The In-N-Out heiress, whose grandparents founded the popular burger chain, said the company’s decision to close its only Oakland location was because the location was “absolutely dangerous.”

“I mean, there was a lot,” Lynsi Snyder told Marissa Streit of the right-wing video network PragerU on Monday.

“There was actually – gunfire going through the store, there was a stabbing, there was a lot.”

Snyder, 42, said the company closed the profitable outpost “for the safety of our employees” because “we just felt like this wasn’t OK.”

Her comments were first reported by news site SFGATE.

In-N-Out made the decision to pull out of Oakland last January after an 18-year presence in the city. It delivered its last customer in March.

It was the first time in its 75-year history that the company permanently closed one of its restaurants.

“Although we repeatedly take steps to create safer environments, our customers and employees regularly fall victim to car break-ins, property damage, thefts and armed robberies,” Denny Warnick, the company’s chief operating officer, announced in January.

“In addition, this site continues to be a busy and profitable location for the company, but our top priority must be the safety and well-being of our customers and employees – we cannot ask them to visit or work in an unsafe environment,” he said .

Workers at the closed In-N-Out location were given the option of either transferring to another of the company’s fast food restaurants or accepting severance pay.

Months after its closure, the building remains empty. The prize is $4 million.

According to FBI statistics, violent crime in Oakland is significantly higher than the national average.

The closed In-N-Out was located in a busy commercial corridor that attracts travelers heading to the airport and baseball fans attending A’s games at the Coliseum. However, the A’s played their final season in Oakland this year and will eventually move to Las Vegas.

Since 2019, police have logged at least 1,335 incidents near the restaurant on Oakport Street — more than any other location in Oakland.

That number includes nine robberies, two commercial burglaries, four domestic violence incidents and 1,174 car break-ins, according to Oakland police data shared with the San Francisco Chronicle.

With post wires