At least three people were killed and two others were wounded in a shooting at an In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho, on Saturday, the authorities said.
The Twin Falls police received a call around 2:30 p.m. local time about an active shooter inside the dining area at the In-N-Out Burger restaurant on Blue Lakes Boulevard, said Josh Palmer, a city spokesman.
The suspected shooter is dead, the police chief in Twin Falls, Matthew Hicks, said during a news conference on Saturday.
It was not immediately clear if the gunman was among the three fatalities or in addition to them. It was also unknown how the shooter died.
The number of victims is “expected to be higher,” Mr. Palmer said.
The events leading up to the shooting were not immediately known.
“We have literally hundreds of people that were in some way, shape or form in the area of this restaurant at the time,” Chief Hicks said. “This is an exceptionally chaotic scene, on a Saturday afternoon here in Twin Falls, at one of the busiest locations in all of southern Idaho.”
The police had closed roads and a bridge in the area and urged residents to seek alternate routes.
“Idahoans, join me in keeping the Twin Falls community in your prayers,” Gov. Brad Little of Idaho said in a statement.
This is a developing story.
