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RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (AP) -- A man charged with killing a Transportation Security Administration officer and wounding three others during a shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport made his first court appearance Wednesday with bruises on his face and a bandage on his neck.It was the first time Paul Ciancia has been seen in public since the Nov. 1 attack.The 23-year-old spoke in whispers and showed no emotion during the 10-minute hearing in the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga, about 45 miles east of Los Angeles. He's being housed at the facility in federal custody.U.S. Magistrate Judge David Bristow asked the diminutive, slender Ciancia if he understood the charges against him."Yes," responded Ciancia, who was shackled at his hands and feet and had a bandage on his neck and bruises on the left side of his face. His lawyers didn't comment on his injuries.Airport police responding to the rampage shot Ciancia four times, including once in the mouth. He was hospitalized for more than two weeks before being placed in federal custody.The unemployed motorcycle mechanic did not enter a plea Wednesday to a murder charge that carries a possible death penalty if he's convicted.Bristow determined Ciancia was a flight risk and posed a danger to the community, and he ordered him to remain behind bars. The next hearing is scheduled for Dec. 18, but it could be waived if a grand jury indicts Ciancia.
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