Shooting Prompts Evacuation Of Terminal 3 At LAX

[mystery-ak]

Fox saying the gunman was a ticketed passenger

[xfreeper]

I don't recall any of these shootings being done by an actual assault rifle. Enlighten me, someone.

If you listen to he media and the gun grabber crowd, anything that fires a round is an assualt weapon.

[mystery-ak]

LAX shooting: The latest.

12:17 p.m.: 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 the gunman was a TSA employee. 

12:05 p.m.: FBI: "We do not see any threats" at LAX at this time.

12:03 p.m. LAPD Chief Charlie Beck: Police will not discuss nature of injuries, any details about the suspect. Case being handled by FBI.

12:02 p.m.: Seven people treated by LAFD. Six transported to hospitals.

12:01 p.m.: LAX says some flights diverted to Ontario. Latest updates on flight schedule can be found on Twitter. @lax_official. Flights will be significantly delayed.

12:00 p.m.: Gannon said "multiple victims" have been shot. He did not provide further details.

11:58 a.m.: Patrick Gannon, LAX police chief: Suspect pulled rifle out of bag, opened fire in several locations. Police tracked suspect down, shot him in Terminal 3. He was taken into custody. "At this point be believe this was a lone shooter," he said.

11:56 a.m.: Garcetti: People should stay away from LAX, even those with flights this afternoon.

11:55 a.m.: Garcetti: Situation at LAX now "static."

11:50 a.m. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said on Twitter that planes at LAX are now departing from several terminals. But no new passengers are being allowed into LAX.

11:36 a.m.: Law enforcement sources told the Los Angeles Times that the gunman was a Transportation Security Administration employee at LAX. The gunman was killed by authorities after he opened fire Friday morning. He allegedly shot and killed a fellow TSA employee.

11:20 a.m. The gunman who opened fire at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday morning, killing a TSA agent, is dead, law enforcement sources told The Times.

No details about how he died were available. Law enforcement sources said investigators were trying to determine whether the gunman worked at LAX.

Los Angeles Police Department anti-terrorism officials were on the scene, but sources said they don't believe the suspect was tied to any known terrorist groups.


11:10 a.m. A federal law enforcement official said that a TSA officer was shot and killed at a passenger screening checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport. Three or four other TSA employees were injured in the shooting, the official said.

A suspect was in custody, the official said. The LAPD has taken control of the investigation and the crime scene, the official said. At this stage, the suspect does not seem to have a connection to a terrorist organization, and investigators were working to determine the motivation for the attack.

“This is a fluid situation,” the law enforcement official said.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-live-lax-shooting-tsa-agent-alleged-gunman-shot-20131101,0,3517669.story#axzz2jQGzq3aa

[DCPatriot]

So we essentially have a disgruntled employee who actually did a crime we can call "workplace violence"....unlike Major Hasan, who screamed and laughed "God is Great!"

Strange that this guy didn't just wait until they got off work....if it were personal.   Why choose suicide by cop?

Can't wait to see how much information they release about this guy.  Can't paint him 'crazy' because it draws attention to the quality of their entire TSA staff.

[xfreeper]

Picture of possible rifle used

Well either that or some forgetful person left their rifle laying around the airport this morning

[mystery-ak]

LAX shooting: The latest.

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

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 the gunman was a TSA employee. 

Los Angeles Police Department anti-terrorism officials were on the scene, but sources said they don't believe the suspect was tied to any known terrorist groups. They believe he acted alone.

At a press conference, the Los Angeles Fire Department treated seven people at the scene and transported six to local hospitals.

Patrick Gannon, the LAX police chief,  said gunman came into Terminal 3 at 9:20 a.m. He pulled an assault rifle out of his bag and began firing. He moved into the screening area and continued shooting, Gannon said. He went passed the security area further into the terminal.

Authorities tracked him down and shot him near a Burger King.


Vernon Cardenas, 45, of West Hollywood said he was at the airport on his way to Philadelphia when the shooting occurred about 9:30 a.m. in Terminal 3.

“Sitting down, all of a sudden, literally just out of the blue, you hear a rumble in the background and a couple of seconds later, people are running at me,” said Cardenas, who does casting for the Fox television show "MasterChef." He described the scene as “mayhem,” with couples crying and parents who couldn’t find their children.

Brian Adamick, 43, said he was getting ready to fly to Chicago for his brother’s wedding and was boarding a Spirit Airlines flight at Gate 32 in Terminal 3.

He said people were running through the terminal, away from a security area. Adamick said he went through an emergency exit downstairs onto the tarmac with several other passengers.

“While I was on the tarmac, I heard two gunshots from the same area where the people had been running and screaming,” he said.

A few minutes after he got outside, he said buses showed up to help evacuate passengers. He saw a wounded TSA agent board one of the buses. The man’s ankle was bloody: “it looked like it was straight out of the movies,” Adamick said.

The man, told him, “I got shot, I’m fine.” He told passengers not to worry about him and that he had been shot before, Adamick said.

A White House official said President Obama had been informed of the incident:"The President has been briefed about the shooting at LAX. We will continue to stay in touch with our federal and local partners. The LAPD is leading the response and investigation. We urge citizens to listen to the authorities and follow directions from the first responders on site. The president will continue to receive briefings throughout the day.”

Tory Belleci of the television show "Mythbusters" tweeted: "Heard gun shots then eve11:07 a.m.: A press conference at LAX is scheduled for 11:30 a.m., according to LAPDryone starting running for the door. Not sure if anyone was hurt. #LAX."

TV footage showed dozens of offficers swarming the airport. Images also showed a law enforcement officer being treated by paramedics. He appeared to be alert. Another officer had a bloody hand.

[xfreeper]

As expected LAX police chief claims an individual entered the terminal and used an assault rifle

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/01/21277650-gunman-opens-fire-at-lax-killing-tsa-worker-and-wounding-others?lite

[mystery-ak]

#LAX gunman in critical condition at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Not deceased

[flowers]

LAX shooting: The latest.

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

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 the gunman was a TSA employee. 

Los Angeles Police Department anti-terrorism officials were on the scene, but sources said they don't believe the suspect was tied to any known terrorist groups. They believe he acted alone.

At a press conference, the Los Angeles Fire Department treated seven people at the scene and transported six to local hospitals.

Patrick Gannon, the LAX police chief,  said gunman came into Terminal 3 at 9:20 a.m. He pulled an assault rifle out of his bag and began firing. He moved into the screening area and continued shooting, Gannon said. He went passed the security area further into the terminal.

Authorities tracked him down and shot him near a Burger King.


Vernon Cardenas, 45, of West Hollywood said he was at the airport on his way to Philadelphia when the shooting occurred about 9:30 a.m. in Terminal 3.

“Sitting down, all of a sudden, literally just out of the blue, you hear a rumble in the background and a couple of seconds later, people are running at me,” said Cardenas, who does casting for the Fox television show "MasterChef." He described the scene as “mayhem,” with couples crying and parents who couldn’t find their children.

Brian Adamick, 43, said he was getting ready to fly to Chicago for his brother’s wedding and was boarding a Spirit Airlines flight at Gate 32 in Terminal 3.

He said people were running through the terminal, away from a security area. Adamick said he went through an emergency exit downstairs onto the tarmac with several other passengers.

“While I was on the tarmac, I heard two gunshots from the same area where the people had been running and screaming,” he said.

A few minutes after he got outside, he said buses showed up to help evacuate passengers. He saw a wounded TSA agent board one of the buses. The man’s ankle was bloody: “it looked like it was straight out of the movies,” Adamick said.

The man, told him, “I got shot, I’m fine.” He told passengers not to worry about him and that he had been shot before, Adamick said.

A White House official said President Obama had been informed of the incident:"The President has been briefed about the shooting at LAX. We will continue to stay in touch with our federal and local partners. The LAPD is leading the response and investigation. We urge citizens to listen to the authorities and follow directions from the first responders on site. The president will continue to receive briefings throughout the day.”

Tory Belleci of the television show "Mythbusters" tweeted: "Heard gun shots then eve11:07 a.m.: A press conference at LAX is scheduled for 11:30 a.m., according to LAPDryone starting running for the door. Not sure if anyone was hurt. #LAX."

TV footage showed dozens of offficers swarming the airport. Images also showed a law enforcement officer being treated by paramedics. He appeared to be alert. Another officer had a bloody hand.

link?

[DCPatriot]

And once again...virtually all the news you get on the radio and TV in the immediate aftermath...is complete bullsh*t!

[flowers]

Still no name of the shooter........

[EC]

And once again...virtually all the news you get on the radio and TV in the immediate aftermath...is complete bullsh*t!

Always happens. Get the story out first and fast. Verify later.

[xfreeper]

As expected LAX police chief claims an individual entered the terminal and used an assault rifle

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/01/21277650-gunman-opens-fire-at-lax-killing-tsa-worker-and-wounding-others?lite

Apparently it was high powered too. Oh my

[flowers]

Gunman opens fire at LAX, killing TSA worker and wounding others

A man carrying anti-government material and an assault rifle shot his way through security at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, killing one Transportation Security Administration worker, wounding as many as three others and sending terrified travelers diving for cover and fleeing onto the tarmac, authorities and witnesses said.

The gunman, identified by law-enforcement officials as 23-year-old Paul Anthony Ciancia, was shot by law enforcement and taken into custody in critical condition. The motive is not clear but it's believed he had anti-government views based on written materials he was carrying, the officials said.

Federal officials told NBC News it was unclear whether Ciancia was targeting the TSA or was trying to shoot his way through to get further into the airport. But one witness said the shooter, who calmly walking through the terminal with his weapon, approached him with a one-word question.
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"All he said was, 'TSA?' Just like that," Leon Saryan told MSNBC.

The shooting started at about 9:20 a.m. local time at Terminal 3, which serves Virgin America and other airlines. Ciancia took out the rifle and opened fire at the security checkpoint, then went far into the terminal, where he was captured after exchanging fire with law enforcement, authorities said.

When the gunfire erupted, travelers who were waiting to snake through the security line suddenly had to abandon their suitcases and hit the ground.

“We were just standing there in line and somebody started shooting,” said Nick Pugh, a witness, who told NBC Los Angeles that he heard eight to 10 shots. “Everyone dropped to the floor and started crawling along the ground.”

LAX Airport Police Chief Patrick Gannon describes a gunman opening fire in the terminal, then approaching and firing at TSA screeners, before continuing into the airport, where he engaged in gunfire with officers and eventually taken into custody.

The shooting brought one of the nation’s busiest airports to a standstill.

The Federal Aviation Administration grounded flights at LAX, where 1,500 flights take off and land every day. Passengers heading there for departing flights were stuck in colossal traffic jams. Some abandoned their rides and rolled their suitcases the last distance to the airport.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/01/21277650-gunman-opens-fire-at-lax-killing-tsa-worker-and-wounding-others?lite

[Rapunzel]

The shooter was 23-year-old Paul Ciancia - armed with a semi-automatic weapon. 

[Rapunzel]

He was from New Jersey, had written a rant he wanted to kill TSA and "pigs."

[mystery-ak]

http://www.ktiv.com/story/23852028/2013/11/01/police-surround-terminal-at-los-angeles-international-airport

Federal officials: suspect arrested in LAX shooting is 23-year-old Paul Anthony Ciancia
Posted: Nov 01, 2013 12:00 PM CST

[EC]

He was from New Jersey, had written a rant he wanted to kill TSA and "pigs."

Any chance of finding and posting the rant before it gets memory holed?

[flowers]

He was from New Jersey, had written a rant he wanted to kill TSA and "pigs."

So that is anti-gov? Hmmm wasn't OWS anti-gov? Where did you find that info Rap? linky?

[ABX]

FYI, this is a fake profile.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007008666451&fref=ts

Note the times he changed his employment, city, profile pic etc are all w/ in the past half hour.

[ABX]

Another Paul Ciancia in LA posted it was not him.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006933042005&ref=br_rs&fref=browse_search

(trying to preempt digging on the wrong person)

[mystery-ak]

Is that the photo of the perp Msyt?

That's from the link AbaraXas posted....Paul Ciancia

If it isn't Ill take it down...still searching the wires for a confirmation

[ABX]

That's from the link AbaraXas posted....Paul Ciancia

If it isn't Ill take it down...still searching the wires for a confirmation

I haven't seen any photos of him in news reports. The link I posted was a fake profile (trying to sift the clutter). There doesn't seem to be a real FB profile of him unless it is hidden or he uses another name on FB.

[flowers]

That's from the link AbaraXas posted....Paul Ciancia

If it isn't Ill take it down...still searching the wires for a confirmation

I searched my nets couldn't find a photo.

[mystery-ak]