Three people, including the shooter, are now dead after a shooting at the Grand Theater on Johnston Street.
The incident happened around 7:30 p.m. during a showing of the movie “Trainwreck.”
Louisiana and Lafayette Police believe the shooter, a 58-year-old white male, was sitting alone in the theater when he suddenly got up and started firing a semi-automatic handgun.
Lafayette Police Chief Jim Craft tells KLFY that the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Two people who were sitting in front of him were killed. One of the victims died at the scene, the other died at a local hospital.
Nine other people were injured in the shooting. Our media partners at The Daily Advertiser report eight were transported by ambulance and one was taken by private party
Investigators say the shooting appears to be random. Police had to delay their investigation of the crime scene, for several hours, after a suspicious package was located in the car that they believed to belong to the shooter.
Authorities detonated the car and said the package turned out to be harmless.
The nearby Greenbriar Condominiums was evacuated due to the suspicious package but the evacuation order has been lifted.
Chief Craft also said that Lafayette Police know the identity of the shooter but are withholding his identity at this time.
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal rushed to Baton Rouge to the scene and then later visited victims and families at Lafayette General.
Via – KLFY.com