{"id":39174,"date":"2026-08-02T08:04:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/08\/02\/tragedy-strikes-idaho-shopping-center-as-three-lives-are-lost-in-shooting\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T08:04:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T08:04:42","slug":"tragedy-strikes-idaho-shopping-center-as-three-lives-are-lost-in-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/08\/02\/tragedy-strikes-idaho-shopping-center-as-three-lives-are-lost-in-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy Strikes Idaho Shopping Center as Three Lives Are Lost in Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/>Three people lost their lives after a gunman opened fire in a busy shopping area of Twin Falls, Idaho, on Saturday, as confirmed by a city spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>According to Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks, the shooter is deceased, and there is no longer a threat to the community.<\/p>\n<p>The situation unfolded around 2:30 p.m. local time near an In-N-Out Burger, in a busy commercial district, as noted by the city&#8217;s public information officer, Josh Palmer.<\/p>\n<p>About an hour later, Palmer informed reporters that the shooter was no longer a threat.<\/p>\n<p>During a news conference, Hicks mentioned that he was still gathering accurate information about the death toll, but Palmer later confirmed that three people had died, with at least two others injured.<\/p>\n<p>The shooter was among the deceased, according to Hicks, who stated that police are investigating to identify the gunman and uncover the reasons behind the incident.<\/p>\n<p>In the immediate aftermath, the Twin Falls Police Department announced on Facebook that nearby roads and a bridge had been closed for safety.<\/p>\n<p>Twin Falls is a small city in the central region of Idaho, with a population of approximately 47,400 residents.<br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three people lost their lives after a gunman opened fire in a busy shopping area of Twin Falls, Idaho, on Saturday, as confirmed by a city spokesperson. According to Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks, the shooter is deceased, and there is no longer a threat to the community. The situation unfolded around 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[51774,51773,51775],"class_list":["post-39174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business-news","tag-three-dead","tag-us-firing","tag-us-shooting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}