美国爱达荷州南部孪生瀑布市一家In-N-Out Burger餐厅周六下午近4点左右发生枪击事件[1]。枪手已在事件中身亡[2][3],孪生瀑布警察局局长Matthew Hicks表示"我们相信对社区的威胁已经过去"[3]。
关于伤亡人数,各方报告存在差异。孪生瀑布县专员Brent Reinke称有5人受伤[3],另有报告称至少3人死亡、2人受伤[2]。县专员Reinke认为"很可能有人员死亡"[1]。目击者Lane Koehn描述称,他看到有人从得来速拿出AR型步枪,之后另一名持手枪的男子向射手开火[2]。事件发生在繁忙购物区,当时现场有数百人[2]。警方仍在调查枪手的身份和作案动机[2]。孪生瀑布市人口约56,000人,位于博伊西东南约130英里处[1]。
A shooting at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Twin Falls, Idaho left multiple people dead and wounded on Saturday afternoon.[2][3] The gunman opened fire at the establishment located in a busy shopping area where hundreds of people were present.[2][3] According to Twin Falls County Commissioner Brent Reinke, "the shooter is also down," and he believed there were "likely there were some fatalities."[1] Law enforcement has secured the scene and is conducting an investigation into the incident.[1]
Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks stated that "we believe the threat to the community is over."[3] Reports on the exact casualty count vary: at least three people were killed and two were wounded according to one account,[2] while Twin Falls County Commissioner Brent Reinke indicated that five people were injured.[3] The gunman's identity and motive remain under investigation.[2][3]
Witness Lane Koehn described seeing a person emerge from the drive-through holding an AR-style rifle, after which another armed man fired at the shooter.[2] Twin Falls, a city of approximately 56,000 people located about 130 miles southeast of Boise, was the site of this violence on Saturday afternoon.[1][3]