A horrible situation which began at 930am PT this morning. A police press conference earlier did not provide or confirm any specific details, so realize at this early stage there will be lots of wrong and/or conflicting information. There are some reports the shooter was an off-duty TSA targeting other TSA. But now the reports are that he was not a TSA agent. Safe to say no one knows, or they’re just not telling us at this point. This also comes two weeks after the “joke” dry ice bombs placed by LAX airport contractors. There were two arrests made in that case. Many felt that was a dry run to see how airport security would respond to a threat. One TSA agent has been killed, and six others have been wounded. That may include the shooter. Here are other links and reports as this continues to unfold. Please do update us in Comments with any links that provide important updates. Thanks!
LAX Gunman Kills TSA Officer Before Taken into Custody
Gunman targeted other TSA agents.
#LAFD treated 7 patients & transported 6 patients from @LAX_Official #LAX. #LAPD @LAFD @LAFDtalk
— LAPD Communications (@911LAPD) November 1, 2013
LA Times is now reporting the shooter was a ticketed passenger.
Los Angeles Airport shooting comes after recent threats by facility employees
LAX Shooting Suspect named as Paul Anthony Ciancia, a 23-year-old Los Angeles native.
Via Washington Free Beacon: Seven Wounded in Los Angeles Airport Shooting, Six Hospitalized
http://freebeacon.com/seven-wounded-in-los-angeles-airport-shooting-six-hospitalized/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Actor Tim Daly describes the scene of LAX shooting [video]
http://twitchy.com/2013/11/01/actor-tim-daly-describes-the-scene-of-lax-shooting-video/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Prayers and condolences to the family and friends of TSA Officer that was killed.