Two
people were wounded late Sunday when gunfire erupted at a local movie theater,
sending panicked moviegoers rushing to exits and ducking for cover, police and
witnesses said.
A
lone suspect was in custody after being wounded by an unidentified law
enforcement officer, a Bexar County Sheriff's Office spokesman
said.
Conditions
of the two people wounded were not immediately released, nor was it disclosed
where they were when they were wounded, or the type of gun that was
used.
Witnesses
said numerous shots were fired inside and outside the Santikos Mayan Palace 14
theater complex on Southwest Military Drive around 9:25 p.m., setting off the
scramble to safety before police and EMS arrived. The complex was evacuated and
sealed off for several hours. sfgate.com
Bexar
(bayr) County sheriff's spokesman Louis Antu says the incident started about
9:30 p.m. Sunday when the man fired shots inside a nearby restaurant. It's not
clear what led to the shooting. ABC News Antu
says the man headed toward the theater and shot a male in the lot. The age and
condition of the victim wasn't immediately known, but Antu says his injuries did
not appear life-threatening. ABC News The
gunman entered the theater. Antu says the man fired a shot but struck no one. An
off-duty sheriff's deputy working security then shot the gunman. The suspect was
taken to a hospital and not immediately charged. ABC News The
shooting immediately sparked fears of a mass slaying like the one in July that
killed 12 people and injured 58 at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo.
sfgate.com Cassandra
Castillo, waited anxiously outside the theater for her son, a projectionist at
the theater. sfgate.com “It
brings back memories of the other theater shooting, and the elementary school
shooting,” she said. “You only think the worst.”
sfgate.com On
Friday, a gunman used a military-style assault rifle to kill six adults and 20
first-graders before committing suicide Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
Reuters Friday's
shooting has launched a national debate on gun control, with Feinstein
announcing Sunday that she will introduce a bill to ban assault weapons on the
first day of the new Congress. The massacre has also renewed a discussion on
school security, with Newtown now the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S.
history, behind Virginia Tech. Huffington Post
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