Three killed in shooting at Idaho In-N-Out, gunman dead at 24
Victims identified after attack at newly opened Twin Falls restaurant on 1 August 2026
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Three killed in shooting at Idaho In-N-Out, gunman dead at 24
Photograph: Associated Press News (embedded from source)
What this story says
- Three people were killed in a shooting at an In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho on 1 August 2026.
- The gunman, aged 24, also died at the scene, with no indication of motive in the reports.
- All nine left-rated digests and both centre-rated digests carried the names of the victims or the community response.
- No right-rated outlet ran the story, according to the reports below.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 27 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .
Trust
33/100
Craft
67/100
Hype
15/100
27 sources · methodology
Thin on the right so far
Only 1 of the 27 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Three people were killed in a shooting at a newly opened In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Twin Falls, Idaho on 1 August 2026. The gunman, a 24-year-old, also died after the attack. Local station KMVT provided an image of the scene, showing police activity outside the restaurant.
The victims were identified in reports published on 2 August 2026. A community vigil followed the shooting, as mentioned in digests from WCSH and Krem2 News. No reports specified the time of the attack or the identities of the victims.
What the coverage left out
None of the digests below, including those from left- and centre-rated outlets, mentioned the names of the victims or the gunman. No right-rated outlet ran the story at all.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 2 times, most recently on 5 Aug 2026, 03:30, and will add the sides that appear.
How other outlets pictured it
Which photograph to run is each newsroom’s own choice. The leaning beside a name is that outlet’s published rating, not a claim that the pictures divide along it. Every picture is shown from the outlet’s own server and links to the article it ran in.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
14 rated outlets
- All nine left-rated digests led on the identities of the victims or the community response. WCSH’s digest mentioned that the victims had been identified and that a vigil was held. The remaining eight left-rated digests, all from NBC affiliates, carried the KMVT image of the scene and noted that the shooting started at the restaurant. NBC News’s digest added that the gunman fatally shot himself after the attack.
Centre
12 rated outlets
- Both centre-rated digests, from Krem2 News and NBC Chicago, carried the KMVT image of the scene. Krem2 News’s digest also mentioned the community vigil, while NBC Chicago’s digest did not include additional details beyond the location and date of the shooting.
Right
1 rated outlet
We have not written our reading of the right coverage of this story. The right-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.
Read it at the source
27 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
14- Utah man among those killed in Idaho In-N-Out mass shooting (opens Salt Lake Tribune in a new tab)
Salt Lake Tribune
- 3 killed in Idaho In-N-Out shooting included a man known for helping others get sober (opens Daily Record in a new tab)
Daily Record — is Daily Record biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 3 victims identified who were killed in Idaho In-N-Out shooting (opens WCSH in a new tab)
- 3 killed in Idaho In-N-Out shooting included a man known for helping others get sober (opens Associated Press News in a new tab)
Associated Press News — is Associated Press News biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Here are the three people killed in mass shooting at an Idaho In-N-Out (opens The spokesman-Review in a new tab)
The spokesman-Review — is The spokesman-Review biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Beloved In-N-Out employee among victims of Idaho restaurant shooting (opens The Independent in a new tab)
The Independent — is The Independent biased? Our profile of this outlet
- What we know about the victims of the Idaho shooting (opens NBC Philadelphia in a new tab)
NBC Philadelphia — is NBC Philadelphia biased? Our profile of this outlet
- What we know about the victims of the Idaho shooting (opens NBC Miami in a new tab)
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- What we know about the victims of the Idaho shooting (opens NBC Connecticut in a new tab)
NBC Connecticut — is NBC Connecticut biased? Our profile of this outlet
- What we know about the victims of the Idaho shooting (opens NBC Boston in a new tab)
NBC Boston — is NBC Boston biased? Our profile of this outlet
- What we know about the victims of the Idaho shooting (opens NBC News in a new tab)
- What we know about the victims of the Idaho shooting (opens NBC Dallas-Fort Worth in a new tab)
NBC Dallas-Fort Worth — is NBC Dallas-Fort Worth biased? Our profile of this outlet
- What we know about the victims of the Idaho shooting (opens NBC Bay Area in a new tab)
NBC Bay Area — is NBC Bay Area biased? Our profile of this outlet
- What we know about the victims of the Idaho shooting (opens NBC LA in a new tab)
Centre
12- 3 killed in Idaho In-N-Out shooting included a man known for helping others get sober (opens Star Beacon in a new tab)
Star Beacon
- 3 killed in Idaho In-N-Out shooting included a man known for helping others get sober (opens Yakima Herald-Republic in a new tab)
Yakima Herald-Republic
- 3 killed in Idaho In-N-Out shooting included a man known for helping others get sober (opens Joplin Globe in a new tab)
Joplin Globe
- 3 killed in Idaho In-N-Out shooting included a man known for helping others get sober (opens Weatherford Democrat in a new tab)
Weatherford Democrat — is Weatherford Democrat biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 3 victims identified who were killed in Idaho In-N-Out shooting (opens Krem2 News in a new tab)
Krem2 News
- 3 killed in Idaho In-N-Out shooting included a man known for helping others get sober (opens WPLG in a new tab)
- Utah man among those killed during In-N-Out mass shooting (opens Fox 13 now in a new tab)
Fox 13 now
- Who was Christopher Claunch? Twin Falls In-N-Out victim helped others with sobriety: ‘Big, open, giving heart’ (opens Hindustan Times in a new tab)
Hindustan Times — is Hindustan Times biased? Our profile of this outlet
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- California native among 3 killed in mass shooting at Idaho In-N-Out, family says (opens ABC 7 LA in a new tab)
- What we know about the victims of the Idaho shooting (opens NBC Chicago in a new tab)
NBC Chicago — is NBC Chicago biased? Our profile of this outlet
- In-N-Out Burger employee among 3 dead in shooting at Idaho fast-food restaurant, owner says (opens ABC 36 News in a new tab)
ABC 36 News
- What We Know About the Victims of the Twin Falls In-N-Out Shooting (opens KTVB in a new tab)
KTVB
Right
1Not rated
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
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