An armed bystander may have saved lives by distracting a gunman who had opened fire at an In-N-Out Burger on Saturday, according to a witness. Lane Koehn, 34, was at a stoplight just outside the fast-food restaurant when he saw a person with a semi-automatic rifle emerge from the drive-thru.

Details of the Shooting

Bullets struck a car in front of him, and Koehn watched the shooter move through the drive-thru toward his own car, he told NBC News. He described the shooter as “panicked” looking around and moving “kind of erratically.” Koehn believes the armed bystander kept the gunman from shooting at more people.

The shooter was identified as Chad Williams, 24. He fatally shot himself, according to Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks. Williams’ family is cooperating with police, Hicks said. An off-duty state trooper was also at the scene and engaged the shooter “by returning gunfire towards him.”

Hicks said that in addition to the armed bystander, the off-duty state trooper’s actions helped drive the suspect away from the scene, preventing further casualties. The full circumstances of the shooting and a motive remained under investigation.

A retired EMT worker happened to be nearby and came over to help while they waited. Once an ambulance arrived, Koehn said, it felt like they got the victim out in just seconds. Lynsi Snyder, the president of In-N-Out Burger, said a worker was among those killed.

Original reporting: Richardson, TX News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.