Six injured in shooting at Louisiana move theater; shooter kills self

[YankeeFan]

Motive is unclear:

A shooting has taken place at a movie theater in Lafayette, La., and reports on Twitter indicate several people may have been injured.

No one with any information on the shooting at the Grand Theatre could be reached at the Lafayette Police Department late Thursday. A woman who answered the phone at the Sheriff's Office said she was not at liberty to say anything about the shooting and referred back to the police department.

WItness Katie Domingue of Carencro, La., told The Advertiser that she was at the theater with her fiance for the 7 p.m. showing of "Train Wreck" when, about 20 minutes into the movcie, she heard a loud noise. She looked up and saw "an older white man" shooting, but not in her direction, she said.

6 hurt, shooter dead in La. theater shooting

 

[BDC99]

Jesus. I know we have been over there not being more mass shootings than in the past, but that is incredible to me.

 

[YankeeFan]

Jesus. I know we have been over there not being more mass shootings than in the past, but that is incredible to me.

Unless he killed/kills at least four, it won't even meet the criteria of some to be called a "mass shooting":

The researchers used a database created by Mother Jones to look at mass shootings, which they defined as attacks that "took place in public, in which the shooter and the victims generally were unrelated and unknown to each other, and in which the shooter murdered four or more people."

Harvard Researchers: Every 64 Days There's A Mass Shooting (UPDATED)

 

[BDC99]

So I could shoot 35 people, and if only 3 die, I'm good? Silly. But I guess they need to define it somehow.

 

[Songbird]

Hope he's Muslim and a stoner so we can denigrate him.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Link to marijuana coming on Page 4.

 

[BDC99]

Hope he's Muslim and a stoner so we can denigrate him.

I was going to ask if he was a hippie. But I'm sure if he was, YF will find out!

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Link to marijuana coming on Page 4.

Bill Clinton link coming in 3 ... 2 ...

 

[Ace]

If this country will make some hard decisions and put stricter controls on movie theaters and schools, I think we can curtail these incidents.

 

[Mr. Sunshine]

Common-sense theater laws.

 

[BDC99]

If this country will make some hard decisions and put stricter controls on movie theaters and schools, I think we can curtail these incidents.

Just arm the ushers and teachers already!

 

[BDC99]

Two dead so far.

 

[BDC99]

Two dead so far.

But I suppose the shooter doesn't count. Hoping everyone else makes it through.

 

[Big Circus]

It's such a minor, tiny detail, but it's "Trainwreck."

 

[Songbird]

Too many Paulos showed up to his wife's burger and dogs BBQ.

 

[Neutral Corner]

We need more good guys with guns in movie theaters.

 

[YankeeFan]

 

[JohnHammond]

She works for BuzzFeed, so I'm waiting for a "Top 15 things to post on social media when a spree killing occurs" listitcle.

 

[JC]

Think praying would help more?

 

[hondo]

If this country will make some hard decisions and put stricter controls on movie theaters and schools, I think we can curtail these incidents.

Start by banning Adam Sandler movies.