FALSE ALARM: 'American Assassin' sparks 911 calls of reported theater shooting

Saturday, October 7, 2017
THE WOODLANDS, Texas (KTRK) -- The Las Vegas mass shooting has people on edge understandably, and that includes people who decided to go to the movies last night in The Woodlands.

A group of people who went to the Cinemark Theatre on Lake Robbins Drive last night got a scare while watching the movie "American Assassin."
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The movie features a lot of violent gun battles, and for some audience members, the sound of those gunshots were jarring enough that it caused chaos in the theater.

During a major shootout in the film, police said some in the audience believed there was an actual shooting happening outside.

A couple of people ran outside, warning other theater patrons to get out.
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Police rushed to the theater after calls to 911, but cleared the scene after realizing the gunfire was just from the movie.

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