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

“She needed help. She was in panic mode, and I tried to keep her relaxed by being calm myself,” he said. “During the moment of it all, I wasn’t thinking anything other than helping her. She was in a bad way.”

Jordan Broussard initially thought the situation was a false alarm.

“We had heard sirens coming and I was actually looking for smoke when we came out of the theater, and when we saw men with assault rifles we kind of realized, OK this is pretty serious, a pretty serious situation,” Broussard said.

Gov. Bobby Jindal, who arrived in Lafayette late Thursday, called the shooting a seemingly random act of violence at a news conference.

“Whenever we see these or hear about these senseless acts of violence, it makes us both furious and sad at the same time,” Jindal said.

“Lafayette is a strong community,” Jindal said. “We will get through this, we’re a resilient community. This is an awful night for Lafayette, this is an awful night for Louisiana, this is an awful night for the United States.”

Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy also tweeted, expressing his condolences for those shot.

Please join Laura and I in praying for those in Lafayette right now.

— Bill Cassidy, M.D. (@BillCassidy) July 24, 2015

The FBI said in a statement: “The FBI New Orleans Division is aware of a shooting incident that occurred at a Lafayette area movie theater in which FBI Agents, along with state and local law enforcement have responded. Presently a joint law enforcement coordination is under way and further details will be shared once the information becomes available.”

The theater and its parent company, the Southern Theatres, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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