New details highlight acts of bravery, good Samaritans during Idaho mass shooting
To stream WFMY News 2 on your phone, you need the WFMY News 2 app. Example video title will go here for this video TWIN FALLS, Idaho — Officials in Twin Falls, Idaho, provided an update Friday giving the most detailed breakdown yet of the chaotic scene that unfolded last week when a gunman opened fire in one of the busiest parts of the Idaho city, killing three people and wounding seven others. Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks said at the press conference that investigators have not determined a motive for the attack. Twin Falls police previously identified the suspected shooter as 24-year-old Chad Williams , but at the press conference authorities said they would not use his name going forward, instead referring to him only as the suspect or the gunman in order to avoid increasing his notoriety. "Our focus remains where it belongs, on our victims, on the people who are injured and the people whose lives are forever changed," Hicks said. 1, which started at an In-n-Out restaurant.
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Sometimes it can be an officer moving toward gunfire," Hicks said. "Sometimes it can be a citizen distracting a gunman long enough for others to escape." Twin Falls Sheriff Jack Johnson praised the small acts of kindness and bravery that saved lives during the incident, noting that businesses nearby opened their doors to shelter people fleeing the gunfire and others worked to triage the people wounded in the attack.
