Shooting at LAX Terminal 3

[The_Hamster_King]

Apparently some guy walked up to the security checkpoint with a rifle and opened fire. Two people in custody. Reports of injuries but no deaths. The airport is currently under lockdown.

TSA Employee Killed, 2 Other Agents Hurt in LAX Shooting

[QuickSilver]

Can’t wait for the always fascinating and informative discussion on type and caliber of weapon used.

[running_coach]

@QuickSilver

Can’t wait for the always fascinating and informative discussion on type and caliber of weapon used.

It was an AR-12 in .57LR, made by Glock. It’s an all ceramic gun that can’t be detected by the TSA.

[Encinitas]

Reports coming in now that one TSA agent is dead, another wounded.

[Shoeless]

Heard on NPR that the shooter is dead too.

[Dewey_Finn]

The LA Times says that the shooter is a TSA employee. So it’s basically a workplace shooting, not terrorism. Going to make a mess of commercial flights, probably worldwide, though.

[Tapioca_Dextrin]

Who frisks the friskers?

[GrandWino]

@Shoeless

Heard on NPR that the shooter is dead too.

Suspect is alive (though wounded) and in custody. Described as a US citizen in his early 20s.

[Asimovian]

@Bob Ducca

Suspect is alive (though wounded) and in custody. Described as a US citizen in his early 20s.

I’m reading from several sources that the suspect is dead.

[GrandWino]

@Asimovian

I’m reading from several sources that the suspect is dead.

NBC News says critical condition, article last updated 3 minutes ago.

A man pulled an assault rifle from a bag and 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, described only as a 23-year-old U.S. citizen, was shot by law enforcement and taken into custody. He was in critical condition.

Federal officials told NBC News it was unclear whether the gunman was targeting the TSA or was trying to shoot his way through to get further into the airport.
One witness said the shooter, who calmly walking through the terminal with his weapon, approached him with a one-word question.

“All he asked was, ‘TSA?’” Leon Saryan told MSNBC.

Also doesn’t sound like a workplace shooting from that description.

[Encinitas]

LA Times says the shooter was a ticketed passenger, not TSA employee.

[newcomer]

@QuickSilver

Can’t wait for the always fascinating and informative discussion on type and caliber of weapon used.

Unless he’s an Arab …

[newcomer]

A theory - from a limited amount of info it seems TSA was targeted for the sole reason being a TSA officer which makes it plausible that the shooter may have been influenced by some of the TV and radio personalities known for their fierce opposition to TSA like, say, Rush Limbaugh. Similar pattern to what has been debated re: shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

Therefore, wouldn’t it make sens for Obama to send a drone and take care of it so we can prevent terrorism? He’s done it before, no? Or, this is different; i.e. freedom of speech and such?

[yanceylebeef]

Remember, the white zone is for loading and unloading weapons only.
Too soon?

[friedo]

@newcomer

A theory - from a limited amount of info it seems TSA was targeted for the sole reason being a TSA officer which makes it plausible that the shooter may have been influenced by some of the TV and radio personalities known for their fierce opposition to TSA like, say, Rush Limbaugh. Similar pattern to what has been debated re: shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

Therefore, wouldn’t it make sens for Obama to send a drone and take care of it so we can prevent terrorism? He’s done it before, no? Or, this is different; i.e. freedom of speech and such?

Yes, that’s exactly how real life works. You are clearly sane.

[QuickSilver]

@newcomer

Unless he’s an Arab …

wat?

[GrandWino]

From NBC News:

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.

[twickster]

@newcomer

A theory - from a limited amount of info it seems TSA was targeted for the sole reason being a TSA officer which makes it plausible that the shooter may have been influenced by some of the TV and radio personalities known for their fierce opposition to TSA like, say, Rush Limbaugh. Similar pattern to what has been debated re: shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

Therefore, wouldn’t it make sens for Obama to send a drone and take care of it so we can prevent terrorism? He’s done it before, no? Or, this is different; i.e. freedom of speech and such?

I have no idea what you’re talking about – but MPSIMS threads on events of this sort (and, damn, what a world we live in that we have a standard way of handling threads on “events of this sort”) are about events as they unfolding. If you have a political point to make, take it to GD or the Pit.

twickster, MPSIMS moderator

[aceplace57]

The Mythbusters are on the case. Well, sort of. Grant and Tory got a good scare at the airport. They need to start sending Buster on these travel assignments.

LAX Airport Shooting: Mythbusters' Grant Imahara, Tory Belleci "Safe"

[johnpost]

they found anti-gov, anti-TSA documents on him.