Hero Bystander Jumps In When Shooter Opens Fire At In-N-Out Burger

A heroic bystander jumped into the fray on Saturday, shooting back when someone opened fire in the drive-thru at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Twin Falls, Idaho.

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In video that circulated after the shooting, the gunman was walking in the drive-thru firing at cars as he approached the window. Within a few seconds, a second gun could be heard engaging the shooter, who quickly ran for cover in some nearby bushes.

🚨 WOW! An absolute PATRIOT put his LIFE on the line and engaged the shooter at a Twin Falls, ID drive-thru

THIS is America 🇺🇸

This man exited his car and returned fire to force an active shooter to retreat, undoubtably saving COUNTLESS lives

A TRUE HERO pic.twitter.com/F1v4vrK1Um

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August 2, 2026

According to witness Lane Koehn, the hero bystander had identified himself as a former paramedic — and had given In-N-Out employees and other customers valuable time to escape by engaging the suspect and keeping him distracted. Koehn had been at a nearby stoplight when he saw the shooter walking toward cars in the drive-thru, and saw the second man pull out a handgun and shoot back.

Koehn, 34, told reporters that he’d seen one In-N-Out employee being dragged away from the scene, saying that he’d joined the armed citizen in waiting with the injured employee until first responders arrived.

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“She was pretty bad off, but I don’t know. I hope she made it,” he told KPTV FOX 12.

“People were running out crying and screaming. It was very scary,” Haley Dodaro said in a text message to The Associated Press. She and her mother had been in the drive-thru line when people began running from the restaurant.

The In-N-Out restaurant had only opened one week earlier, on July 24, as the chain only recently expanded into Idaho.

In total, three were killed in the shooting — including one employee — and several more were injured. In-N-Out President Lynsi Snyder issued a statement following the tragedy.

“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,” Snyder posted. “My heart is broken, my chest is heavy, my eyes burn from the tears I’ve shed.”

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