John Houser killed two people and injured nine more during a shooting at a Louisiana movie theater.
After firing off several rounds in the theater, John Houser became trapped inside after police closed the area off. He had intended to leave the theater in a getaway car, but ended up killing himself instead. Police are currently trying to discover more about the man, reports NBC News.
Here’s a few details about John Houser that have been discovered so far, as collected from NBC News.
- He was 59 years old.
- Houser once attempted to burn a law firm down in the 1980s.
- He showed up on TV a few times for debates due to his radical Republican views.
- Houser hah mental problems, including bi-polar and being a manic depressant.
- His wife had filed for a divorce in May.
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“We heard a loud pop we thought was a firecracker,” Katie Domingue, a witness to the shootings, told
ABC News.”He wasn’t saying anything. I didn’t hear anybody screaming either.”
