Police shot and critically wounded a gunman Saturday in a San Diego movie theater as more than a dozen moviegoers ducked for cover and hit the floor.
While no Reading Cinemas Carmel Mountain moviegoers were hurt, the suspect, whose name was not immediately released, was taken to a hospital with several gunshot wounds and was expected to survive.
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The suspect became a target after witness claimed he confronted a 19 year old in a nearby parking lot.
According to Yahoo! News:
He became the target of an intense police search after witnesses reported seeing him confront his 19-year-old girlfriend at a parking lot across the street from a shopping plaza where the Cineplex is located.
Witnesses tried to intervene, but he threatened them with a gun and ran to the shopping plaza.
The owner of a business next to the Cineplex said police shut down the shopping center’s parking lot and stopped every car to look for the man. Officers with dogs checked each store, while a police helicopter hovered above.
Steve Krongard, the owner of the Nickel City arcade says:
“There were 20 police cars blocking the entrance, then the fire truck and the ambulance rushed in. Then we saw seven cops with what looked like rifles, then paramedics went into the theater.”
Capt. Terry McManus told a San Diego newspaper that the man initially complied with officers’ order to put his hands up, but then he put them back in his lap and brandished a handgun and then one of the officers opened fire.
He says:
“and more importantly, they thought the lives of others were in jeopardy.”
The theater’s manager says the shooting occurred during a screening of “Les Miserables.”
Thankfully no bystanders were hurt in this incident.
SOURCE: Yahoo! News
