TSA employee killed at LAX
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
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
(7,769 posts)Ridiculous.
al bupp
(2,182 posts)al bupp
(2,182 posts)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.
al bupp
(2,182 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,839 posts)al bupp
(2,182 posts)45 year old man shot in the leg
Occurred ~ 9:23 AM, local time.
Rhiannon12866
(205,839 posts)And three people were injured.
Beaverhausen
(24,470 posts)KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)RebelOne
(30,947 posts)dhill926
(16,351 posts)fly out of there a lot.
pkdu
(3,977 posts)Thanks for the headsup.
Rhiannon12866
(205,839 posts)Good luck!
pkdu
(3,977 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,839 posts)What would we do without DU? Hope you had an uneventful trip.
pkdu
(3,977 posts)AA1657 was eventually cancelled!
Cheers
Rhiannon12866
(205,839 posts)KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)No traffic in or out for now.
Beaverhausen
(24,470 posts)shit shit shit
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Beaverhausen
(24,470 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)Hope he pulls through
heaven05
(18,124 posts)geez
brooklynite
(94,694 posts)riverwalker
(8,694 posts)@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
(7,769 posts)eom
nolabear
(41,990 posts)riverwalker
(8,694 posts)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
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KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)ForgoTheConsequence
(4,869 posts)You're the only person I have heard say this so far.
KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)Agschmid
(28,749 posts)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
(33,982 posts)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
(36,063 posts)-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
(33,982 posts)And a good reason not to speculate. Thanks for the reminder.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)this shooter or shooters weren't in the right frame of mind..."Dumb idea" doesn't factor into their thought process...
al bupp
(2,182 posts)Another TSA agent wounded, and another individual wounded, unclear if this would be the gunman or not.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)He was steering him towards an ambulance--looked like his hand was grazed.
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WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)MineralMan
(146,324 posts)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
(51,666 posts)kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)this is a likely workplace violence case.
al bupp
(2,182 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Has full access to guns thanks to the fuc*** NRA and teabagger jihadists!
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)handmade34
(22,757 posts)I hate these stories (also my daughter is TSA- not LA but )
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)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
(51,666 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,349 posts)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 dont 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