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US cinema shooter killed self as police closed in

The man who opened fire in a crowded US movie theater was "kind of a drifter" who had planned to escape after the killings but shot himself dead as police closed in, police said Thursday.

Police chief Jim Craft of Lafayette, Louisiana said 59-year-old John Houser fired at least 13 rounds from a handgun, killing two people and wounding nine.

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