In-N-Out exec speaks on Oakland location closure: ‘gunshots went through the store’ [Video]

The heiress who runs California’s beloved In-N-Out Burger chain said in a recent interview that crime in Oakland was the reason she shuttered a profitable location in the city.

The company announced the closure of the Hegenberger location in January because of crime issues that impacted customers and employees, the company said at the time. The location closed its doors on March 24.

“I mean, there was a lot,” Lynsi Snyder told the PragerU video network on Monday, SFGate reported. “There was actually — gunshots went through the store, there was a stabbing, there was a lot.”

“For the safety of our associates, we just felt like, this is not OK,” she added.

At the time of the closing, In-N-Out’s chief operating officer Denny Warnick told SFGate that the area around the location had ongoing crime issues.

“Despite taking repeated steps to create safer conditions, our Customers and Associates are regularly victimized …