Trump's DHS Chief Ignites MAGA Backlash; Armed Citizen Takes On Mass Shooter | 8/4/26 FIRST LOOK

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The bystander who shot back at an Idaho gunman saved many lives, Sheriff says. A 35-year-old health care worker and caregiver named Jordan Salinas returned fire at an in-and-out in Twin Falls, stopped the attack in its tracks, and proved once again that a good guy with a gun is the best answer to a bad guy with a gun. Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen is catching serious heat from the right after an immigration speech that sounded a lot like the same old reform talk we've heard for decades, even as he later posted no amnesty. Conservatives aren't buying the mixed messages, and they're making it clear.
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Investigators hope the unique writing style will finally generate the tip that helps solve the mystery. Let's dive in. The bystander who shot back at Idaho gunmen saved many lives, Sheriff says. Jordan Salinas and his girlfriend had a quiet Saturday planned. Start with horseback riding at a place well out of cell phone range. Grab lunch in Twin Falls, then head west. Everything was on track until around 2:30 p.m. when Salinas pulled into an in-and-out burger. He saw scores of people pouring out the doors, and first thought it was a kitchen fire.
Then he heard the pop, pop, pop of gunfire. The 35-year-old from Kimberley did what trained responsible gun owners do.
He ran toward the threat. Salinas later called it an automatic mechanical response. The last thing he remembers hearing was his girlfriend shouting his name, Jordan, right before the shooting started again. He had just driven into a mass shooting that would leave three people dead and at least seven wounded on the edge of the Snake River Canyon. And he immediately did what he could to stop it. Salinas reached into his shoulder holster and drew a semi-automatic pistol with a suppressor already fixed to the barrel. He is a healthcare worker and the full-time caregiver for his wheelchair-bound brother. After the 2021 Boise Town Square mall shooting that killed two and injured others, he realized gunmen go after soft targets. A person in a wheelchair and the aides standing next to him would be about as soft as it gets. That day he decided to get serious about training. He shoots on weekends and trains in the desert outside Eden in eastern Jerome County. He had never pointed a gun at so much as an animal and never expected to use what he practiced. But every week he drilled the same four-step military framework. Observe. He ran from the car, gun drawn. Social media video shows a man moving carefully behind in and out signs and shrubs, hunting for the source of the gunfire.
Orient. Hidden from view, he established clear sight lines and reminded himself to stay disciplined on the trigger. He spotted a man later identified as 24-year-old Chad Williams, standing by the drive-through window, lifting a rifle to his shoulder and firing toward cars. Decide. Okay, Salinas thought, this is the guy.
Act. He leveled the pistol with both hands and fired. He did not like it when bullets started firing both ways, Salinas said. He felt no fear before, during or after. He simply had four steps to remember, and he executed them one at a time. There's a task that needs to be done, and we're the ones who need to do it, he said. Williams was taking fire from two directions, Salinas and an off-duty policeman, who was a customer at the restaurant, and also returned fire, according to Twin Falls County Sheriff Jack Johnson. The return fire drove the shooter away from the drive-thru toward an open parking lot at the city's visitor center. Williams later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks confirmed. These people are true heroes in our community, Sheriff Johnson said of the two men who returned fire. They diverted the shooter and without a doubt saved many lives. Salinas' part of the shoot outlasted two or three minutes. As Williams retreated and sirens screamed down Blue Lakes, police flooded the plaza. Salinas stood down and let them take over. My part, he thought, is done.
Soon he and his girlfriend were back in the car.
Plans delayed but not canceled. Head west out of cell phone range, where he hoped his phone would finally stop buzzing. His horses and a quiet Sunday were still waiting down the road. This is exactly why the Second Amendment exists. Soft targets stay soft until trained citizens refuse to be victims. Jordan Salinas didn't wait for someone else to save the day.