Two women killed in theater shooting
“She had the knack – it showed in her performance this summer”.
She seemed to be everywhere.
During a search of Houser’s room in Motel 6 on University Avenue, police found wigs and other items that could be used as disguises, Craft said.
Breaux, a finalist in the 2012 Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival’s queen pageant, was engaged to be married to her boyfriend, who was wounded by the gunfire, her mother Dondie Breaux told the Daily News. “Pottery, photography, web design, music”.
According to Facebook and friends of Johnson, she and husband co-founded Red Arrow Workshop, a gift, apparel, accessories and toy shop, and Parish Ink, a Lafayette t-shirt company. Johnson showed her personal commitment by tending a home garden and raising chickens.
“She was… a phenomenal musician, which is what most of the community knew her for”, Rowe said.
The two people were killed were identified as 21-year-old Mayci Breaux and 33-year-old Jillian Johnson.
Breaux also worked in a local clothing store. “Many of you had come to know and love Mayci and we ask that you pray for her family and friends during this tragic time”, a Facebook post by Coco Eros said.
And from the one on Mayci Breaux…
He later wrote; ‘I’m on my way to Lafayette right now.
“I wish there were words to penetrate the hearts of the people watching or listening (to) the news and to make them understand the kind of person Jillian was”, Clem said.
Lafayette General received five patients, ranging in their 20s to 80s. Please say a prayer for the victims at Grand Theatre and their families. “We were just a small traveling band”, Pines said. “All we know is that she was injured and she is in the hospital”. Craft said he spotted police approaching him in the theater and decided to take his own life. The page description said it was started by the Iberia Association of Educators and Louisiana Association of Educators.
Two young women, two lives lost when a man described as a “drifter” decided to fire shots into a theater.
Randall Mann said his daughter Emily and her friend escaped uninjured.
Although he did not mention Martin and Meaux by name, Gov. Bobby Jindal praised the actions of two teachers who performed acts of heroism as gunfire erupted.
“One of the reasons we make these movies is because the world can be so horrifying and we all need to laugh just to deal with it”, he said.
We have an identification of the shooter in last night’s movie theater massacre. The employee said both were “OK” but was not able to provide further details. Aries Marine Corporation did not immediately respond to requests for comment by NBC News.