Idaho In-N-Out Burger shooting kills 3, injures 7

A shooting at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Twin Falls, Idaho, on Saturday afternoon left three people dead and seven injured, some critically. Police discovered the suspected gunman deceased near the scene and stated the threat to the community has ended.

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We believe the threat to the community is over. It was a very chaotic scene.

Officials are in the process of notifying the families of the victims and have not yet released their names or ages. Some of the injured are in critical condition, according to Twin Falls city public information officer Josh Palmer. Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks noted that investigators are still working to determine the shooter's identity and motive, describing the scene as "very chaotic."

Witnesses described a chaotic scene. Lane Koehn, 34, reported seeing a person with an AR-style rifle emerge from the drive-thru, followed by a man with a pistol who began firing at the shooter. Koehn also saw an employee drag a bleeding colleague across the parking lot. Another resident, Haley Dodaro, 43, was in the drive-thru line when people began running from the restaurant, initially thinking there was a fire before being told by a traffic director that there was a shooter.

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She was pretty bad off, but I don't know. I hope she made it.

Video footage captured a shooter, dressed in black, approaching a white car with a long rifle, opening the trunk, and reaching inside. The driver who recorded the video left the area out of fear the shooter might be retrieving more weapons. Police are continuing to interview witnesses.

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So that's when we knew there was a shooting. People were running out crying and screaming. It was very scary.