LAX shooting spree: TSA worker dead after automatic rifle rampage inside Los Angeles International Airport Terminal 3

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AX shooting suspect Paul Anthony Ciancia, 23, who allegedly pulled a firearm out of his bag while approaching an LAX Terminal 3 security checkpoint and opened fire around 9:20 a.m.

A lone, black-clad gunman carrying a high-powered assault rifle shot and killed a TSA worker and injured others on Friday inside a busy terminal at Los Angeles International Airport.

Violence erupted after Paul Anthony Ciancia, 23, pulled his firearm out of a bag while approaching an LAX Terminal 3 security checkpoint and opened fire about 9:20 a.m. He was an L.A.-area resident who was originally from of Pennsville, N.J.

Ciancia was carrying a bag containing a hand-written note that said he “wanted to kill TSA and pigs,” said a law enforcement official who was briefed at LAX on the investigation and requested anonymity because was he was not authorized to speak publicly.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/lax-gunman-opens-fire-la-airport-article-1.1503916#ixzz2jRhNQxsb

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