The third victim in a tragic mass shooting that unfolded at an In-N-Out restaurant last weekend has been confirmed as a cherished father of three, whose wife was also critically wounded in the incident.
Dale Schultz, a 66-year-old resident of Salt Lake City, and his wife, Reinette Schultz, were en route home from a family reunion when they decided to make a stop at a Twin Falls restaurant. It was there, at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, that 24-year-old Chad Williams unleashed chaos, opening fire with an AK-style rifle on unsuspecting diners and staff before taking his own life.
The Schultz couple was sitting in their Tesla when the gunman shot them through the windshield at close range, recounted their friend, John Rohrbaugh, to the Daily Mail.
Dale, who proudly served in the Air Force, succumbed to his injuries. Meanwhile, Reinette was urgently transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Since then, Reinette has endured multiple reconstructive surgeries and has been moved to the University of Utah Hospital. She is recovering from severe shoulder wounds while grappling with the profound loss of her husband.
‘It kind of comes in waves. It sort of ebbs and flows,’ Scott Dodge, a deacon at St Olaf’s Catholic Church, told KUTV of Reinette’s recovery.
He went on to say she has ‘good moments,’ but then the ‘overwhelming reality of the tragedy,’ including what happened to Dale, is ‘crushing.’
An online fundraiser has since been set up to support Reinette with her medical expenses and the costs related to Dale’s funeral.
It notes she is ‘facing many surgeries and a long period of physical and emotional recovery.’
Dale Schultz, 66, of Salt Lake City, has been identified as the third victim of a shooting at an In-N-Out restaurant over the weekend, while his wife remains in critical condition
Dale and his wife, Reinette, stopped at the restaurant following a family reunion on Saturday
Three people were killed and seven others were injured in the rampage before the gunman, identified as Chad Williams, 24, turned the gun on himself
‘The trauma of this event has left her not only with medical bills, but also the overwhelming challenge of mourning Dale’s passing,’ reads the fundraiser, which had raised nearly $40,000 for the family by Wednesday evening.
‘Dale was a beloved member of the family, remembered for his kindness and the love he shared with Reinette,’ it notes. ‘Their lives were changed in an instant.’
Dale and Reinette had been together since they were just 15 years old, his brother, Jackson, told KTVB.
‘I would have said that he was the best of the Schultzes,’ the grieving brother asserted. ‘He was a man’s man and the best father that I know to his kids.’
‘All they had to do was call and ask him. He was there, always,’ added Jackson’s wife, Brenda.
The couple had planned to spend their retirement years taking trips.
‘We were talking about vacations we could go on,’ Jackson recounted through tears. ‘And that’s gone.’
Others in the Salt Lake community remembered Dale as an accomplished artist and an avid pickleball player who was ‘competitive but with a lot of patience in teaching people, especially young people,’ according to Dodge, who has been friends with the couple for 25 years.
Schultz was remembered as a skilled artist and a competitive pickleball player
Reinette is now recovering from severe injuries to her shoulder as she mourns her husband
‘The phrase that comes to mind when I think of Dale is just quiet confidence,’ he said. ‘And by confidence, I don’t mean it in any arrogant way. He was a very genuinely humble man.’
Dale would also play cornhole with his brother Jackson every week. On Tuesday, their brother, Glenn, played in Dale’s place and said many people shared how much they loved Dale.
‘You look at the downline of how many people this truly impacts – it will take an entire village to help Reinette, her daughters, her grandsons… It’s going to take a village to remotely even come close to helping to do what Dale just did all the time,’ Brenda said.
But Schultz’s artwork will now remain a lasting part of the parish, as he had recently dedicated a bronze-coated sculpture of St Olaf for the church. Church leaders have also said they plan to install a plaque dedicated to him and his wife.
Ashley Garibay, 23, of Stockton, California ,and Christopher Claunch, 59, were also killed in the shooting on Saturday
Authorities are pictured responding to the scene of the shooting on Saturday
The shooting on Saturday also took the lives of Ashley Garibay, 23, of Stockton, California, an employee at the restaurant, and a customer named Christopher Claunch, 59, while seven others were left injured.
Following the shooting, Garibay’s mother, Sabrina Garibay, changed her profile picture to an image of the two after the shooting, and loved ones commented their condolences.
‘Ashley you are so beautiful. You will be missed so much . I remember when you were baby and you to come stay with me so mom could go to work,’ one family member commented.
‘You have become a beautiful young lady. Rest in paradise.’
In-N-Out President Lynsi Snyder, who did not name the employee, previously described Garibay as a ‘beautiful’ associate who was working at the drive-thru.
‘My heart is broken, my chest is heavy, my eyes burn from the tears I’ve shed,’ Snyder said in a statement shared on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Claunch’s sister, Kimberly Castaneda, told The New York Times that her brother had been sober for two years after struggling with alcoholism.
She reminisced about spending time with him during the Fourth of July holiday and how she enjoyed his carefree attitude.
‘My silly brother took my headband that I was wearing with little tin wheels on it… and he sat with those things on like it was just no big deal,’ she told the Times.
‘He was always being a goofball.’
Claunch was from California but lived in Idaho for about three decades, Castaneda said.
So when an In-N-Out opened up in the state, he was thrilled to stop by and get the Pacific Coast classic take-out, she noted.