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| Gunman kills one and injures others at LAX airport in Los Angeles | |
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| A gunman opened fire inside Los Angeles international airport on Friday, killing a security agent, injuring at least seven people and causing flights to be grounded. | |
| The victim who died was an employee with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which administers security checkpoints at US airports. The TSA said a number of its agents were injured. Another man was in a critical condition and two other men were in a fair condition at UCLA Medical Center. | |
| Airports around LA were put under heightened alert, departures were halted and the White House was briefed. Paramedics set up a medical triage area outside the terminal. | Airports around LA were put under heightened alert, departures were halted and the White House was briefed. Paramedics set up a medical triage area outside the terminal. |
| The gunman was reported to have opened fire at a document checkpoint at about 9.20am local time. Chaos ensued, and armed officers tracked him around the terminal, engaging in gunfire before taking him into custody. | The gunman was reported to have opened fire at a document checkpoint at about 9.20am local time. Chaos ensued, and armed officers tracked him around the terminal, engaging in gunfire before taking him into custody. |
| Brian Adamick, 43, was at Terminal 3 preparing to board a Spirit Airlines flight to Chicago when people started running through the area. Adamick told reporters he went through an emergency exit, down stairs and out on to the tarmac, with several other passengers. | Brian Adamick, 43, was at Terminal 3 preparing to board a Spirit Airlines flight to Chicago when people started running through the area. Adamick told reporters he went through an emergency exit, down stairs and out on to the tarmac, with several other passengers. |
| "While I was on the tarmac, I heard two gunshots from the same area where the people had been running and screaming," he said. Minutes later buses evacuated passengers and a TSA agent with a bloodied ankle who appeared remarkably calm, saying "I got shot, I'm fine", according to Adamick. | "While I was on the tarmac, I heard two gunshots from the same area where the people had been running and screaming," he said. Minutes later buses evacuated passengers and a TSA agent with a bloodied ankle who appeared remarkably calm, saying "I got shot, I'm fine", according to Adamick. |
| The agent told passengers not to worry about him and that he had been shot before, Adamick said. "It looked like it was straight out of the movies." he added. | The agent told passengers not to worry about him and that he had been shot before, Adamick said. "It looked like it was straight out of the movies." he added. |
| Another passenger, Dana Starfield, told CBS she hid in an office with others who blocked the door with a Xerox machine and turned off their cellphones lest a shooter, or shooters, hunt more victims. | Another passenger, Dana Starfield, told CBS she hid in an office with others who blocked the door with a Xerox machine and turned off their cellphones lest a shooter, or shooters, hunt more victims. |
| A reporter for NBC4 News said he saw two injured people leave the terminal. One was in a wheelchair, while another walked out accompanied by emergency personnel, the reporter said. | A reporter for NBC4 News said he saw two injured people leave the terminal. One was in a wheelchair, while another walked out accompanied by emergency personnel, the reporter said. |
| Bill Reiter, a reporter for Fox Sports, said gunfire in the terminal had prompted a "stampede". He said on Twitter, at 9.30am local time: "I was at the Virgin terminal at LAX when gunfire broke out. Many of us have run on the tarmac. I don't know what's happening but I'm fine." | Bill Reiter, a reporter for Fox Sports, said gunfire in the terminal had prompted a "stampede". He said on Twitter, at 9.30am local time: "I was at the Virgin terminal at LAX when gunfire broke out. Many of us have run on the tarmac. I don't know what's happening but I'm fine." |
| He added: "When gunfire broke out there was a stampede people, all of us hiding under seats we didn't fit under, we burst through the door to outside. After the initial burst of gunfire and hiding, people started jumping over one another, jumping off chairs, pushing each other. Chaos & fear." | He added: "When gunfire broke out there was a stampede people, all of us hiding under seats we didn't fit under, we burst through the door to outside. After the initial burst of gunfire and hiding, people started jumping over one another, jumping off chairs, pushing each other. Chaos & fear." |
| Another passenger told CBS of surreal moments as police surrounded the gunman: "Some people were running for their lives, others remained calm." | Another passenger told CBS of surreal moments as police surrounded the gunman: "Some people were running for their lives, others remained calm." |
| Police evacuated the terminal and dozens of flights were cancelled and diverted. Road closures jammed traffic around the airport. | Police evacuated the terminal and dozens of flights were cancelled and diverted. Road closures jammed traffic around the airport. |
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