reproductive freedom. they all now have majority support. what can be more important than that. as we go on the air tonight, breaking news out of louisiana. there has been a shooting in a movie theater. lafayette louisiana is about 45 minutes west of the capital of louisiana, baton rouge. the grand theater on johnson street is on lockdown. police are tweeting that there

are at least two people dead. bobby jindle when he gets there. there has been a shooting at a movie theater west of baton rouge, louisiana. police are tweeting that there are multiple people that have been shot. that there is no official word on the fatalities right now. and at least two people are dead. >> you have been following our affiliate there, kdtc, their coverage. police are telling everybody to get down or stay safe. there are people who are down inside of theater number six. or a certain theater number that

there will people down. they're trying to figure out exactly what happened. was the gunmen inside of the theater. did they come from outside? what were the circumstances, we don't know right now. but we do know it was a chaotic scene. a thursday night, in the middle of summer, a very busy time for a movie theater. >> what can you tell us? >> i was across the hall from that movie theater.

evacuate to the nearest exit. we waited on the ambulance to get here. and what he said was they were sitting down right before the movie started. it was quiet. there was no argument. nothing going on at all. the guy was just kind of at ease just standing there shooting. >> so, kiefer, how long ago did this happen? >> about 7:30.

our movie had literally just started. >> and that's 7:30 central time. 8:30 eastern time. here in new york city. so 7:30, you said this all started. you got it in your theater. >> are you still on the scene? >> yes, sir. sush roinding the perimeter. multiple news channels interviewing people.

>> you said when you left, you saw people -- or at least one person who was injured? or a woman shot in the leg? explain. and what was she saying? >> she was just lying there, not talking. they lad a couple guys surrounded her. >> so, keeffer,tell us what happened when the police rushed in again.

multiple units kept showing up after that. they were all glad to get back to savety. >> okay, kieffer, don't hang up. if you're just joining us at six minutes after 10:00 eastern t e time -- i'm getting information in my ear. we're awaiting a briefing from the police chief. by i want to up date our viewers on what happened. the shooting, according to a witness we have with us on the phone now is about 7:30, central

time. they believe that the gunman shot himself. i want you to standby and listen to the police chief who up dated just a short time ago. >> they entered the theater to engage the shooter. a number of people have been wounded. we don't know how many confirmed fatalities yet we have. all of those things are being

sorted out as i speak. then we begin our interview of witnesses. there were quite a few witnesses. we don't have any details yet regard i regarding injuries. we think the shooter is deceased. no other persons who were not in the theater were injured. we'll update you periodically. testimony be a little bit of time before i can come back and up date you.

>> he says they still have a lot of investigating to do, imcolluding they want to sweep the place for explosive devices and the surrounding parking lot. he says the lafayette sheriff's department is there, the f.b.i. and atf all on the scene now investgate e gating this shooting that p haed.

. >> how many people do you think there were? i'll estimate 75. >> you did witness someone whofsz injured at the scene. can you describable that for us? >> was there a panic? or were people fairly orderly. and then, like, they have one group that came running counsel the back.

nobody realitily knew what was happening. >> at 9 kwln 10 there, what is it like? glvpt snich >> it looks like a movie. >> tell us what this place is like in the middle of the ni t night. >> a lot of people go up and

say -- think inspected j and we've just seen the verdict. squl that was my next moint. >> they just got the verdict, they said, a couple days ago, chfsz kbilt, really, on all acounts. i think three years to the day now it has been. i want to bring in sonny hostin. you know, i look 9 and you when you parked.

and now, we are looking -- we don't know the circumstances su rouning this, but the thyme you is -- movie theater. >> squl i was just are minded that one of the thichgs thoo frus rates him the northeast in which we to not seem to have common safety feoff ge fence. >> i agree. i just don't see why we can't resolve this issue.

where news when will our ledge slay xxs get on board and realize that this is an issue that we have to deal with. >>. >> lafayette is pretty far from new orleanss. baa roan ruk is really the cl e closest. so i know raffle yet very well. and, you know, on a thursday night in louisiana, web it's very >> people go to the movie theerters. >> ovk they do. >> so you can be interteenaged

and free psychology skoovrlgtsds stilt, where he dwoent dmoe kmaktly what i is that sometimes involsable red jd we've now gotten to the woint. >> if common sense welgd. >> that makes spens the in 2015.

>> are we getting ahead of ourselves to talk about frepszicses and what investigators talk about now? >> not at all. the very first thing that police officers need to do is neutralize any threat. and that includes searching the theater for explosives. but it also, obviously, saving lives. but from that point, the scene has to be protected. obviously, this is a shooting. there may be more than one weapon. there may be different kinds of achl ewe zigs. afterwards, there's going to be

a trial. and i think you were right, don u in asking what is the motivation for this. this could very well be a copy cat situation. number three, as you pointed out, it's similarities. i think people need to understand the mote ichd. but, clearly, there are many unstable people that have access to guns and it's a major problem. it has do be dresdsedded at the highest levels. >> part of the forensics? >> it opportunity sop.

you have to understand what happened in order to prevent future events like this. where did he get the gun or guns. where did he get the ammunition. and this is going to take a lot of investigation. >> there's a shooting, as you can see, at a movie theater in laugh yet, louisiana. at least two people are confirmed dead. there may be more, not sure. sadly, two people had to die.

the again men is dead. we're hearing that there are other people who said they saw what looxed like a gun to the leg once he was asked to, and everyone in his theater were asked to leave the theater. >> so this happened about 7:30 central time. almost stlee days to the day of that aroar rowed you know, sonny talked about this.

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lesson. >> this will be x i thoi, his bestest of feet. squl you see this president. he throws utsz the lie but when those wirn were slaughters, he really thought testifies going to g able to co.

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j doth absurdity that we can't take a the best laws in the woorld can fot is of the worst. it does not have to happen with the free kwoesh sill that tuz des. why was i ion fell get measu measure. >> that's right. some of the measuringings that the president.

>> let's get back now to the investigation in this particular shooting. i want to bring in -- i want to bring in judge alex ferrera. he's also joining us this evening to talk about this judge. you've seen a number of these shootings? i've been on the air talking with you about the fallout of these stud days. and, kben, we don't know act the particular vet gags. what i coknow,two people are con anymored ked.

and them sw. >> the junction, you're a former police officer. what hooch r squl well, i kwloe in reality, the plifrs maybe coare squl and one of the biggest shortcomings we have in our soet is the way we do on it. we have a lot of money that goes towards dealing tw the ar bllg there are some things thoo raws ra noet go the.

>> certainly, there shoulgd be a way to cope e keep guns out of the of the hands of people who are mentally i'll. it's a are the horter than a national day bay page echlg squl it welcomes can i have cut. >> tnd by, swrum. blang blank. >> they responded 12 ambulances to the scene with lull within a

very short period of time, we transported to three of the area hopts. and e and as i verd. stel you're saying a total of is is is pip we're trarps forded. and two dead on arrivals. and our lady of lords regional medical center. tell us about the injuries. are they serious?

>> very serious? critical? what can you tell us? it is still very early. >> have you been able to talk to at least some of the people out there, have they e told you what happened. how this all went down: >> that's really unofficially. >> tell me what you're hearing, though. testimony me what people are saying to you.

>> and, again, the shooter is among the deceased, correct? >> that is what we have heard. wech not gotten that official report from any law enforcement yet. >> if you can update us, hum people have chied. and the escape to rid lees. >> the reports we got early on were that the injuries were wide and varied.

and soo there it is. you don't believe there are many people there that needed to be treated at this point? >> not at this point. >> okay, vice president of

operations updating us now on a shooting that happened in a movie theater 8:30 eastern time. two people will dead. >> live pictures now from that theater sin e sin? laugh yet, lae la. as you look at these first, i want to speak to another witness of the shooting. >> anyone e age? dear, was in the theater next door. page, what did you see? >> people running out.

>> the lady asked us if we had a weaponing. she's, like, i can't deal with it. i i'm leading. i could just hear people screaming. >> where are you, page? >> so much people testimony us that one of the wngss is waiting to get his car. but they're not letting anybody

get back to that scene. nothing is moving in or out unless you're with emergency or police or fire or an ambulance shfrs. >> correct. >> did you hear any gunshots? >> i did note. >> had the mule vie already started? >> no, our movie didn't start yet. >> take us through wlapd. we came here she asked if we had a weapon.

she tookoff running out the exit door. seen one lady that should have had her t-shirt neck oked out of it. >> you think therp in the train wreck right before? >> so the. >> tell me again. a woman already ran into the

theater where you were from? >> she was sittings down all right. >> did you see any of that? >> what was that? >> did you see anyone childrened on the outside of the theater before you left. >> i shoour did. >> what was that like once you got outside? >> it was scary.

>> you weren't allowed to leave, were you? >> standby, page. these are live pecktures now where there has been a shooting. and there are two people who are con first named dead. and, at least t e 9 others who had been injured at a mule zeal theater. >> the shooter is the one that we're sbretsed. they're still canvassing the people inside.

>> outside of that tutoring stuff,f, there's at least one other. is there's another theater off of johnston. >> so there's nothing the you will moo veal at this point that goes nid furtherer or problems in there. we want to make sure that we get that information out. there e it is not a second dashd shooter. we have the scene stabilized.

>> just a long, white male that came into the theater r. nothing to believe that there was any kind of moltive. >> our main concern was immediately public safety. >> sergeant, was he silting there waiting?

>> he was actually inside one of the pictures itself. look, it's early and we're trifling to ebber jill as many people as we have now and make sure that we have that situation mobilized. >> i ochb the scene now. our kbov nor is here. i think we're going to break e brief the media about 10 minutes. >> before i let you go, can you tell us, is there security at this particular theater? armed skoourlt? >> i'm not aware.

>> state police are on the scene. i see it right now. >> they were going to sweep the parking lot as a precase. >> we want to make sure we do everything we can. >> before i lets you go, you said it was a lone, wliet male.

>> 58. do you know if he was known to law enforcement. do you believe he aublgted aloechb? >> there's nothing to believe otherwise. >> do you know what type of weapon? >> no, i do not. the coral nor is with the bodies right now. >> do you know the sit washuati with the other injuries?

>> there ewe go, the latest nfrgs lone right male. would not want to identify exactly who it is. he didn't say whether the man was known to law enforcement. he's not exactly shown a motive at this time: is a

immediately, we're terrified. we don't know if it's a guy in the car somewhere. so, as we're looking at the theater, we see cops with guns start to fill up.

>> and kwh theater were you in? >> i was in the odirectly next store. >> so at about 7:230, you're in the theater, people had started. what did you hear? >> i almost thought it was part of the movie at first. but i heard one, maybe two gunshots.

>> and then you went outside and you said you saw someone laying there on the ground and they had gear. >>. >> cops were focusings more on the shooter doesn't come out. after a while, that easter

filling. >> in this area, is shortened. and the people you're with, how did they react? were people running out, was et chaotic? was it orderly? >> the frup we kepted we but it all together:

>> again, the information that we're getting now from investigators from the scene and from the head of the state police, louisiana, telling us that two people are dead. ib clupding the shooltser. >> nine people were transportd to the hopt again. this is all happening 7 kwlb 30e central time. 45 minutes west. people just sitting in the theater. son-in-law people were allowed

to get their cars, others were not. >> we have stold investigators and they're sweeping the parking lot for possible explosives.

we know that two people are dead tonight at the grand theater here in lav yet. we know that our sources in law enforcement are telling us that the shooter is among the dead: this investigation just getting uchbds way. i think the overall theme of this is prayers. the investigation just beginning. we know the fbi is leer in town.

>> okay. we promised you an up date. this is what we know so far. earlier this evening, at people's exhibit no.ly 3:30 a.m. chemical weapon received a. >> units were close by and responded immediately.

they did hear shots being fired at that time. it appeared the shooter had died from inflikting a wound. what we have so far is to con if i were the two fail at theties the shooter and a number of people because they're stripper. >> we do know the iet of this shooter. we are right in the 34idle of this investigation and we don't

want to affect the integrity or the investigator's ablt to do their joshes and get information. on the shootser. we did close the other grand neater and have security personnel: >> and that's about all we have at this time. we continue to process the crime scene. as you can mackic. it's pletty cay yotic chlgt our district attorney is on scene. the state police colonel is

here. we are all >> this is parter in ships. this is kwla's so important. and the f brksz i, they're all on the same right now. you have a location that has a hundred or so. the coral nor is on the scene. he's inside the theelter, adds well as crime scene. when you've got a shooting like this, when you have mitt pl victims, at least 10 feel i believe volved and three others that are still critical, certainly, it's going to take a why to do that.

>> there was a lot of multipreponderance reports going on. that was a possibility. there's nothing to believe from chief crauss investigators, if there's nnd there's a lot of work ahead of us. through the night and the next several dailies. but we'll get to that. . we eat work to that. >> the pree mare was at lork e zestic and actually secure the

scene chlts. >> e know we have the governor here. we want to give him the tublt to do that. >> first off, i want to kmechbd around thousand dollar have any support possible. i recall want to thank our federal and local parter ins, as well. >> look, as kwov nor, a father and a husband. when we see these or hear about these sense lens act of sigh lebs lens chlgtsds i think i speak fr every barnts out there who wants to just go hug their kids.

>> when there's no goods reality reason the great thing about mitigating circumstance is whenever any of us suffers, it we all.

we were in touch with the chief and state police. we kwam here immediately. there were reports for not only shots fired, but, unforchoou fatl

fatly. >> there are folks taking witness statements and talking to folks in if theater. >> and, again, i want to thank these brave men and women in uniform. at this point, everybody's briz sill responding.

this is very close to a neighborhood. and the neighbors are out and about. what we need to do is take our governor's advice and pray for those who have been injured and the family. >> but, please, tell away from the kiemt scene: it certainly has rocked our community, but we're a strong community shown by your presence here and the support that we've gotten from all over the country tonight. please, stay clear, if you live in laugh yet, the best thing you can do is flaj for our mope. >> we will continue our invest skbax stlu the night.

we have a lot of careful work to do now chblgtsd. investigators are checking out where he lived. >> no, i can't comment on a weapon yet.