TSA employee killed at LAX

[onehandle]

Last edited Fri Nov 1, 2013, 04:44 PM - Edit history (2)

Source: MSNBC

One TSA employee was killed and others were wounded Friday in a shooting at Los Angeles International Airport, NBC News reported.

The gunman was taken into custody by police. His condition was unknown. The shooting took place in Terminal 3, officials said.

NBC News’ Pete Williams reported that the suspect is Paul Anthony Ciancia, a 23-year-old resident of LA, with no direct connection to the TSA. He had “anti-government materials” on him at the time.

LAX Police Chief Patrick Gannon said the gunman, armed with an assault rifle, opened fire in the terminal, then made his way past a security checkpoint and into the main airport area. Seven people were injured in the incident, and six were brought to local hospitals, according to Jim Featherstone, general manager of the LA Emergency Management Department.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/los-angeles-airport-shooting

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Assault weapons, again.



Interestingly, while searching for this image, many images of naked women with AR-15s came up.

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Cops everywhere here. Woman reported that a man had a machine gun #LAX #shooting pic.twitter.com/qea8Us3mnp

https://twitter.com/lol_rob_vella/status/396315086052020224

[KeepItReal]

1. CNN showing commercials after talking about drug tunnels...

Ridiculous.

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2. Being reported on MSNBC now /nt

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4. Reporting that officers are still behind vehicles

Only one terminal closed, flights coming in on other runways.

Reports of a man w/ a rifle, shots fired.

Unclear if incident over or not, people being treated.

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5. Incident at terminal #3 /nt

[Rhiannon12866]

9. It's being evacuated and TSA employee was wounded. n/t

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11. Century Boulevard shutdown according to local affiliate

45 year old man shot in the leg

Occurred ~ 9:23 AM, local time.

[Rhiannon12866]

12. Apparently, a man with a rifle was able to get past security checkpoint, per MSNBC

And three people were injured.

[Beaverhausen]

17. not past the checkpoint, AT the checkpoint

[KeepItReal]

3. Local news feed here

http://www.keloland.com/custompages/cbslive/


Better link here: http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/live-video/

[RebelOne]

10. Just now heard it on my local Atlanta news. n/t

[dhill926]

6. damn.....

fly out of there a lot.

[pkdu]

7. Great. I'm about to board flight AA1657.....to LAX.

Thanks for the headsup.

[Rhiannon12866]

14. It's at Terminal #3, Virgin Atlantic is there

Good luck!

[pkdu]

48. Thanks !....switched to Orange County! Cheers.

[Rhiannon12866]

55. Good news!

What would we do without DU? Hope you had an uneventful trip.

[pkdu]

56. Yes indeed. Made it back in time for dinner!

AA1657 was eventually cancelled!

Cheers

[Rhiannon12866]

57. Glad to hear it!

[KeepItReal]

22. Ground stop at LAX

No traffic in or out for now.

[Beaverhausen]

8. fuck- a friend of mine is a TSA agent at LAX

shit shit shit

[msanthrope]

51. Friend okay?? nt

[Beaverhausen]

52. Yes I just heard he's ok. thanks.

[msanthrope]

54. Good to hear. nt

[KeepItReal]

13. Damn a TSA employee was wheeled out looking pretty bad

Hope he pulls through

[heaven05]

15. gun crazies at it again

geez

[brooklynite]

16. KNBC reports they caught the shooter...

[riverwalker]

18. this guy Tweeting from scene

@ToryBelleci

Tory Belleci ?@ToryBelleci
Security has moved us to a safe location. Police everywhere. #LAXshooting

Tory Belleci ?@ToryBelleci
We are being shuttled away from the terminal now. Eye witness said the shooter had an assault rifle.

[KeepItReal]

19. News reports: Second armed suspect in custody

eom

[nolabear]

20. What a sad, dangerous, terrifying country we are becoming.

[riverwalker]

21. a reporter whose flight was delayed

was there says the people and children hid under chairs, terrified "like Columbine"

?@foxsportsreiter

Bill Reiter ?@foxsportsreiter 24m
The first thing I did hiding under that bench thinking I was going to die was call my wife to tell her I loved her and our kids. What a day

[KeepItReal]

24. Updating: LAPD is saying one shooter

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/live-video/

[WilliamPitt]

25. Reports from where?

[KeepItReal]

28. CBS Los Angeles

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/live-video/

[KurtNYC]

26. what source?

[ForgoTheConsequence]

27. Reports from where?

You're the only person I have heard say this so far.

[KeepItReal]

31. Watching local coverage

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/live-video/

[Agschmid]

30. Younger person... Blue flannel shirt. At terminal 3...

NPR right now.

Likely shot in the leg and in custody at this point. LAPD scanners rumored second shooter no confirmation.

Still active incident.

[AtheistCrusader]

29. That's a dumb idea.

Large airports like that are like mini-cities. They have armories and morgues.

Might as well make a frontal assault against Fort Knox. You might get a couple guards, but there are men behind those unmarked doors, and they DO have machine guns.

[HereSince1628]

32. There's a report of it being an off-duty TSA agent so it could be blue on blue

-If- it's true and this is some sort of personal rage against another specific person, I'd think rational arguments against such an attack wouldn't hold water.

[AtheistCrusader]

34. Excellent point.

And a good reason not to speculate. Thanks for the reminder.

[Blue_Tires]

33. I'm going to hazard a guess and assume

this shooter or shooters weren't in the right frame of mind..."Dumb idea" doesn't factor into their thought process...

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35. MSNBC reporting a TSA agent shot & killed

Another TSA agent wounded, and another individual wounded, unclear if this would be the gunman or not.

[Blue_Tires]

36. suspect in custody now

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-live-lax-shooting-tsa-agent-alleged-gunman-shot-20131101,0,3517669.story#axzz2jPvNyHQn

[MADem]

37. I saw a TSA employee w/a bloody hand being hustled out of the terminal by a LAPD cop.

He was steering him towards an ambulance--looked like his hand was grazed.

[WilliamPitt]

39. Derp.

[MineralMan]

40. Well, this will cause increased security at LAX, as they

close the barn doors after the horses have escaped. I'm flying in there in six weeks. I hope they have it back to normal by then. My plane's gate is at Terminal 3, too.

I hope it doesn't get any worse for those who were shot. Guns! Feh!

[kestrel91316]

41. No traffic at all coming in or going out of the airport now. Some planes being allowed to depart.

[kestrel91316]

42. KCAL/CBS now reporting that the shooter was off duty or former TSA and

this is a likely workplace violence case.

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47. MSNBC now saying this is not the case /nt

[workinclasszero]

43. So dammed glad any psycho in America

Has full access to guns thanks to the fuc*** NRA and teabagger jihadists!

[kestrel91316]

44. Mayor Garcetti arriving soon for presser.

[handmade34]

45. Damn...

I hate these stories… (also my daughter is TSA- not LA but…)

[workinclasszero]

46. I just heard AR-15 assault rifle was the weapon used

Yup gotta keep selling those military weapons of mass death to one and all! What could possibly go wrong?

10,000 PLUS now since Sandy Hook!

[kestrel91316]

49. Had to work on a patient and missed the ENTIRE press conference, lol.

[muriel_volestrangler]

50. high powered rifle, several locations

A gunman armed with a high-powered rifle opened fire at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday morning, killing a TSA agent and wounding several others, authorities said.

Authorities said the gunman fired at several locations in Terminal 3 before police shot him. LAX police did not reveal his condition.

The motive was unclear. A federal law enforcement official said that the gunman was a ticketed passenger entering the airport.

Officials don’t believe the gunman has ever worked for TSA. Law enforcement sources had earlier told The Times that the gunman was a TSA employee.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-live-lax-shooting-tsa-agent-alleged-gunman-shot-20131101,0,3517669.story#axzz2jQ8UzoJo

[Tx4obama]

53. There are armed guards at LAX. Will be interesting to hear what NRA and FoxNews says. n/t