At least 3 dead after gunman opens fire at Lafayette, La. movie theater
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DEVELOPING: A gunman killed two people and injured seven others late Thursday when he opened fire in a Lafayette, La. movie theater before turning the gun on himself, the city's police chief said.
Chief Jim Craft told a news conference that authorities had identified the shooter as a 58-year-old white man, but did not release his name, citing the ongoing investigation. Craft later said that the gunman had a criminal record, but had not been in trouble with the law recently. He did not elaborate, adding that no motive had been established.
The chief added that the conditions of the injured victims ranged from critical to non-life-threatening and their ages ranged from the late-teens to early-60s. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said that one victim had been released from a local hospital.
At a second news conference late Thursday, authorities said they had found the gunman's vehicle with a suspicious package inside. A bomb squad and hazmat team had been called in to assist and the area near the theater was evacuated. Colonel Mike Edmonson of the Louisiana State Police said that there are no other suspects apart from the deceased shooter.
The gunman opened fire with a handgun at the Grand 16 Theatre in Lafayette, approximately 40 miles east of Baton Rouge. Authorities said approximately 100 people were inside the theater at the time.
The shooting happened about 20 minutes into a 7 p.m. showing of the movie "Trainwreck," according to The Daily Advertiser, which quoted theatergoer Katie Domingue.
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Prayers for the victims and their families, looks like a copycat killer after James Holmes who shot people at a theatre in colorado, in which it was decided today in that case that the death penalty can be saught. Colo. theater shooting jurors say death penalty can be considered