Teen fatally shot while watching ‘The Forever Purge’ at theater, California cops say

An 18-year-old woman died Monday night after two people were shot while watching “The Forever Purge” at a Southern California movie theater, police say.

A 19-year-old man also suffered life-threatening injuries in the 11:45 p.m. shooting at The Crossings, Corona police reported on Facebook.

“We don’t know what exactly happened in there,” Cpl. Tobias Kouroubacalis told KTLA. “We’re still taking a step-by-step process, going through every seat, going through every part of that movie theater to find any kind of evidence we have, and also asking for the public’s help at the same time.”

The shooting took place during a showing of “The Forever Purge,” the Long Beach Press-Telegram reported.

“The Forever Purge” is the fifth film in a terror franchise that began with “The Purge” in 2013, set in a world where all crimes are legal for 12 hours one night a year.

In the new film, according to its website, “members of an underground movement, no longer satisfied with one annual night of anarchy and murder, decide to overtake America through an unending campaign of mayhem and massacre.”

The theater had sold six tickets to the showing, Kouroubacalis told KTLA. No gun has been found.

Corona is a city of more than 152,000 people in Riverside County east of Los Angeles.

Police asked that anyone with information contact the Corona Police Department at 951-736-2330, option 3, or senior detective Dan Neagu at 951-739-4916 or email Slaven.Neagu@CoronaCA.gov.

This story was originally published July 27, 2021 at 3:21 PM with the headline "Teen fatally shot while watching ‘The Forever Purge’ at theater, California cops say."