Surveillance video released Friday shows a gunman at an Idaho In-N-Out Burger killing one of his three victims last week by firing through a drive-up window before shooting more people outside the fast-food restaurant.
Police in Twin Falls said at a news conference that they still don’t have a motive for the shooting last Saturday. Seven people were wounded. The gunman, Chad Williams, 24, killed himself.
Video shows Williams walking up to the drive-thru window four times to fire shots. A worker at the window died of gunshot wounds. A second victim died outside the restaurant and another in a nearby visitors center parking lot.
“What happened here was violent, frightening and deeply traumatic,” Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks said.
It should have been a “normal Saturday afternoon,” he said. “Employees showing up for work. Visitors coming to see our beautiful city. Instead they were confronted with chaos, fear and now loss.”
Hicks praised the work of an off-duty state trooper and a former police officer, A.J. James, who was wounded while confronting Williams.
James ran toward the sound of gunfire from the drive-thru window and was shot and wounded, while the off-duty officer inside the In-N-Out exchanged gunfire with Williams through the window and directed workers out of the building, Hicks said.
He acted “heroically and unbelievably” to try to slow down the shooter, the police chief said, declining to release the off-duty officer's name.
The In-N-Out had opened in July as part of the chain’s expansion into Idaho.
Police identified those killed as Ashley Garibay, 23, of Stockton, California; Dale Schultz, 66, of Salt Lake City; and Christopher Claunch, 59, of Hagerman, Idaho.
A woman prays during a candlelight vigil Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, in Twin Falls, Idaho, to honor the victims of a recent shooting at a local In-N-Out Burger. (AP Photo/Andrew Eakin)
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday arrived for his first official visit to Serbia, one of the few European countries that have maintained friendly relations with Russia despite its invasion of Ukraine.
Zelenskyy confirmed the arrival on Friday on his official Telegram channel. The office of Serbia's populist President Aleksandar Vucic had previously announced the visit late Thursday.
“Important talks are scheduled for today and tomorrow," Zelenskyy said. He added that he will meet with Vucic and Serbia's Prime Minister Djuro Macut.
“We will discuss expanding economic ties between our countries, relations with the European Union, and other areas where we can find practical opportunities that benefit our peoples, as well as security issues," Zelenskyy said.
The visit comes as Vucic tries to balance Serbia’s traditional ties with Moscow against pressure to align its foreign policy with the European Union. Vucic has refused to join international sanctions against Russia over Ukraine, citing historic ties between the two Slavic nations.
Serbia is in the process of joining the EU, but that has been stalled partly because of Belgrade's policies toward Moscow.
Serbia relies almost entirely on Russia for its energy supplies. Although Belgrade has refused to sanction Russia, it has provided aid to Ukraine and Vucic has recently stepped up contacts with Kyiv, in an apparent bid to boost his image in the West.
Russia last year accused Serbia of exporting arms to Ukraine through NATO member states, describing the move as a “stab in the back.” Serbia also has promised to help rebuild Ukraine after the war.
Ahead of the visit, Vucic said he and Zelenskyy will discuss cooperation in various fields and their countries' paths toward EU membership. Vucic said Serbia does not intend to change its position on Russia sanctions.
“As far as sanctions are concerned, let me tell you directly: Serbia has established its policy,” Vucic said on Friday. He added that Serbia's stand “has not changed and this will remain so for the time being.”
Zelenskyy said in his post that "Ukraine is always ready to work constructively, on a mutually beneficial basis and with mutual respect.”
Russia has faced international condemnation and sanctions since it launched its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Djordje Vlajic, a senior editor at the independent Fonet news agency in Belgrade, believes that both Vucic and Zelensky aim to make political gains from the Belgrade visit.
Zelenskyy “is sending a message to Russia that he is taking over its key allies in the Balkans,” Vlajic said. Vucic, on his part, “wants to keep the link alive with the EU and send a signal to Brussels that he shares their (EU) position about the war,” he added.
Serbia has been told it could lose access to EU funds and cannot move ahead with its EU membership bid because of its Moscow ties and general democratic backsliding under Vucic, who has faced a year of youth-led protests following a train station disaster in November 2024 that killed 16 people.
Vucic and Zelenskyy have met on several occasions since the start of the Russian invasion. Vucic traveled to Ukraine twice to attend summits on strengthening European support for Kyiv’s fight against Russian aggression, but each time he refused to sign a joint declaration calling for tougher sanctions against Moscow.
AP Writer Dusan Stojanovic in Belgrade and AP News Director for Ukraine Susie Blann contributed from London.
FILE - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks od during his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
