‘Trainwreck’ Star Amy Schumer Tweets Support After Theater Shooting

Actress Amy Schumer attends the world premiere of "Trainwreck" at Alice Tully Hall on Tuesday, July 14, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

By Katherine Krueger

July 24, 2015 10:03 a.m.

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After a gunman opened fire during a Thursday evening showing of the movie “Trainwreck” in Lafayette, La., star Amy Schumer tweeted her support.

Schumer tweeted “thoughts and prayers” after the shooting, which left two dead and nine injured.

My heart is broken and all my thoughts and prayers are with everyone in Louisiana.

— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) July 24, 2015

The suspect, identified as “drifter” John Russel Houser, was reportedly from Alabama, but was staying at a Louisiana hotel at the time of the shooting.

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