In-N-Out gunman Chad Williams railed against crime in chilling posts before Idaho mass shooting
US News exclusive In-N-Out gunman Chad Williams railed against crime in chilling posts before Idaho mass shooting By Georgia Worrell and Paige Kahn Published Aug. Add The New York Post on Google The In-N-Out gunman who killed two people and wounded seven others during a rifle-wielding mass shooting in Idaho was a college dropout who previously railed against crime in chilling X posts, The Post can exclusively reveal. Years before Chad Williams, 24, showed up at the new Twin Falls fast food joint, he expressed horror at the randomness of an armed carjacking in his hometown of Waddell, Arizona.
- ▪US News exclusive In-N-Out gunman Chad Williams railed against crime in chilling posts before Idaho mass shooting By Georgia Worrell and Paige Kahn Published Aug.
- ▪Add The New York Post on Google The In-N-Out gunman who killed two people and wounded seven others during a rifle-wielding mass shooting in Idaho was a college dropout who previously railed against crime in chilling X posts, The Post can ex
- ▪Years before Chad Williams, 24, showed up at the new Twin Falls fast food joint, he expressed horror at the randomness of an armed carjacking in his hometown of Waddell, Arizona.
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