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Shooting reported at Los Angeles airport | Shooting reported at Los Angeles airport |
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Several people have been wounded by gunfire at Los Angeles International Airport. | |
The Transportation Security Administration confirmed one of its employees had been shot. | |
Emergency vehicles and heavily armed police are on the scene. Officers were reported to be searching and clearing the terminals. | |
Passengers were ordered to evacuate the airport, some onto the tarmac. | |
All outbound flights have been cancelled. | |
The incident was initially reported after 9:30 local time (16:30 GMT). | |
The Los Angeles Fire Department said it was assisting police at a "multi-patient incident". | |
Witness Robert Perez told a CBS affiliate that airport security officers ran through the terminal yelling that a man had a gun. | |
"I heard popping and everybody dropped to the ground," Mr Perez said. | |
Another witness, Brian Keech, told the Associated Press news agency he heard "about a dozen gunshots" from inside the security gate at Terminal 3. | |
The White House confirmed President Barack Obama had been briefed on the incident. |