Lafayette, Louisiana, Movie Theater Gunman ID'd as John Russel Houser, 59, of Alabama

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The gunman who opened fire inside a packed movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana, Thursday night, was John Russel Houser, police said at a news conference this morning.

Houser, 59, who killed himself, is among three people who died, police said. The other two were Mayci Breaux, 21, of Franklin, Louisiana, who died at the theater, and Jillian Johnson, 33, of Lafayette, who died at the hospital. Nine others were injured, including one who was in critical condition, police said. More...