we are working now with our sources to confirm this information. but louisiana governor bobby jindal spend og aught tweet. prayers for lafayette at grand theater. talking to state police colonel about shooting in lafayette. trace gallagher join us live from the breaking news desk. trace? reporter: there th is at the grand theater, during the 7:00 showing of trainwreck. the daily advertiser, the local newspaper in lafayette, 20 minutes into the show an older white man should up and started firing. they said it sounded like fire crackers an he was shooting from the back of the theater towardí# the front of the theater. they ran out. we are fold from fire officials confirmed. six people have been injured. we have a producer on the ground in new orleans who is hearing from an official close to bobby
and learn more about the kinds of plans that will be here for you now and down the road. i have a lifetime of experience. so i know how important that is. our top story, police are trying to figure out a motive for why a lone gunman opened fire inside a movie theater in lafayette, louisiana, last night. at least three people are dead including the shooter who turned a gun on himself. more than half a dozen people were wounded. the ages of those victims range from late teens into the 60s. police believe that gunman acted alone. the police also believe he did have a handgun. people were in there watching this movie trainwreck. the star of the movie, amy
fire with a handgun at the grand 16 theater in lafayette. my daughter was in the same theater in the same row as the shooter. she heard some pops, and at first, they kind of just thought it was part of a movie, and then they started seeing flashes. so that s kind of what made them realize it was a shooting. units were close by and responded immediately. our response time was less than a minute. four officers entered the theater to engage the shooter. they did hear shots being fired at that time. reporter: the gunman then turned the gun on himself. there were more than 100 people in the theater at the time. authorities reporting he acted alone and that at least eight people have been transported to the hospital, injuries ranging from nonlife-threatening to critical. trainwreck star amy schumer tweeting this note, saying, my heart is broken and all my thoughts and prayers are with everyone in louisiana. the shooter s motive remains unknown, witnesses describing the chaos inside
we have state police, as well as local police. every first responder and we ve heard the fbi is involved in this. we re going to go live to the o reilly factor in moments just to give you an update here, there has been a shooting in lafayette louisiana. it is in the grand theater in the 7:00 showing of trainwreck . 20 minutes into the showing we re told a 58-year-old man got up and started shooting at the people in front of him. right now, numbers are this. the shooter is dead. from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. two victims are also dead. we do not know their ages or gender. we know seven people were injured and police chief says some of those injuries are thought to be critical. the investigation is ongoing. the governor bobby jindal is people were not running away
see what i m saying? acne won t last. but for now, let s be clear. clearasil works fast. well, back to our top story here. the movie trainwreck had just started in a lafayette, louisiana, movie theater, when one of the patrons got up and started shooting randomly then took his own life. two people were killed in that shooting, several people wounded. police say they don t have a motive and they might never get one, but they believe the shooter, a 58-year-old white male had a criminal history and acted alone. to los angeles, a bank robbery suspect nicknamed the snowbird bandit is being held on more than $200,000 bail. police say he s a 70-year-old former lapd detective. he s accused of robbing five banks in orange county since march. the man s family provided the information that eventually led to his arrest. well hot summer