A shooting incident at southern Idaho fast-food restaurant that opened just a week ago left multiple people dead and several injured on Saturday afternoon, August 1.
According to the Twin Falls police chief Matthew Hicks, who held a press conference, said the suspect has been dead, but he didn’t provide details into shooting’s identity and motive.
The In-N-Out had started operations just a week earlier at its Twin Falls location
The shooting incident videos surfaced online show chaos as workers, spotted by their red aprons and branded paper hats, rushing to the parking lot for shelter.
Officials described the shooting suspect as dead from self-inflicted gunshots.
The suspected shooter “was nearby on the scene there, and we are working to try to ascertain his identity and the motivations behind that,” said Hicks.
The Twin Falls Police Department has advised residents to avoid the area, saying nearby roads and the Perrine Bridge are shut for any traffic.
Though the officials have not provided the exact number of deaths, they earlier briefed the media that at least three people had been killed.
The Twin Falls area, where shooting took place is located at about 130 miles (205 km) south-east of Boise and about 75 miles (120 km) north of the Nevada border.
2026-08-02 10:48:00
