Full Coverage: Louisiana theater shooting
On July 23, 2015, at about 7:30 p.m., John Russell Houser, 59, opened fire in a Lafayette, La., movie theater, killing two moviegoers and wounding nine before turning the gun on himself.
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Moviegoer Melissa Holt took in a screening of the animated film “Minions†at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood on Friday with little worry about her safety.
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The deadly shooting at a “Trainwreck†screening Thursday night in Lafayette, La., sadly called to mind another mass shooting in a U.S. movie theater: the killing of 12 people at a showing of “The Dark Knight Rises†in Aurora, Col. three years ago.
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John Russell Houser hated taxes, liberals, newspapers, gays and the United States, according to the broad trail he left in court documents and on the Internet.
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Amy Schumer, Judd Apatow and Universal Pictures have responded to the shooting that left three dead and nine injured in a Lafayette, La., movie theater during a screening of their new film “Trainwreck.â€
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A gunman opened fire in a movie theater in Lafayette, La., on Thursday night, killing two people and injuring nine, officials said.
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The big theater chains have been slow to react after another deadly shooting at a cinema raised fears about security measures at cineplexes nationwide.
