Gunman opens fire at Louisiana theater, multiple victims reported

A gunman opened fire on Thursday at a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana, wounding six people, before he took his own life, USA Today reported, citing police.

Lafayette police could not immediately be reached for comment but said in a tweet that they were "working a shooting at the Grand Theater on Johnston Street" and that it involved multiple victims.

The local Advertiser newspaper reported that the gunfire broke out during a 7 p.m. showing of the film "Train Wreck."


Witness Katie Domingue told the paper that the gunman was an older white man who stood up in the theater and began shooting.