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Shooting at LAX

Tenni Idler, Online News Editor • Nov 8, 2013
Courtesy of Youtube/DMartyr11

On Friday, Nov. 1 at 9:20 a.m., Paul Ciancia walked up to a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint in Los Angeles Airport and pulled a .223-caliber assault rifle from a bag and shot a nearby police officer.

Chaos ensued as the gunman continued around the terminal, asking bystanders if they were TSA officers. Passenger Leon Saryan came face to face with the shooter when Ciancia approached him and asked, “TSA?” Saryan shook his head no and Ciancia moved on.

When police arrived, Ciancia was shot and incapacitated, ending the mayhem.  The motive for the shooting is still unknown and Ciancia remains alive but in critical condition.

The shooting has prompted review of security protocol, as well as increased officer presence at Dulles and Reagan International Airports. The office of Homeland Security has also made public an instructional video that addresses how to deal with public shootings (see link below).

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Information from CNN and the Washington Post

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This is senior Tenni Idler’s first year on the Pitch Staff. She is excited to be working as an Online News Editor this school year and hopes to get more people reading the online site. Tenni is a member of the varsity soccer and runs for the varsity track and field team at Walter Johnson. When she’s not busy playing sports she likes to read and write which she hopes will help her in her career at The Pitch.
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