Heroic Citizen's Dramatic Face-off with Idaho Gunman Captured on Video

Newly surfaced footage has revealed how a brave armed citizen attempted to take on a gunman as he opened fire at an In-N-Out in Twin Falls, Idaho . The shooter was one of three people who were pronounced dead, with others injured following the shooting on Saturday, August 1 , according to the city’s public information officer, Josh Palmer. The scene is currently under investigation. This In-N-Out branch had only been open for a week in Twin Falls, attracting numerous customers before this weekend's events. Speaking to reporters hours after the incident, Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks confirmed that shelter-in-place restrictions were lifted, saying: "We believe that the threat to the community is over." Duane Rubink, chief of the neighboring Jerome Police Department, told CNN : “It appears there was one shooter who is deceased from a self-inflicted gunshot.” Now, a jaw-dropping video of the incident has been released, revealing the chaotic nature of the shooting from the perspective of witnesses and those passing by. The shooter ran outside during the incident, where witnesses filmed him. Credit: Facebook Footage of the shooting circulates online Originally posted on social media, a short video shows a man with a handgun shooting at the active shooter, who fires back at him, outside the fast food joint. Other perspectives revealed that workers were running away from the restaurant in a panic, with numerous gunshots heard. The gunman is said to have taken his own life, as per police, with the actions of the bold citizen believed to have saved the lives of many bystanders. He managed to distract the gunman long enough for customers and staff to run to safety, according to witness Lane Koehn, who took the video from his car. Koehn said that he saw a person carrying an AR-style rifle in the drive-thru area, before a man with a pistol started to fire at the suspect. The witness also recalled seeing a woman in an In-N-Out uniform bleeding from her chest while being dragged across the parking lot by a fellow employee. Koehn, the employee, and the man with the pistol stayed with her until medical support arrived, as he recalled to KPTV : “She was pretty bad off, but I don’t know. I hope she made it.” He thinks that there were around three or four shots fired, with it not being clear if someone was targeted in particular. Police have yet to announce the identity and motive of the deceased gunman. The shooting took place in Twin Falls, Idaho, on Saturday afternoon (August 1). Credit: X Reaction from In-N-Out The shooter launched his rampage inside the burger joint at around 2 PM local time before heading outside, revealing his identity to several witnesses who were recording the incident. According to Hicks, local law enforcement is working to finalize the number of people injured, though they did not reveal how many people were involved. In-N-Out President Lynsi Snyder released a statement following the shooting, revealing that an associate lost her life in the shooting. Snyder wrote: “We lost one of our beautiful Associates tonight, 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. "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.” COO Denny Warnick also released a statement, saying: “We are heartbroken, our prayers go out to our Customers, our Associates, and all of their families. "We are working with the Twin Falls Police Department to assist in the on-going investigation.” Featured image credit: Facebook