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| Lafayette shooting: Video shows armed police shouting for first aid minutes after cinema attack | Lafayette shooting: Video shows armed police shouting for first aid minutes after cinema attack |
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| Footage has emerged showing armed police surrounding the cinema where a gunman shot two people dead in Lafayette and shouting for help. | Footage has emerged showing armed police surrounding the cinema where a gunman shot two people dead in Lafayette and shouting for help. |
| A witness took the footage minutes after the shooting at The Grand 16 theatre in Louisiana. | A witness took the footage minutes after the shooting at The Grand 16 theatre in Louisiana. |
| Around 100 people were 20 minutes into a screening of Amy Schumer film Trainwreck when a middle-aged white man opened fire with a handgun before shooting himself dead. | Around 100 people were 20 minutes into a screening of Amy Schumer film Trainwreck when a middle-aged white man opened fire with a handgun before shooting himself dead. |
| Footage taken from the cinema’s car park showed police gathering at the entrance as the sound of sirens approached at around 7.30pm local time (1.30am BST). | Footage taken from the cinema’s car park showed police gathering at the entrance as the sound of sirens approached at around 7.30pm local time (1.30am BST). |
| An injured man can be seen being carried out of the lobby by people holding his arms and legs as paramedics arrive. | An injured man can be seen being carried out of the lobby by people holding his arms and legs as paramedics arrive. |
| As more armed police jump out of a van carrying guns, another officer wearing a bullet-proof vest appears from around the side of the building. | As more armed police jump out of a van carrying guns, another officer wearing a bullet-proof vest appears from around the side of the building. |
| Running towards his colleagues, he shouts: “Get the ambulances over here now, let’s move.” | Running towards his colleagues, he shouts: “Get the ambulances over here now, let’s move.” |
| Seven people were injured and two killed in the rampage. | Seven people were injured and two killed in the rampage. |
| Lafayette Police Chief Jim Craft said three victims were in a critical condition, including one person who underwent surgery and “was not doing well”. | Lafayette Police Chief Jim Craft said three victims were in a critical condition, including one person who underwent surgery and “was not doing well”. |
| An injured man can be seen being treated on the pavement outside the cinema entrance in the footage as shocked witnesses cry and hug in the car park. | An injured man can be seen being treated on the pavement outside the cinema entrance in the footage as shocked witnesses cry and hug in the car park. |
| People are heard on the phone in the background reassuring their parents and loved ones they were safe as news of the horror spreads. | People are heard on the phone in the background reassuring their parents and loved ones they were safe as news of the horror spreads. |
| The confusion among evacuated cinema-goers is evident as they try to establish what happened and how many people were hurt. | |
| A cinema-goer said she thought the noise of gunshots were firecrackers when they first went off. | A cinema-goer said she thought the noise of gunshots were firecrackers when they first went off. |
| “We heard a loud pop we thought was a firecracker,” Katie Domingue told the Louisiana Advertiser. | “We heard a loud pop we thought was a firecracker,” Katie Domingue told the Louisiana Advertiser. |
| She said she saw “an older white man” standing up and shooting down into the cinema, but not in her direction. | She said she saw “an older white man” standing up and shooting down into the cinema, but not in her direction. |
| “He wasn't saying anything. I didn't hear anybody screaming either,” she added. | “He wasn't saying anything. I didn't hear anybody screaming either,” she added. |
| Another witness described how she was buying popcorn with her daughter when a group of teenagers ran out of the screen “telling everyone to run for their life”. | Another witness described how she was buying popcorn with her daughter when a group of teenagers ran out of the screen “telling everyone to run for their life”. |
| Tanya Clark told KATC television she initially thought it was a “little prank” but knew something had happened when more people starting running past. | Tanya Clark told KATC television she initially thought it was a “little prank” but knew something had happened when more people starting running past. |
| “Then we saw a lady with blood all over her leg,” she added. “I grabbed my child and then we all just ran.” | “Then we saw a lady with blood all over her leg,” she added. “I grabbed my child and then we all just ran.” |
| The gunman, described by police as a 58-year-old “lone white male,” fired his weapon “numerous times” before killing himself. | The gunman, described by police as a 58-year-old “lone white male,” fired his weapon “numerous times” before killing himself. |
| Police said they know his identity but are not yet releasing it. | Police said they know his identity but are not yet releasing it. |
| Additional reporting by AP | Additional reporting by AP |
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