Shooting At Los Angeles Airport — TSA Agent Reportedly Shot

View · by **Thunder71** on Fri Nov 01, 2013 11:12 am

Shooting At Los Angeles Airport — TSA Agent Reportedly Shot

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/report-of-shooting-at-lax-airport-2013-11#ixzz2jPm2943T

View · by **RealDeal** on Fri Nov 01, 2013 11:17 am

Here we go again. Another incident in a gun free zone. Imagine that. Buckle your seatbelts, the ride continues.

View · by **Makarov** on Fri Nov 01, 2013 12:58 pm

One TSA worker shot another TSA worker.
Cops killed the shooter.

11:36 a.m.: Law enforcement sources told the Los Angeles Times that the gunman was a Transportation Security Administration employee at LAX.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-m ... z2jQCRRrdA

View · by **xd ED** on Fri Nov 01, 2013 2:42 pm

tsa is denying shooter was an agent.

View · by **Pat Cannon** on Fri Nov 01, 2013 2:56 pm

So far what I've gotten from the TV is, "We don't know much but it's our job to keep talking anyway."

View · by **tazdevil** on Fri Nov 01, 2013 3:41 pm

News is reporting now that shooter was a former agent......wait for it.

So how could this happen in the uber-gun controlled state of Kalifornia, nonetheless in a airport in Kalifornia?

View · by **Thunder71** on Fri Nov 01, 2013 3:44 pm

He must have used steel shot and under 7 rounds in a firearm that didn't have a detachable magazine.

View · by **RealDeal** on Fri Nov 01, 2013 4:34 pm

Shooter used a Ruger Mini 14, stainless with black stock. CBS news just showed a photo of the shooting scene, and this rifle was laying on the floor. Great, just great. So much for this rifle being left off the ban list in the future, as it was in the last proposal/bill.

View · by **Makarov** on Fri Nov 01, 2013 5:19 pm

Now they are saying the shooter was NOT a TSA employee, was shot in the face, survived the shooting and was taken into custody.

A federal law enforcement official said that the gunman was a ticketed passenger entering the airport. Officials don’t believe the gunman has ever worked for TSA. Law enforcement sources had earlier told The Times the gunman was a TSA employee.

On a side note, I saw the colored tarps laying on the ground near several ambulances.
It turns out these are for triage sorting of victims.
Info here:
http://my.firefighternation.com/forum/t ... %3A2878691

View · by **connsolo** on Fri Nov 01, 2013 7:48 pm

Having had to go through lax many times o have no doubt that it could be a current or former tsa agent. I think having a neck tattoo is a requirement to get a job there, and the agents are clearly instructed to discuss what they do last night vs actually do their jobs.

View · by **connsolo** on Fri Nov 01, 2013 7:49 pm

RealDeal wrote:Shooter used a Ruger Mini 14, stainless with black stock. CBS news just showed a photo of the shooting scene, and this rifle was laying on the floor. Great, just great. So much for this rifle being left off the ban list in the future, as it was in the last proposal/bill.

It was already banned

View · by **2in2out** on Fri Nov 01, 2013 8:47 pm

connsolo wrote:
RealDeal wrote:Shooter used a Ruger Mini 14, stainless with black stock. CBS news just showed a photo of the shooting scene, and this rifle was laying on the floor. Great, just great. So much for this rifle being left off the ban list in the future, as it was in the last proposal/bill.

It was already banned

Some were, but not all. Mine was specifically exempted by Dianne Feinstein.

The short snippit I saw on Yahoo news seemed to imply that the shooter was trying to commit suicide by cop. A TSA agent was killed, and at least one other wounded. The shooter was wounded and is in custody.

View · by **rottenit** on Fri Nov 01, 2013 9:35 pm

I wonder if this is going to be used to push that TSA agents have full LEO status?

View · by **bstrawse** on Sat Nov 02, 2013 12:31 am

rottenit wrote:I wonder if this is going to be used to push that TSA agents have full LEO status?

They would have to restaff the entire officer population - they do not meet the standard for federal law enforcement officers in many MANY cases.
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View · by **rottenit** on Sat Nov 02, 2013 6:49 am

bstrawse wrote:
rottenit wrote:I wonder if this is going to be used to push that TSA agents have full LEO status?

They would have to restaff the entire officer population - they do not meet the standard for federal law enforcement officers in many MANY cases.
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Were talking about "national security" just lower the standard well feel safer! :p