Three dead, seven injured in Louisiana theater shooting

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Three people are dead, including the gunman, and seven have been injured in a shooting that occurred inside a screening of “Trainwreck” in Lafayette, Louisiana.

“It really is a chaotic scene,” police chief Jim Craft told reporters.

According to multiple reports, the man-described as an “older white male”- stood up about 20 minutes into a screening and started firing at the audience. Witnesses say the man later shot and killed himself.

Police know the identity of the shooter but have not released his name to the public. They said he acted alone.

“We heard a loud pop we thought was a firecracker,” witness Katie Domingue told The Daily Advertiser.

“He wasn’t saying anything,” she added. “I didn’t hear anybody screaming either.”

The incident occurred at the Grand 16 Theater.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindel said he was speaking to law enforcement officials and asked for prayers for the victims.

Universal’s “Trainwreck” comedy, starring Amy Schumer, opened nationwide on Friday.

The Louisiana shooting comes less than week after a jury in Aurora, Colorado found James Holmes guilty of first-degree murder in the movie theater shooting that left 12 people dead on July 20, 2012. He faces the death penalty.