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7:20 a.m.
Authorities
are describing the gunman in the movie theater shooting as a
59-year-old man who previously lived in Alabama but is "kind of a
drifter" who had been in the Lafayette area since early July.
Police
said Friday that the gunman fired a handgun 13 times inside the
theater, killing two people and wounding at least nine others before
fatally shooting himself.
Lafayette Police
Chief Jim Craft said the gunman parked his car near the theater's exit
door and was intent on escaping, but couldn't because police arrived so
quickly.
Authorities have not determined a motive. They searched a motel room he had been staying in and found wigs and other disguises.
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5:15 a.m.
About
a dozen law enforcement personnel were gathered at a Motel 6 in
Lafayette early Friday as authorities investigate a shooting at movie
theater that killed three people, including the gunman.
Louisiana
State Police spokesman Maj. Doug Cain said the theater investigation
led them to a room at the Motel 6. Cain said authorities were
investigating whether the shooter had stayed there. He said the bomb
squad swept the room before going in as a precaution.
About
a dozen police personnel could be seen outside the motel. At one point,
an officer carried out a cardboard box from the room and other officers
could be seen knocking on neighboring doors.
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3:50 a.m.
The
White House says President Barack Obama has been briefed on the
shooting at a Louisiana movie theater that left three people dead,
including the gunman.
Obama was briefed aboard
Air Force One on Thursday by Lisa Monaco, his homeland security
adviser, while on his way to Africa for a two-nation visit.
Obama asked his team to keep him updated on the investigation and the status of those wounded in the shooting.
He
also offered his thoughts and prayers to the community of Lafayette,
Louisiana, where the movie theater is located, and to the families of
those who were killed.
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3:30 a.m.
Lafayette Police Chief Jim Craft told reporters that nine people in total were wounded in the shooting.
He said at least one of those was in critical condition and being operated on at an area hospital.
"At this point we have three dead, nine wounded and of the three dead one is definitely the shooter," he said.
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2:30 a.m.
Lafayette
Police Chief Jim Craft told reporters that based on the investigation
so far, they believe the shooter stood up in the theater, started
shooting, and then as people started fleeing, he began to leave as well.
But,
investigators believe, he spotted two police officers, who had been out
in the parking lot when the shooting happened. The shooter then turned
around against the crowd before firing a single shot.
"It
looks like he spotted the officers coming in and he turned around and
he went against the crowd, and he fired a single gunshot," he said. "He
was seated in the theater just like everybody else."
"The
information we have at this time indicates that he was by himself, sat
by himself and the first two people he shot were sitting right in front
of him," Craft said.
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1:10 a.m.
Police say they are checking out suspicious packages inside the Lafayette movie theater where a gunman opened fire Thursday.
Sgt. Brooks David of the Louisiana State Police said a dog alerted to a backpack and other small items in the theater.
Three people were killed, including the gunman, and seven injured in the shooting.
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