Police say a gunman who killed two people and injured six others in a US cinema had a stash of wigs and disguises, as well as a getaway car.

They've described John Houser as a 'drifter' from Alabama.

He opened fire in an auditorium in Lafayette in Louisiana, during a screening of the movie 'Trainwreck'.

Mike Edmonson from the State Police says the deaths of two women there were senseless: