Two people were killed and seven others wounded after a gunman opened fire inside a cinema in Louisiana before taking his own life Thursday night, according to U.S. media reports.
Police said the shooter was a 58-year-old white male, but did not release any further details about his identity.
"There is nothing to believe that there was any kind of motive," Michael Edmonson from the Louisiana State Police said in a press conference, cited by CNN.
The incident at the Grand Theater in Lafayette, a city of about 120,000 people, came days after a U.S. court convicted James Holmes of a 2012 Colorado cinema shooting that left 12 people killed and 79 people injured.
"This is an awful night for Lafayette. This is an awful night for Louisiana. This is an awful night for the United States", Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal told reporters at the scene of the shooting.
Around 100 people are thought to have been inside the cinema for the screening of a romantic comedy, Trainwreck, at the time of the shooting, which occurred at 7.30 p.m. local time (01:30 GMT).
Lafayette Police Chief Jim Craft said the seven wounded were taken to hospitals with injuries ranging from critical to non-life threatening, according to local newspaper The Advertiser.
None of the names of the victims have been released.
Police said the shooter was a 58-year-old white male, but did not release any further details about his identity.
"There is nothing to believe that there was any kind of motive," Michael Edmonson from the Louisiana State Police said in a press conference, cited by CNN.
The incident at the Grand Theater in Lafayette, a city of about 120,000 people, came days after a U.S. court convicted James Holmes of a 2012 Colorado cinema shooting that left 12 people killed and 79 people injured.
"This is an awful night for Lafayette. This is an awful night for Louisiana. This is an awful night for the United States", Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal told reporters at the scene of the shooting.
Around 100 people are thought to have been inside the cinema for the screening of a romantic comedy, Trainwreck, at the time of the shooting, which occurred at 7.30 p.m. local time (01:30 GMT).
Lafayette Police Chief Jim Craft said the seven wounded were taken to hospitals with injuries ranging from critical to non-life threatening, according to local newspaper The Advertiser.
None of the names of the victims have been released.
Anadolu Agency
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