Police released video Friday of a mass shooting that at an , and heaped praise on a bystander who engaged the gunman on a trail, slowing him down and giving authorities time to catch up.
The video revealed more details of a chaotic scene in Twin Falls last weekend. The gunman walked up to the drive-thru window four times and opened fire, killing an In-N-Out employee, police said.
A total of 10 people were shot 鈥� inside the restaurant, directly outside, on an adjacent busy road and at a nearby visitors center lot, Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks said.
Hicks said at a news conference that investigators still for the shooting. The gunman, Chad Williams, 24,
鈥淲hat happened here was violent, frightening and deeply traumatic,鈥� Hicks said.
It should have been a 鈥渘ormal Saturday afternoon,鈥� he said. 鈥淓mployees showing up for work. Visitors coming to see our beautiful city. Instead they were confronted with chaos, fear and now loss.鈥�
As the shooting unfolded, employees from nearby stores fled to a walking trail. When the gunman headed to the trail, he came across two people, including one with his hands in the air talking to him, according to the video.
He distracted the gunman from possibly pursuing others on the trail. Williams subsequently killed himself as police chased him. His body was found near a canyon.
鈥淭o that young man, you are a hero,鈥� Hicks said. 鈥淵our courage, your composure, your selflessness in that moment likely gave others the time they needed to escape harm. This community is grateful for you, and we will never forget what you did that day.鈥�
Hicks also praised the work of an off-duty state trooper and a former police officer, A.J. James, who was wounded while confronting Williams.
James ran toward the sound of gunfire from the drive-thru window and was shot and wounded, while the off-duty officer inside the In-N-Out exchanged gunfire with Williams through the window and directed workers out of the building, Hicks said.
He acted 鈥渉eroically and unbelievably鈥� to try to slow down the shooter, the police chief said, declining to release the off-duty officer’s name.
The In-N-Out had opened in July as part of the chain鈥檚 expansion into Idaho.
Police identified those killed as Ashley Garibay, 23, of Stockton, California; Dale Schultz, 66, of Salt Lake City; and Christopher Claunch, 59, of Hagerman, Idaho.
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