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9. Police: Louisiana movie theater shooter identified as John Russell Houser

Fri Jul 24, 2015, 08:27 AM

Jul 2015

Police: Louisiana movie theater shooter identified as John Russell Houser

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Police: Louisiana movie theater shooter identified as John Russell Houser.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ee043d6f3ba2411f8340d07abc4f6157/police-louisiana-movie-theater-shooter-identified-john

7:20 a.m.

Authorities are describing the gunman in the movie theater shooting as a 59-year-old man who previously lived in Alabama but is "kind of a drifter" who had been in the Lafayette area since early July.

Police said Friday that the gunman fired a handgun 13 times inside the theater, killing two people and wounding at least nine others before fatally shooting himself.

Lafayette Police Chief Jim Craft said the gunman parked his car near the theater's exit door and was intent on escaping, but couldn't because police arrived so quickly.

Authorities have not determined a motive. They searched a motel room he had been staying in and found wigs and other disguises.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7f781696f2e64df8848274d07759f3a1/latest-motel-room-searched-after-movie-theater-shooting

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Lafayette movie theater shooting: Injury count increases to 9 [View all] brooklynite Jul 2015 OP

he isn't your usual angry young white male Novara Jul 2015 #1

he is consistently referred to as TNNurse Jul 2015 #2

He's been described as white several times. brooklynite Jul 2015 #3

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they said it on cnn restorefreedom Jul 2015 #22

if he was black heaven05 Jul 2015 #5

he had not yet been identified. hard to plaster his picture when they don't know who he is. magical thyme Jul 2015 #11

sure heaven05 Jul 2015 #16

Even before he was identified TNNurse Jul 2015 #17

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White maleness is generally treated as neutral Cal Carpenter Jul 2015 #21

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Was this theatre a gun free zone? mainstreetonce Jul 2015 #8

Time To Arm Ushers!!!! cynzke Jul 2015 #10

Maybe to the NRA this was one of the "good guys"? durablend Jul 2015 #12

Should people be able to legally carry guns in theaters? hack89 Jul 2015 #14

Busy shooting dogs ... Nihil Jul 2015 #18

Police: Louisiana movie theater shooter identified as John Russell Houser Bosonic Jul 2015 #9

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Is the gun OK? We must get it back in circulation straight away. Darb Jul 2015 #20

Repeat after me: This is not an epidemic. This is not an epidemic. Oneironaut Jul 2015 #28