good morning, everyone. let s get to our breaking story. three people are dead after a man opened fire in a louisiana movie theater and then killed himself. two of the injured are school teachers, one of whom pulled the fire alarm to evacuate the building. police later detonated suspicious packages found in the suspect s car. let s get the very latest from the abc s dave packer. reporter: gunfire sent police swarming to the grand 16 movie theater in lafayette, louisiana. four officers entered the theater to engage the shooter. they did hear shots being fired at that time. reporter: eyewitnesss describe the desperate rush to escape. the whole group of people, teenage areas mainly, running out, telling everybody to run for their life. then we saw a lady with blood all over her leg. i just grabbed my child, and i mean, we just all ran. guards or something came to us and told everybody to get out. so we ran outside. and then a lady right there, she
was in a dress and there was blood everywhere. that s when we realized what was going on. reporter: at least nine people were taken to the hospital by ambulance. all of a sudden, we hear gunshots. the sirens inside the theater starts going off and it s telling everyone we need to evacuate the building quickly. we go outside and we see a lady laying down. she s shot in her leg. reporter: the shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. louisiana s governor bobby jindal rushed to the scene. this as awful night for lafayette. this is an awful night for louisiana. this is an awful night for the united states. but we will get through this. reporter: moviegoers were watching trainwreck, amy schumer s new comedy. the star tweeted my heart is broken and all my thoughts and prayers are with everyone in louisiana. dave packer, abc news, new york. stay here with us as we continue to get the latest developments coming into us overnight. also you can get the latest on good morni
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