Three people, including the gunman, were killed
and seven others were injured in a shooting Thursday night at a movie theater
in Lafayette, Louisiana, police said.
Lafayette
Police Chief Jim Craft, who said the gunman, a white man in his 50s who used a
handgun, killed himself. Dee Stanley, chief administrative officer of the city
about 50 miles southwest of Baton Rouge, told MNSBC TV that said some of the
wounded were in critical condition with life-threatening injuries.
Lafayette
police said the shooting occurred at the Grand Theatre 16 on Johnston Street
about 7:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. ET). Witnesses described hearing about six shots in
a screening of the movie "Trainwreck."
Police
said two people plus the gunman were dead at the scene.
"We
believe the scene is safe at this time," Sgt. Kyle Suarez told NBC News.
Seven
other people were injured, Acadian Ambulance Service told NBC News. Some were
critically injured and others had non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
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