Lafayette continues America’s epidemic of mass shooting 5 Photos . Updated: 24 Jul 2015, 02:48 PM IST Livemint A gunman on Thursday killed two people and injured seven in a crowded movie theater in Louisiana, adding to the never-ending tale of violence and uncontrolled rage in the US 1/5Nine African-Americans were shot and killed on 17 June, 2015 in a racist attack in Charleston, South Carolina. 21-year-old Dylann Roof went on a shooting rampage during a bible study with his .45-caliber handgun, a birthday present to him by his father. 2/5In the most recent instance of mass shooting, two people died and seven others were injured on 23 July 2015 when a 50-something gunman opened fire inside a crowded movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana, before taking his own life. AFP 3/515-year-old Jaylen Fryberg shot dead four students at Marysville Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Washington on 24 October, 2014, before killing himself. He had sent out messages like “Bang bang I’m dead” and “I set the date. Hopefully you regret not talking to me,” before the shooting spree. 4/5At least 27 people, including 18 children, were killed on 14 December 2014 when at least one shooter opened fire at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. AFP 5/5On 20 July, 2012 James Eagan Holmes shot indiscriminately at the audience in a theatre in Aurora, Colorado during a midnight screening of the film The Dark Knight Rises. 12 people died while 70 sustained injuries in the massacre. Reuters