A police to help the man opened fire inside a Movie Theater last night. Two people were killed before the gun man took his own life. Correspondent omarvilleafranca shows us the early stage of the investigation. Right now the fbi and bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms are helping Louisiana Police find out more about the man who opened fire in the lafayette Movie Theater last night. Two people were killed, nine others were hurt before he turn his gun on himself. Our shooter is john russell houser, and he is a white male, 59 years of age. Reporter police say houser was a drift shore was staying at a local motel. The investigators raided his room overnight. We found, wigs, and glasses, and disguisees, basically in his room. His vehicle had a switch, license tag on it. It is apparent that he was intent on shooting and then escaping. Reporter police say houser fired 13 shots inside of the theater. They say he tried to leave his crowd when the crowd ran out but turned back when he saw pol
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Them were closed. Now every once in a while theyre letting cars through the area. What were seeing is this massive backup behind this as all of these lanes try to merge together on the northbound side. Thats right around the pa turnpike. We head over to our maps and i can show you exactly what to do if youre heading out in that area right now in mansfield township. If youre coming from new jersey, your best bet will be to take 295 to get by the scene and out in pennsylvania you can take route 1 and get on 195, then hop back onto the new jersey turnpike. You can see youll be stuck for quite some time. We have a backup all the way to willingboro. We know youll update us throughout the morning. More breaking news. Police have identified the gunman responsible for last nights deadly shooting at a lose louisiana Movie Theater. He had a plan to escape. Good morning. Im chris cato. That gunman killed two, wounded nine before killing himself. Authorities have identified the shooter at 59yearol
What have you learned about this guy . Reporter heres what we know. 59yearold john houser is a drifter from alabama. He didnt have much contact with his family. According to court documents, houser was so mentally ill and violent, his wife hid his guns years ago. His family even had him hospitalized against his will. Police raided housers motel room in lafayette today. Thats where he had been staying since earlier this month. Authorities say Surveillance Video shows houser walking into the theater to buy a ticket but he didnt display behavior that would sound an alarm. We know he had at least one additional magazine which he dropped in the lobby. He reinserted reloaded and returned back into the theater, at which point we think he fired one additional round and that was into himself. Reporter a total of 11 people were shot nine survived. Three are now in stable condition. One remains in intensive care. Two women were shot to death during the screening of train wreck. 21yearold mayci br