NBC News reports that at least two people, including the gunman, were killed and nine others were injured in a shooting Thursday night at a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana, authorities said.
Police in Lafayette, about 50 miles southwest of Baton Rouge, said the shooting occurred at the Grand Theatre 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.”
At the scene of Grand 16 Theater shooting on Johnston Street. Two confirmed dead. Six injured. @theadvertiser pic.twitter.com/WNCo9KWnXm
— Jessica Goff (@JGoffTDA) July 24, 2015
Acadian Ambulance Service told NBC News that two people were dead at the scene and Police said they believed one of them was the gunman.
This is a developing story, and we’ll provide more updates later!
