The victims of the horrific shooting that took place at an In-N-Out in Twin Falls, Idaho, on Saturday (August 1), have been named for the first time.
Police said that the shooter, Chad Williams, 24, brandished an AK-style rifle and fired it at numerous innocent bystanders at the fast food joint.
The shooter was one of three people who were initially pronounced dead, with others injured following the shooting on Saturday, August 1, according to the city’s public information officer, Josh Palmer.
Originally posted on social media, a short video showed a man with a handgun firing at the active shooter, who shoots back at him, outside the fast food joint.
Other perspectives showed that workers were running away from the restaurant in a panic, with numerous gunshots heard.
It has now been revealed that four people lost their lives following the shooting.
Shooter Chad Williams claimed the lives of three civilians before turning the gun on himself. Credit: X
Sister of victims speaks out
Christopher Claunch, who worked at Renaissance Ranch Recovery Center, was one of the victims of the shooting, as he died from his injuries after gunshots were heard at 2:30 PM on Saturday.
Speaking to The New York Times, his sister, Kimberly Castaneda, paid tribute to her late sibling.
Two others, including an unidentified female restaurant employee and another unnamed person lost their lives in the shooting, with seven others injured.
Castaneda revealed that Claunch, 59, was two years sober after struggling with alcoholism, and looked back on a memory they shared over the Fourth of July holiday.
She recalled: “My silly brother took my headband that I was wearing with little tin wheels on it… and he sat with those things on like it was just no big deal,
“He was always being a goofball,” Castaneda reflected.
She also revealed that the California-native struggled with the loss of his first wife, who lost her life in a car crash just three months after they tied the knot.
Claunch lived in Idaho for three decades, so he was excited when an In-N-Out opened in the state, though he told his sister that he would wait for hype around the joint to die down, following its July 24 opening.
Castaneda admitted: “You have no idea how surprised I was when I found out he was there.”
Christopher Claunch lost his life in the horrific In-N-Out shooting. Credit: Facebook
Other victims named
Police have not publicly named any victims, though numerous online fundraisers have been shared since, revealing some of those injured.
One of these named Steven Pixley, who was riding his motorcycle past the restaurant when a bullet struck him.
His GoFundMe page noted that he was rushed to surgery at a local hospital before being transferred to a Boise medical center after being struck in the elbow.
It further read: “He was minding his own business and suffered a tragedy that will affect him for a long time—mentally, physically, and emotionally.”
Terry Dudley was another victim, after being shot twice in the back while charging his Tesla, with his employers, North Star Taxi, confirming this in a Facebook post on Sunday.
They stated: “Our driver Terry Dudley was the victim of a mass shooting Saturday,” as they admitted that he “has a very long road ahead of him.”
