killed or wounded, and officials were still in the process of notifying next of kin. \u201cIt was a very chaotic scene.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before the news conference, Twin Falls County Commissioner Brent Reinke said Sheriff Jack Johnson had told him five people were hurt. <\/p>\n
Lane Koehn, 34, said he was at a stoplight near the In-N-Out when he saw a person with an AR-style rifle emerge from the drive-thru. A man with a pistol started firing at the shooter.<\/p>\n
He then saw someone in an In-N-Out uniform drag a person, also uniformed, bleeding from a gunshot wound in her chest across the parking lot. The employee, Koehn and the man with the pistol stayed until paramedics arrived for her. <\/p>\n
\u201cShe was pretty bad off, but I don\u2019t know. I hope she made it,\u201d Koehn said.<\/p>\n
Koehn said he was told by police to evacuate because the shooting was still active.<\/p>\n
He also said the shooter fired at least three or four rounds and it was not clear whether or not anyone in particular was targeted. <\/p>\n
Video taken by a driver from across the street captured a shooter, who appeared to be dressed in black, walking up to a white car carrying a long rifle, opening the driver-side door and popping the trunk. The person then walked to the trunk and reached inside. At that point the driver who shot the video left quickly, fearing that the man might be getting more weapons. <\/p>\n
Twin Falls resident Haley Dodaro, 43, and her mother went to In-N-Out for lunch Saturday afternoon. While waiting in the drive-thru line, they saw people running across the road and workers bolting out of the restaurant. At first Dodaro thought there might have been a fire, but then a man directing traffic in a reflective vest said there was a shooter.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo that\u2019s when we knew there was a shooting. People were running out crying and screaming. It was very scary,\u201d Dodaro said in a text message to The Associated Press. <\/p>\n
The shooting took place near a busy shopping area and hundreds of people were there at the time, Hicks said. Police where interviewing witnesses and asked for anyone with information to contact authorities. <\/p>\n
Reinke, who is also former prison chief for the Idaho Department of Corrections, said he learned of the incident just before 4 p.m. and multiple agencies responded. <\/p>\n
Police advised people to avoid the area as they closed roads. <\/p>\n
St. Luke\u2019s Magic Valley spokesperson Taylor Marschner said in a statement that the medical center was \u201cworking closely with law enforcement and emergency responders as they manage the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Twin Falls, a city of about 56,000 people, is about 130 miles (205 kilometers) southeast of Boise and about 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of the Nevada border. <\/p>\n
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Bellisle reported from Seattle. Associated Press writer Sarah Raza in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, contributed. <\/p>\n
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