One of the victims killed in a weekend shooting at an In-N-Out restaurant in Idaho was a California native, according to the New York Times.
Authorities in Twin Falls, Idaho, continued searching Monday for a motive behind the Saturday shooting. The 24-year-old gunman, identified as Chad Williams, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene, police said.
Three people died and seven others were injured when the shooter opened fire at the In-N-Out, which had opened about a week earlier and had been drawing large crowds.
The Times identified Christopher Claunch as one of the victims. His sister lives in Rosamond, north of Lancaster.
His sister told the newspaper that Claunch worked at Renaissance Ranch Recovery Center in Rupert, Idaho. He had lived in the state for about 30 years.
His sister said Claunch made it a point to stop at In-N-Out every time he returned to the Pacific Coast. She said he told her he planned to wait to visit the new Twin Falls location until the crowds died down.
Other victims have not been officially identified, but In-N-Out President Lynsi Snyder confirmed that an In-N-Out employee is among the dead.
“She was taking care of our most important asset – our Customers, and her life was taken by a disgusting human who doesn’t value the lives of others or his own,” Snyder wrote on social media. “He shot both on our property and off, and ended his life shortly after he took the previous lives of our Associate and Customers, innocent people who never saw it coming.”
An In-N-Out employee from West Covina had been sent to Idaho to help train staff at the new fast-food location.
The 24-year-old woman ran for her life from the scene. Her parents said they are disappointed in the company’s crisis response.
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“She’s like, hysterical. She’s like, ‘I’m here. I’m OK. I’m on my friend’s phone. We’re hiding next door. There’s a guy. They’re shooting,'” said Michael Ahern, the woman’s stepfather. “I was like, ‘Ok, are police there?’ ‘Police are there.’ ‘You need to breathe. You need to calm down. You need to take a really deep breath.’ She’s hyperventilating.”
“‘Mommy, mommy, I’m alive. I’m not hurt.’ That was it,” said Nikki Ahern, the woman’s mother.
Video from the moments after the shooting shows customers and employees fleeing the restaurant, running for their lives.
Additional footage shows one of two men now being called heroes for their actions during the attack.
Idaho State Police said an off-duty state trooper and an armed citizen returned fire at the suspect, likely saving lives.
“We want to take a moment and commend the actions of the off-duty officer and citizen and their heroic action to stop this incident. We believe their actions helped drive this suspect away from the scene, preventing further casualties,” Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks said at a news conference.
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Suspect Chad Williams, 24, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police say.