Video: Gunman Kills 2 & Wounds 9 Before Killing Himself [#LafayetteShooting]

Gunfire broke out around 7:30 p.m. in one of the movie theater’s auditoriums, Lafayette Police told ABC News. More than 100 people were in the theater, according to Louisiana State Police.

“We heard a loud pop we thought was a firecracker,” witness Katie Domingue told the Daily Advertiser, according to the AP. She said a man shot down into the theater. “He wasn’t saying anything. I didn’t hear anybody screaming either,” Domingue said, according to the AP.

When police arrived, they heard shooting, Craft said.

The shooting was contained to one theater, according to Craft.

The motive for the shooting remained unclear.

Authorities checked suspicious packages inside the shooter’s car and the movie theater, but no explosive devices were found, Craft said.

Shaan Duke was watching a movie in an adjacent theater when he heard a gunshot, followed by an alarm.

The situation was initially calm, but an employee from the theater started to scream, “Get away from the building, get away from the building, he is coming, he is coming,” Duke said.

After Duke left the building, the disabled veteran encountered a female victim who had been shot in the leg. Duke said he and another man aided the woman, and Duke carried her to a waiting ambulance.