Good Guy With a Gun in Idaho

The American mainstream media seems to be completely silent on this incident. This morning there are finally some mainstream reports, though a couple are still downplaying the role of the civilian. Three Dead Outside a Twin Falls In-N-Out, Armed Bystander Engaged the Shooter With a Suppressed Pistol Causing Him to Retreat - USA Carry

A bystander, possibly named Jordan Salinas, engaged the shooter with a handgun, although details about his involvement remain unverified.

X/Twitter seems convinced.

The mainstream media likes to pretend that good guys with guns never step up.

What stays with me is the direction he moved. A man was shooting people in a burger restaurant parking lot at four in the afternoon on a Saturday, and everyone in that lot was running the other way. Whatever the investigation eventually says about whose rounds landed where, a man with a pistol on his hip closed distance on that threat instead of leaving it to work through the crowd unopposed.

We do have law enforcement's confirmation of who the original (bad guy) shooter was. BREAKING: Twin Falls In-N-Out shooter identified as 24-year-old Chad Williams—motive unknown

Police have identified the suspect in Saturday’s deadly shooting at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Twin Falls, Idaho, as 24-year-old Chad Williams. Williams is deceased after suffering a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

I'm sure more will be posted in the next couple of days.

Hat tip to Benny Johnson and his video Left-Wing Gunman OPENS Fire On In-N-Out…Then A Cowboy Steps Up And Does The UNTHINKABLE

The X post is included mostly for a handy link to the video from law enforcement.

🚨 BREAKING: Twin Falls, Idaho shooter's identity has just been RELEASED as 24-year-old Chad Williams, now dead

The shooter was engaged by an off-duty state trooper AND citizen Jordan Salinas during the incident, likely SAVING LIVES.

4 dead and 7 hurt. Pray for the victims and… pic.twitter.com/1kYEUhcOMR

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 2, 2026