Noisy Texter Shot to Death In Florida Movie Theater

Two people were shot, one of them fatally, by a gunman in a movie theater upset that they were making too much noise.

According to Fox 13 in Tampa Bay, a man and his wife were watching a matinee showing of Lone Survivor when they asked the couple in front of them to stop texting. An “altercation” followed, and the man reportedly pulled out a handgun and shot the two people in front him.

“The victim was on his cell phone. He was texting. We believe he was making some kind of noise. This noise led to an altercation between the suspect and the victim,” Sheriff Chris Nocco told FOX 13.

Both victims were rushed to the hospital, where the man later died. Another moviegoer reportedly detained the suspect until police arrived.

By: Cheston Catalano

Cheston Catalano is a Kentucky-based journalist whose work has been featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press and the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle. He is a long-time contributor to Liberaland.