Latest on the shooter the heroes and another American City reeling this morning. And we do say good morning, america. We want to get right to that breaking news this morning. Youre looking live at the multiplex in louisiana where the gunman opened fire. Heres a look at the scene. A Massive Police response. Moviegoers overcome after the attack. Stories of heroism, the two teachers credited with saving so many live amy. Yes and, david, this is what we know. It began around 7 30 last night, about 0 minutes into a screening of the movie trainwreck. Two people and the gunman are dead. Nine others injured. Authorizes say the killer was a 58yearold white man. We do have Team Coverage and hear from some of the witnesses on the scene and investigators asking who was this suspect in his 50s. Abcs ryan owens starts us off from the scene this morning. Ryan, good morning. Reporter david, good morning to you. Still a very active scene here. Take a look behind me. See all the cars in the parking lot.
The suspect stood up about 20 minutes into the showing of trainwreck and then began firing into the crowd before turning the gun on himself. Now, within seconds a teacher inside the Movie Theater was able to pull the fire alarm. Governor jindal says that move and the quick thinking of Police Officers saved lives. The first officers heard the gunshots and they still rang through that theater. They do an amazing job of protecting us every single day. Im grateful for their heroism. Three people died including the gunman, nine others were injured. Some of the victims are in Critical Condition right now. Now the writer and star of trainwreck, the movie condemns the shooting. Amy schumer sent out a tweet saying my heart is broken, all my thoughts and prayers are with everyone in louisiana. It is 5 01. Im aaron gilchrist. Im erika gonzalez. Welcome to news4 today. It should be a beautiful friday. Just happy that the weekend is here. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein has the weather headl
Looks good. Lets keep it this way. Not so hot on 15 shut down at lucketts road still because of the fire. Your alternate, new Valley Church road is the best way around that. Looking at 270 a little slow southbound as youre headed to 80. Had some debris in the roadway. Remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103. 5 f. M. Beltway, no problems. Aaron . Thank you. 6 01. Now to the developing story out of louisiana. Police are checking out suspicious packages found inside that louisiana Movie Theater. Police say that they found a backpack and a few other items inside the gunmans car. Now overnight the bomb squad blew up the trunk of the car. Were still working to figure out what was inside. We know that the gunman stood up about 20 minutes into last nights screening of the movie trainwreck and began firing into that crowd in lafayette louisiana before he turned the gun on himself. Two other people died, nine people hurt in addition. Some of those victims are in Critical Condition right no
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American people would be, elect people who are going to work with, cooperate with the president of the United States. That does not mean agree on every issue. We are a separate and coequal branch of the government of the United States. We need to reflect thoughtful consideration of the president s proposals and propose to the president. We are the Article One Branch of government that poses policy. He executive carries out policy. That is the context in which we ought to operate. Having said that, i think the American People made it clear they think the obstructionism is largely the responsibility of the republican party. Thomas mann and norm ornstein, along with the brookings institution, American Enterprise institute wrote a book. Essentially the theme of the book was there is gridlock on the confrontation, refusal to compromise, and while they say they have come together to criticize in the past, at this point in time there theyre only conclusion is the responsibility of the republi