TSA agent killed, six hurt in Los Angeles International Airport shooting
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A gunman opened fire with an assault rifle in a terminal of Los Angeles International airport on Friday, killing a Transportation Security Agent and injuring at least six other people before he was shot and captured, authorities said on Friday.
The incident prompted scenes of chaos at the airport, which halted departing flights and evacuated the terminal. Streets surrounding the airport were also shut down.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti along with Patrick Gannon, chief of the Los Angeles Airport Police, and other law enforcement officials released few new details in their first news conference following the shooting.
"An individual came into Terminal 3 of this airport, pulled an assault rifle out of a bag and began to open fire in the terminal," Gannon said at the press conference.
A U.S. Transportation Security Administration spokesperson said in a tweet that one of its agents had been killed in the shooting and another
A gunman opened fire with an assault rifle in a terminal of Los Angeles International airport on Friday, killing a Transportation Security Agent and injuring at least six other people before he was shot and captured, authorities said on Friday.
The incident prompted scenes of chaos at the airport, which halted departing flights and evacuated the terminal. Streets surrounding the airport were also shut down.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti along with Patrick Gannon, chief of the Los Angeles Airport Police, and other law enforcement officials released few new details in their first news conference following the shooting.
"An individual came into Terminal 3 of this airport, pulled an assault rifle out of a bag and began to open fire in the terminal," Gannon said at the press conference.
A U.S. Transportation Security Administration spokesperson said in a tweet that one of its agents had been killed in the shooting and another