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Idaho Shooting: Man Exchanged Fire With In-N-Out Gunman, Witness Says 4%
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8/2/2026, 4:32:24 AM
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A man armed with a handgun exchanged gunfire with the suspect during Saturday's deadly shooting at an In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho, forcing the gunman to take cover, according to an eyewitness cited in multiple reports.
Lane Koehn told The Associated Press he saw a man carrying an AR-style rifle emerge near the drive-thru on Saturday afternoon before another man pulled a pistol and fired at the gunman.
Koehn said the man with the pistol then stayed to help an injured In-N-Out employee until paramedics arrived.
Koehn, 34, a construction worker, said he was driving home from work when he spotted a young man, whom he believed was in his teens, carrying what looked like a large rifle and firing toward traffic near a stoplight outside the In-N-Out, The New York Times reported.
"I think it was random, the way the kid was firing.
You can tell he was panicking."
Koehn said.
"He was not very calm and collected, running and slinging his rifle around firing."
Koehn stated that he also saw "an older gentleman" draw a handgun and exchange gunfire with the suspect, appearing to force the younger shooter to seek cover.
He said he then drove into the In-N-Out parking lot, where he joined others assisting a young restaurant employee who had been shot in the chest, per The New York Times.
In-N-Out said one of its employees was killed and that the gunman had taken his own life.
Three people were killed and at least seven others were injured in the shooting.
Authorities said the suspect was later found dead.
The motive remains under investigation.
In a statement, Twin Falls police said officers responded to reports of an active shooter at the In-N-Out Burger at about 2:29 p.m.
Saturday and confirmed there were fatalities following the incident.
"Multiple individuals have been transported to St.
Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center.
Tragically, there have been fatalities.
We are currently working to notify next of kin, and additional details will be released when appropriate," police said.
"There is a lot of misinformation going around on social media about the shooter and their identity.
We would ask that people refrain from sharing information in an attempt to not share misinformation."
Josh Palmer, the city's public information officer, said the shooter is dead and all shelter-in-place orders have been lifted, according to CNN.
"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.
He added that the scene remained under investigation and was expected to remain so into the evening.
Newsweek has contacted the Twin Falls police department, city mayor and In-N-Out via email for comment.
Anyone with information related to this incident who has not already spoken with law enforcement is asked to contact dispatch at 208-735-4357.
Contact Newsweek editors on this story: Tobias Meyjes and Tony Phillips
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