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LAFAYETTE, La. -- Police said three people, including the suspected gunman, were killed in a shooting Thursday night at at a movie theater in Lafayette, La.
Lafayette Police Chief Jim Craft said seven other people were wounded. He said the victims' conditions ranged from non-life-threatening to critical.
Brian David, a spokesman for the Louisiana State Police, told CBSN several of the injured were transported to local hospitals. Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Lafayette told CBS News it was treating three patients.
Police got the call around 7:30 p.m. According to Craft, the gunman entered the Grand Theater on Johnson Street, a multiplex, during a screening of "Trainwreck," and opened fire.
"It was a typical Thursday night in our community until this happened," Lafayette Chief Administrative Officer Dee Stanley told CBSN.
The shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Craft said. Authorities had determined the gunman's identity but his name was not being released. Brooks David of the Louisiana State Police the suspect was a 58-year-old male.
Authorities were trying to determine if the suspect knew any of his victims, Craft said. Law enforcement officials believe the gunman acted alone and said there was no ongoing threat to the public.
State Police, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms were among the agencies assisting local police, according to Craft.
State Police Col. Mike Edminson said the other screening rooms at the theater had been evacuated and that investigators were processing the crime scene.
"We heard a loud pop we thought was a firecracker," theatergoer Katie Dominguetold the Daily Advertiser newspaper. Domingue said she saw "an older white man" standing up and shooting down into the theater, but not in her direction.
"He wasn't saying anything. I didn't hear anybody screaming either," Domingue said.
Domingue told the newspaper she heard about six shots before she and her fiance ran to the nearest exit, leaving behind her shoes and purse.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal rushed to Lafayette after posting to Twitter shortly after the shooting was reported. He said he was "horrified and shocked" by the shooting.
"Whenever we hear of these senseless acts of violence, it makes us furious and sad at the same time," said Jindal, who was in the Louisiana capital of Baton Rouge when he heard of the shooting and came to Lafayette immediately.
Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., who represents Lafayette, released a statement Thursday night saying that he was "saddened" by the shooting.
"I will work with the Lafayette Police Department, local, state, and federal officials to get to the bottom of what happened tonight," he said.
Lafayette is a city of approximately 120,000 people in southwestern Louisiana, about an hour from the state capital, Baton Rogue.
This is a developing news story. Stay with CBSNews.com for updates.
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LAFAYETTE, La. -- Police said three people, including the suspected gunman, were killed in a shooting Thursday night at at a movie theater in Lafayette, La.
Lafayette Police Chief Jim Craft said seven other people were wounded. He said the victims' conditions ranged from non-life-threatening to critical.
Brian David, a spokesman for the Louisiana State Police, told CBSN several of the injured were transported to local hospitals. Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Lafayette told CBS News it was treating three patients.
Police got the call around 7:30 p.m. According to Craft, the gunman entered the Grand Theater on Johnson Street, a multiplex, during a screening of "Trainwreck," and opened fire.
"It was a typical Thursday night in our community until this happened," Lafayette Chief Administrative Officer Dee Stanley told CBSN.
The shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Craft said. Authorities had determined the gunman's identity but his name was not being released. Brooks David of the Louisiana State Police the suspect was a 58-year-old male.
Authorities were trying to determine if the suspect knew any of his victims, Craft said. Law enforcement officials believe the gunman acted alone and said there was no ongoing threat to the public.
State Police, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms were among the agencies assisting local police, according to Craft.
State Police Col. Mike Edminson said the other screening rooms at the theater had been evacuated and that investigators were processing the crime scene.
"We heard a loud pop we thought was a firecracker," theatergoer Katie Dominguetold the Daily Advertiser newspaper. Domingue said she saw "an older white man" standing up and shooting down into the theater, but not in her direction.
"He wasn't saying anything. I didn't hear anybody screaming either," Domingue said.
Domingue told the newspaper she heard about six shots before she and her fiance ran to the nearest exit, leaving behind her shoes and purse.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal rushed to Lafayette after posting to Twitter shortly after the shooting was reported. He said he was "horrified and shocked" by the shooting.
"Whenever we hear of these senseless acts of violence, it makes us furious and sad at the same time," said Jindal, who was in the Louisiana capital of Baton Rouge when he heard of the shooting and came to Lafayette immediately.
Congressman Charles W. Boustany, Jr., who represents Lafayette, released a statement Thursday night saying that he was "saddened" by the shooting.
"I will work with the Lafayette Police Department, local, state, and federal officials to get to the bottom of what happened tonight," he said.
Lafayette is a city of approximately 120,000 people in southwestern Louisiana, about an hour from the state capital, Baton Rogue.
This is a developing news story. Stay with CBSNews.com for updates.
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