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The Chaos Inside the Theater in Lafayette

‘There’s A Shooter’

EMT Randall Mann tells the story of responding to the shooting in a Lafayette theater—from where his daughter had just escaped.

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Julie Dermansky/The Daily Beast

LAFAYETTE, La. — Randall Mann, an EMT, got word of the tragedy when his daughter burst into his family’s backyard.

“There’s a shooter!” she screamed. “There’s a shooter!”

About 300 people were in the building when John

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