Texan4Auburn 1,626 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 58 year old white male opened fire in a Lafayette movie theater 20 minutes into the film. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/07/24/gunman-reportedly-opens-fire-at-la-movie-theater/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarTim 3,208 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Prayers for all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURaptor 1,113 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 At least the shooter is dead, correct? That's one good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUBwins 8,816 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 I had started a topic earlier about this. I live in Lafayette and have gone to this theater several times. Senseless tragedy. Latest reports are that he has only been in Lafayette LA since the beginning of this month. He was staying at a motel 6. They found wigs, glasses and other apparel that could be used to disguise. His license plate was in the hotel room. Car was parked outside to escape. Plan was to kill and escape. The quick response from police caused him to retreat back and kill himself. He was from Alabama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenn4AU 24 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 He was from Alabama. According to the OA News, he was from Phenix City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homersapien 10,183 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 At least the shooter is dead, correct? That's one good thing. Not really. More information and research could be obtained if he had lived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUDub 10,148 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 His Twitter: 5 Jun 2013 john russell houser @jrustyhouser The Westboro Baptist Church may be the last real church in America[members not brainwashed]. 5 Jun 2013 john russell houser @jrustyhouser If you don't think the internet is censored, try reading a newspaper from a country that hates liberals the way I do. Yowza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShocksMyBrain 8,406 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Psycho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUUSN 823 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 This is a fantastic active shooter video. Please share it with your family. https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cirg/active-shooter-and-mass-casualty-incidents/run-hide-fight-video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan4Auburn 1,626 Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 I had started a topic earlier about this. I live in Lafayette and have gone to this theater several times. Senseless tragedy. Latest reports are that he has only been in Lafayette LA since the beginning of this month. He was staying at a motel 6. They found wigs, glasses and other apparel that could be used to disguise. His license plate was in the hotel room. Car was parked outside to escape. Plan was to kill and escape. The quick response from police caused him to retreat back and kill himself. He was from Alabama. Appears that his weapons were legally purchased at a pawn shop in Phenix City and has had mental issues in the past. Was also a political candidate at some point in Columbus Ga I read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptau 140 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I had started a topic earlier about this. I live in Lafayette and have gone to this theater several times. Senseless tragedy. Latest reports are that he has only been in Lafayette LA since the beginning of this month. He was staying at a motel 6. They found wigs, glasses and other apparel that could be used to disguise. His license plate was in the hotel room. Car was parked outside to escape. Plan was to kill and escape. The quick response from police caused him to retreat back and kill himself. He was from Alabama. Appears that his weapons were legally purchased at a pawn shop in Phenix City and has had mental issues in the past. Was also a political candidate at some point in Columbus Ga I read. He had a string of arrests over the years and was even hospitalized due to his mental condition. None of that stopped the sale of the hand gun at the pawn shop because it was not picked up on the background checks. If his relatives who he threatened and the owner of the house he vandalized had pressed charges those actions might have stopped the gun sale. His mother giving him $5,000 allowed him to relocate with his gun to Lafayette. I suspect when the money ran out he he completely lost it and decided to kill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURaptor 1,113 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Sounds more like a mental issue than one w/ guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homersapien 10,183 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Sounds like more of an issue with background checks to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan4Auburn 1,626 Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 Sounds like more of an issue with background checks to me. That is what I was thinking also. Given his mental state I was also wondering about access and quality of care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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