3 killed in Idaho restaurant shooting, 7 injured

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Three people were killed and seven others injured, some critically, following a shooting incident at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in southern Idaho on Saturday, a Twin Falls city spokesman confirmed.

Cops who responded to the shooting found the body of the suspected gunman in an area near the restaurant, Twin Falls city public information officer Josh Palmer disclosed.

He could not confirm whether the suspect was included in the fatality count.

Up to late yesterday, officials were still working to notify family members of victims and so did not release their names, ages or other details, Palmer said.

Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks said during a news conference on Saturday that investigators were still trying to determine the shooter’s identity and a motive.

“We believe the threat to the community is over,” Hicks said.

“It was a very chaotic scene.”

Palmer said investigators are interviewing witnesses to the shooting.

The restaurant is located in a busy shopping plaza, and hundreds of people were in the area when it happened around 2 p.m.

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. He said he saw a man with a pistol firing at the shooter.

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