3:30 p.m.  Law enforcement officials identify LAX shooting suspect as 23-year-old Paul Ciancia.

 p.m2:18 p.m. (AP) Police say 3 have been shot, including a TSA agent, by a gunman with a semi-automatic weapon at LAX. A Union official is reporting the TSA agent was killed in Friday’s shooting.

2:07 p.m. (AP) — Authorities say a suspect is in custody after opening fire at the Los Angeles International Airport and injuring multiple people.

Los Angeles police Officer Norma Eisenman says officers responded to the incident Friday which occurred at 9:30 a.m. in terminal 3. Multiple people were hit by gunfire, she says but their condition is unknown.

She says the suspect exchanged fire with airport police and was taken into custody. The airport is being swept for precautionary measures and the bomb unit is on scene.

Airport staff evacuated travelers and flights were disrupted nationwide.

 

1:00p.m.  A suspect has reportedly been shot and is in custody following the shooting at LAX.  A number of individual have reportedly been injured including a TSA agent.

12:20 p.m. Police surrounded a terminal at Los Angeles International Airport where a mass shooting has reportedly taken place. There are reports of multiple injuries.

 

The shooting occurred just after 9:30 PDT. The airport is being evacuated. and security has been increased at airports across the west coast.

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