Man who returned fire at In-N-Out gunman had done firearm training after 2021 mass shooting

Police credited Jordan Salinas with limiting number of victims in attack on restaurant in Twin Falls, Idaho A healthcare worker returning fire on a 24-year-old gunman who killed three people and wounded several others an In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho, has said his impulse to confront the attacker was “automatic” and “mechanical”. That description from 35-year-old Jordan Salinas came in an interview with the Idaho Statesman that was published on Sunday, providing a detailed account of actions that police credited with limiting the number of victims in the attack a day earlier. Salinas said he was headed out for a horseback riding date with his girlfriend when they stopped at the burger restaurant for lunch at about 2.30pm on Saturday. Salinas saw people fleeing and heard the “pop-pop-pop” of gunfire, according to what he told the Statesman. He said he ran toward the sound in an “automatic” and “mechanical” response, drawing from a shoulder holster a semi-automatic pistol with a suppressor fixed to its barrel.

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