3 dead in Louisiana movie theater shooting, including gunman

[thelakelander]

Crazy stuff.

LAFAYETTE, La. — A lone gunman sitting in a packed movie theater stood up about 20 minutes into the showing of "Trainwreck" and began firing into the crowd, killing two and wounding at least nine others Thursday night before fatally shooting himself, authorities said.
The gunman initially tried escaping by blending into the fleeing crowd, but turned back when he saw police heading inside from the parking lot, authorities said. Officers tailing him back into the theater then heard a single gunshot and found him dead inside, police said.

They described the shooter as a 58-year-old "lone white male" with a criminal history but did not immediately disclose his name. Lafayette Police Chief Jim Craft said the gunman was by himself and started the rampage by shooting the two people sitting in front of him.

At least one theatergoer described the attack, saying an older man stood up about 20 minutes into the 7:10 p.m. showing of the movie "Trainwreck" at the Grand 16 theater in Lafayette and began shooting.

Full article: http://jacksonville.com/breaking-news/2015-07-23/story/official-2-dead-movie-theater-shooting-including-gunman

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awful

[CIVIL101]

Yes please keep the families of the victims and the deceased in your prayers or support in whatever way you do. I moved here to Lafayette a while ago from Jacksonville, but three of my friends were in theater 9 right across from theater 14 and they said it was bad enough just to be caught up in trying to get out of there and seeing the people bleeding in the lobby. So thank you for all the support as Lafayette comes out of this tough time.