Which one of you Idaho cowboys is this?

[Three Foot Johnson]

Sure looks like a cowboy with a cavalry length single action.

[Rye Miles #13621]

No news media posted anything about the civilian not even Fox News! This guy is a hero for stepping up and taking action! 👍🇺🇸

[Cypress Sun]

49 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

No news media posted anything about the civilian not even Fox News! This guy is a hero for stepping up and taking action! 👍🇺🇸

 

I saw this on a news site in the Tampa area. Not much was said about the guy with the pistol that may have prevented the killer from further shooting.

 

https://baynews9.com/fl/tampa/ap-top-news/2026/08/01/multiple-people-injured-in-southern-idaho-shooting

[Subdeacon Joe]

Looks more like a bull barreled Ruger.

 

In any case, guys like this should be the ones glorified in the o ress, not the thugs.

[Tex Jones, SASS 2263]

2 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

No news media posted anything about the civilian not even Fox News! This guy is a hero for stepping up and taking action! 👍🇺🇸

There's a photo on the New York Post website.  No ID mentioned although the investigation is in progress.

Edited August 2 by Tex Jones, SASS 2263

[Subdeacon Joe]

This showed up on my FB just now:

 

This is Jordan Salinas.

 

 

In October 2024 he posted this training video (NB: NO LINK PROVIDED) with his suppressed FN Five-seveN, writing:

 

“Train like your life depends on it

Because God forbid, one day it might

Stay free, stay safe and stay frosty 🇺🇸”

 

Yesterday in Twin Falls, that day came.

 

When a rifle-wielding shooter opened fire at the In-N-Out, a civilian with a handgun stepped up and engaged him — helping stop the attack and almost certainly saving lives.

 

Multiple sources are identifying that man as Jordan Salinas.

 

Preparation met opportunity.

[Alpo]

Yahoo news. And they say a good guy with a gun stepped in.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/good-guy-gun-fires-rifle-091721713.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

 

It's got video of both the shooter with the AR and the good guy with the gun shooting at the guy with the AR.

[Sedalia Dave]

Pretty sure He was shooting a  suppressed pistol. 

[Cypress Sun]

I really wish (for him) that his identity would not have been published.

[Calamity Kris]

I get the feeling we're all so used to things like news being instant, we've forgotten some things, like law enforcement investigations, take time.  The shooting happened YESTERDAY, kids.  Let's give the police a chance to get the investigation going and get  to the bottom of the facts.

[Three Foot Johnson]

Same guy, probably the same pistol - FN 5.7 w/suppressor. 

 

 

[Stump Water]

 

[Rye Miles #13621]

Fox News finally reported on the civilian shooter slowing down the bad guy! I guess maybe they wanted to make sure it was for real and not just a internet fantasy.

[John Kloehr]

The low-life offed himself according to recent reports. This cowboy may have helped bring this about by engaging him. Would rather he got caught and tried and convicted with a sentence of life in prison... But this cowboy might have prompted a sooner exit, so better this way than if he kept killing. And like the gun grabbers say, "if it saves one life..." They should say "if it saves one life other than the shooter."

 

Will be interested in learning more as confirmed facts come out.

[Rip Snorter]

One source - also an off duty State Patrolman with suppressing fire. Maybe the truth will out!

[Sedalia Dave]

Off-duty trooper and armed citizen hailed as heroes after returning fire on In-N-Out gunman

 

 

[watab kid]

2 hours ago, John Kloehr said:

The low-life offed himself according to recent reports. This cowboy may have helped bring this about by engaging him. Would rather he got caught and tried and convicted with a sentence of life in prison... But this cowboy might have prompted a sooner exit, so better this way than if he kept killing. And like the gun grabbers say, "if it saves one life..." They should say "if it saves one life other than the shooter."

 

Will be interested in learning more as confirmed facts come out.

im happy he is dead - dont have to house him nor feed him the rest of his life , good ridence

[Calamity Kris]

My fear for all of this is the family of the perp suing the daylights out of the cowboy for aiding in the takedown.  While he did a heroic thing, I can see the court system getting clogged with lawsuits based on "our family member was turning his life around, how could you shoot an innocent person, blah, blah, blah".  The fact this guy has video's on the web with him training, especially in tactical gear, won't help things.  

 

I realize that's not the way things SHOULD be, but it is the way things are.............

Edited August 3 by Calamity Kris

[Rye Miles #13621]

1 hour ago, Calamity Kris said:

My fear for all of this is the family of the perp suing the daylights out of the cowboy for aiding in the takedown.  While he did a heroic thing, I can see the court system getting clogged with lawsuits based on "our family member was turning his life around, how could you shoot an innocent person, blah, blah, blah.  The fact this guy has video's on the web with him training, especially in tactical gear, won't help things.  

 

I realize that's not the way things SHOULD be, but it is the way things are.............

That’s a valid point and I hope the good guy has a lawyer ready! 

[Rye Miles #13621]

2 hours ago, Calamity Kris said:

My fear for all of this is the family of the perp suing the daylights out of the cowboy for aiding in the takedown.  While he did a heroic thing, I can see the court system getting clogged with lawsuits based on "our family member was turning his life around, how could you shoot an innocent person, blah, blah, blah.  The fact this guy has video's on the web with him training, especially in tactical gear, won't help things.  

 

I realize that's not the way things SHOULD be, but it is the way things are.............

The only good thing was the bad guy offed himself, not much of a case against the good guy since he didn’t shoot him at all. Still, I hope he has an attorney just in case.

[Seldom Seen #16162]

2 hours ago, Calamity Kris said:

My fear for all of this is the family of the perp suing the daylights out of the cowboy for aiding in the takedown.  While he did a heroic thing, I can see the court system getting clogged with lawsuits based on "our family member was turning his life around, how could you shoot an innocent person, blah, blah, blah.  The fact this guy has video's on the web with him training, especially in tactical gear, won't help things.  

 

I realize that's not the way things SHOULD be, but it is the way things are.............

Easy to make excuses for what MIGHT happen in the future for not  getting involved in what is happening NOW.

[Sedalia Dave]

When gunshots rang out at a Twin Falls In-N-Out, this Idaho man shot back

 

 

[PowderRiverCowboy]

Not me , shooter would havent been able to run and take himself out , never bring a pistol to a rifle fight.

[Calamity Kris]

7 hours ago, Seldom Seen #16162 said:

Easy to make excuses for what MIGHT happen in the future for not  getting involved in what is happening NOW.

 

I never said don't get involved.  I am eluding to the fact that there are often unintended consequences for getting involved.  We can pray the cowboy doesn't have to face any of those unintended consequences.  

[Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103]

So far, accurate information is spotty: we know who the good guys are, we know the off duty troop was engaging from inside the store, the fellow with the suppressed Five-Seven was outside -- but engagement distance remains a question.

Eli Dickens' action prompted the "Dickens Drill" for accurate hits at extended distance.

Can't help but think there will now be an "Idaho Drill."

[Chantry]

11 hours ago, Calamity Kris said:

My fear for all of this is the family of the perp suing the daylights out of the cowboy for aiding in the takedown.  While he did a heroic thing, I can see the court system getting clogged with lawsuits based on "our family member was turning his life around, how could you shoot an innocent person, blah, blah, blah".  The fact this guy has video's on the web with him training, especially in tactical gear, won't help things.  

 

I realize that's not the way things SHOULD be, but it is the way things are.............

 

He is in Idaho, so I doubt he'll face a civil suit, but your comment is a very real concern in blue states or where there is a prosecutor who doesn't like gunowners.  There have been discussions on a regional firearms related discussion board, and many have posted that their primary and maybe only concern is getting themselves and any loved ones away from the shooting scene and they have no intention of engaging a mass shooter because they fear criminal charges and possibly civil suits.

 

I have little doubt that CT, MA & RI will try hard to find a way prosecute even a clear-cut case of self-defense.   The details are hazy and it's been some time since I read the alleged story, but MA held an investigation of clear-cut case of self-defense open for a year before they finally closed the case.

[John Kloehr]

Mad Mommies and such have been focusing on two messages. He could have hit an innocent bystander (by accident) even though the shooter was doing the same on purpose.and that the shooter offed himself (discounting engagement on any front might have spurred the shooter to do so). Third message set seems to revolve around out favorite new cowboy hero could have been subject to LE targeting him; I'll grant this is a legitimate risk for anyone choosing to act but this did not happen, our new favorite cowboy then switched to rendering aid to victims.

[Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme]

On 8/2/2026 at 1:42 PM, Three Foot Johnson said:

Same guy, probably the same pistol - FN 5.7 w/suppressor. 

 

 

Fully Badass

[Blackwater 53393]

I see where the “Would you do the same” thread was taken down?

[Cypress Sun]

A 9 minute video of the event below.

 

Chilling Twin Falls In-N-Out shooting video shows gunman's deadly attack path | Fox News