LAX shooting
On the morning of Nov. 1, 2013, a gunman, identified by police as Paul Anthony Ciancia, targeted TSA screening personnel in Terminal 3 of LAX, the nation’s third-busiest airport.
Gerardo I. Hernandez, 39 and the father of two, was shot to death, becoming the agency’s first officer killed in the line of duty. Two other TSA officials and a school teacher were wounded.
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In the wake of last month’s deadly shooting at Los Angeles International Airport, a local congresswoman has called for improvements to airport security, including the permanent assignment of armed police officers near passenger screening checkpoints.
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Paul Anthony Ciancia pleaded not guilty Thursday to 11 federal counts, including murder and attempted murder, in connection with the Nov. 1 shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport that left a Transportation Security Administration officer dead.
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Federal prosecutors said this week that Atty. Gen.
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The family of a Transportation Security Administration officer slain in a shooting at LAX has filed a claim against the city, alleging the wrongful death of Gerardo Hernandez and seeking damages in excess of $25 million.
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The debate over the presence of armed police officers at airport passenger screening areas continued Friday as lawmakers met at Los Angeles International Airport to take a fresh look at November’s deadly shooting and the steps airport and federal officials have taken in its wake.
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The lessons learned from the emergency response to last November’s deadly shooting at Los Angeles International Airport will be reviewed Friday during a congressional committee hearing at LAX.
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The union representing 45,000 Transportation Security Administration officers repeated its calls to arm officers Wednesday, saying the agency’s actions after November’s deadly shooting at Los Angeles International Airport “does not go far enough.”
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The Transportation Security Administration is calling for an increased police presence at agency checkpoints after November’s deadly shooting at LAX, according to a report obtained Wednesday.
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Officials promise to address the lack of communication and poor coordination between agencies after the chaotic response to the Nov. 1 shooting in which a TSA officer was killed and three people were injured.
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The emergency response to November’s deadly shooting at Los Angeles International Airport was hampered by poor communication and a lack of coordination between agencies, problems that contributed to a chaotic evacuation and delays reaching victims, officials said Tuesday.
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An in-depth report that critiques the response of public safety agencies and airport officials to November’s deadly shooting at Los Angeles International Airport will be released to the public Tuesday.
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The man accused in the deadly shooting rampage last fall at Los Angeles International Airport is likely to be moved soon from a county jail to a federal holding facility, his attorney said in court Monday.
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After the chaotic evacuation of passenger terminals in last year’s deadly shooting at Los Angeles International Airport, officials said they are making significant improvements to emergency response plans.
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The Transportation Security Administration and airports nationwide will observe a moment of silence at 9:20 a.m.
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Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said he would like to improve curbside camera surveillance at LAX, noting that police “struggled” to determine how a gunman arrived at the airport in last week’s deadly rampage.
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A man who got in a shootout with Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies in Long Beach before shooting himself is in grave condition at a local hospital, officials said.
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Police and emergency vehicles made a slow two laps around Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday to honor the TSA agent slain in a shooting rampage there just five days before.
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Four days after Calabasas High School teacher Brian Ludmer was wounded in the Los Angeles International Airport shooting rampage, students walked out of classes to protest gun violence.
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The disorganized evacuation was a nightmare for emergency planners, experts say, prompting calls for a sweeping review.
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Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said Tuesday that he believes the American public is not ready to accept the level of airport security that would be needed to prevent another attack like last week’s deadly shooting at LAX.
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A Los Angeles City Council member Tuesday criticized what he called “gaps in communication” between Los Angeles International Airport workers and thousands of stranded, evacuated passengers in the hours after Friday’s shooting.
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Students of a Calabasas High School teacher who was wounded during the shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport plan to walk out of their classes Tuesday to protest gun violence and support his recovery.
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Join us at 9 a.m. when we discuss the latest on the investigation into Friday’s shooting at Los Angeles International Airport with Times reporter Kate Mather.
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Airport security experts note the cost and risk of arming TSA officers. The Airport Police chief says more officers in the terminal wouldn’t have necessarily saved lives.
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The public relations director of Newport Beach’s tourism bureau was fired Monday after sending out a tweet encouraging travelers to come to the beach city and escape the “chaos” of the fatal shooting at Los Angeles International Airport.
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Here are some of the places we expect to be safe: Airports. Military bases. Movie theaters.
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A Transportation Security Administration worker injured in the deadly shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport spoke to reporters for the first time Monday, saying his first thought was to help the passengers around him.
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The president of the union representing more than 45,000 Transportation Security Administration agents urged Congress and the agency on Monday to create a new class of officers that would be armed with weapons.
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The family of the suspect in Friday’s shooting at Los Angeles International Airport said in a statement Monday that “we, like most Americans, are shocked and numbed by the tragic events.”
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The semiautomatic rifle used in the LAX shooting rampage Friday was purchased at a Van Nuys gun store and could fit into the bag the alleged gunman brought to the airport, a federal law enforcement source told The Times.
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Discuss the latest on the Los Angeles International Airport shooting at 9 a.m. with Times reporter Kate Mather.
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Police officials missed checking in on Paul Anthony Ciancia “by a matter of minutes” before a deadly shooting rampage occurred at Los Angeles International Airport, the chairman of the U.S.
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As flights get on back on schedule, a Calabasas High teacher wounded in the leg in Friday’s rampage remained in fair condition.
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Three Los Angeles police officers who opened fire on an unarmed car-chase suspect, killing him, have been temporarily taken out of the field, Police Chief Charlie Beck told KPCC-FM Wednesday.
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The alleged gunman behind the fatal shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport could face the death penalty.
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The man accused in the fatal shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday on 11 felony counts, including murder and attempted murder, prosecutors announced.
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The 23-year-old accused of perpetrating a shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport made his first court appearance Wednesday, facing a murder charge in the slaying of a security screener.
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The 23-year-old man accused of going on a deadly shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport, killing a screener and injuring three others, is scheduled to be arraigned in court Wednesday.
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The man accused in a deadly shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport last month is scheduled to make his first court appearance Wednesday, federal prosecutors said.
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TSA officer Gerardo Hernandez suffered extensive injuries to many vital organs before his death in the shooting at LAX, autopsy shows.
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A Transportation Security Administration officer killed at Los Angeles International Airport during a rampage three weeks ago was shot 12 times, with bullets piercing organs, grazing his heart and severing a major artery, according to a final autopsy report released Friday.
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The man charged in a deadly shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport has been released from a local hospital and taken to a federal holding facility, law enforcement sources confirmed.
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A media report alleges that an LAPD officer delayed taking TSA Officer Gerardo Hernandez to paramedics after he was shot by a gunman at LAX.
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Several agencies investigating the shooting at Los Angeles International Airport this month that left one TSA agent dead and three others wounded issued a joint statement Saturday saying they would be evaluating what improvements can be made in responding to such an incident in the future.
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Los Angeles police officials said Friday they would investigate allegations made in a news report that an LAPD officer delayed medical attention for an airport security employee fatally wounded during the shooting at LAX earlier this month.
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Law enforcement officers and federal officials attend a memorial for Agent Gerardo I. Hernandez, who was killed by a gunman at LAX on Nov. 1.
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The man suspected in a deadly shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport has been upgraded from critical to fair condition at an area hospital.
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As law enforcement officers milled about the parking lot of the L.A.
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A Calabasas High School teacher wounded in a shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport Friday was listed in fair condition, officials said.
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As authorities filed murder charges against the suspect in the LAX shooting rampage, they were also trying to determine a possible motive.
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LAX police and the federal Transportation Security Administration are reviewing protocols in the wake of the shooting Friday that left a TSA agent dead and several other people wounded.
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Authorities offer new details suggesting that suspect Paul Anthony Ciancia’s rampage was explicitly aimed at TSA agents.
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The agency created to increase public safety has become the subject of ridicule and mockery among those it was designed to protect.
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Flight schedules at Los Angeles International Airport were “back to normal” Sunday after a deadly shooting Friday caused mass delays and cancellations.
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The man authorities allege opened fire inside Los Angeles International Airport on Friday “made the conscious decision” to try to kill multiple TSA employees, according to a federal criminal complaint.
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A Calabasas High School teacher shot by a gunman Friday at Los Angeles International Airport is in fair condition, but faces at least one more surgery, according to hospital officials.
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The gunman suspected in a deadly rampage at Los Angeles International Airport sent his siblings troubling text messages before the incident, prompting his family to ask Los Angeles police to check on him, a New Jersey police chief said.
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Federal prosecutors on Saturday filed a murder charge against the suspect in the shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport in which a Transportation Security Administration screener was killed.
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The gunman ignored the travelers shuffling in and out of Los Angeles International Airport.
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What one Los Angeles International Airport official called a “logistical nightmare” played out Saturday afternoon inside Terminal 3 as passengers who had fled in the midst of Friday’s shooting rampage returned to search for their belongings -- resulting in long lines and hot tempers.
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The wife of the Transportation Security Administration screener who was fatally shot at Los Angeles International Airport during a shooting rampage said Saturday her husband was “always there to help anyone in need.”
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The Los Angeles International Airport terminal where a deadly shooting broke out Friday, killing one Transportation Safety Administration screener and sending hundreds of passengers scurrying for cover, was fully reopened early Saturday afternoon, officials said at a news conference.
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More than 1,500 flights and 167,050 passengers have been affected by Friday’s shooting at Los Angeles International Airport, officials said Saturday.
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The man suspected of opening fire at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, killing a TSA agent, was shot in the leg and head, making it difficult for authorities to gather information, a law enforcement official told The Times.
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Passengers who had to abandon their luggage in Terminal 3 at Los Angeles International Airport after a gunman opened fire Friday may be able to retrieve their belongings Saturday, officials announced.
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A Calabasas High School teacher was waiting for a flight at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday when he came face to face with a man toting a gun.
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In Pennsville Township, N.J., people who knew Paul Anthony Ciancia struggled to reconcile the quiet teenager who by some accounts was bullied in high school with the man who allegedly targeted TSA workers during a shooting rampage at LAX.
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Transportation Security Administration officials Friday night identified the agent killed in a rampage at LAX as Gerardo I.
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A Transportation Security Administration agent was killed and several other people were wounded when a gunman opened fire in a Los Angeles International Airport terminal Friday morning.
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Authorities found an anti-government note next to the man who allegedly opened fire at LAX on Friday, according to law enforcement sources.
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LAX shooting: The latest A gunman armed with a high-powered rifle opened fire at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday morning, killing a TSA agent and wounding several others, authorities said.
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The deadly shooting of a Transportation Security Administration worker Friday at Los Angeles International Airport left hundreds of passengers stranded for hours, forcing many to either make do or get creative.
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Hotels around Los Angeles International Airport are rapidly selling out as stranded travelers look for shelter following a fatal shooting at the airport.
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Correction: This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details.
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A Transportation Security Administration agent and a suspect were wounded in a shooting at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday morning, sources told the Los Angeles Times.
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The shooting at the Los Angeles International Airport halted production of AMC’s popular TV show “Mad Men” on Friday.
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The 23-year-old New Jersey man who authorities have identified as the gunman in the shooting rampage at LAX was a slightly built loner who was bullied at his private Catholic high school, a classmate recalled Friday.
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Pico Rivera residents Luz and Jose Mendez arrived at Los Angeles International Airport around 8 a.m.
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In the aftermath of a shooting at LAX on Friday that left one Transportation Security Administration dead and three others wounded, stranded air travelers were trying to make new plans or find their way home.
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Passengers described a scene of mayhem and chaos Friday morning as at least two people -- including a federal transportation agent -- were wounded in a shooting at Los Angeles International Airport .
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A gunman fired a high-powered rifle in Terminal 3 at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday morning, wounding several people and killing a TSA agent.
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A shooting at Los Angeles International Airport grounded flights at the nation’s sixth-busiest airport Friday, but the situation in the early going had yet to affect air travel across the nation.
