Multiple dead and injured in Twin Falls, Idaho shooting, officials say
A shooting at an In-N-Out restaurant in Twin Falls, Idaho, resulted in multiple fatalities, including the suspected shooter who died by suicide. Local authorities have lifted shelter-in-place orders as the investigation into the motive continues.
Why it matters
The incident contributes to the ongoing national discourse regarding gun violence and public safety in the United States.
Multiple people were killed and others were injured in a shooting Saturday afternoon at an In-N-Out in Twin Falls, Idaho, according to officials. The shooter is dead, said Josh Palmer, the city’s public information officer, and all shelter-in-place orders have been lifted. “We believe that the threat to the community is over,” Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks told reporters Saturday evening. “It appears there was one shooter who is deceased from a self inflicted gunshot,” Duane Rubink, chief of the neighboring Jerome Police Department, told CNN. The scene is still under investigation and likely will be into the evening, he said. The highly-anticipated burger chain had been open for only a week at its Twin Falls location, its new, beckoning storefront quickly becoming a local destination before the violence.
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