Funny how these things just….happen.

The Story:

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A TSA agent was killed and several other people were injured Friday in a shooting at Terminal 3 at LAX, police said. CBS News’ John Miller said the unidentified suspect entered the terminal wearing camouflage and opened fire around 9:20 a.m. Preliminary indications show that he was targeting TSA employees, according to Miller. The suspect pulled an assault rifle out of his bag, began to open fire in the terminal and proceeded to the TSA screening area, where he was able to gain access to the airport itself, according to Chief Patrick Gannon of Los Angeles World Airports. Personnel officers tracked the man, who was able to travel as far as a Burger King restaurant. Officers then engaged in gunfire with him and were subsequently able to take him into custody, he said. “We believe there was a lone shooter…only one person that was armed in this incident,” Gannon said. via TSA Agent Fatally Shot, Others Wounded In Shooting At LAX « CBS Los Angeles.

Picture via HotAir:

NEW PHOTO: Rifle, bloodied clothes on the ground at LAX terminal @AlienGurudeva via @MicahGrimes pic.twitter.com/TXD9d9eXh6 — NewsBreaker (@NewsBreaker) November 1, 2013

Say uncle wonders along the same lines. Update #3: and links back here… Thank You!

Memeorandum has the blogger round up and I am not there, as usual.

Update #1: Suspect Named: (via Mediaite)

Federal officials: suspect arrested in LAX shooting is 23-year-old Paul Anthony Ciancia, a US citizen & LA-area resident – @PeteWilliamsNBC — NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) November 1, 2013

Update #2 But of course….

The Story via Mediaite:

NBC News reporter Pete Williams identified the suspect in Friday’s LAX shooting as 23-year-old Paul Anthony Ciancia who, according to authorities, had literature on him that suggests “strong anti-government views.” Williams noted, however, that NBC News could not confirm that Ciancia was in any federal or state database or that he had been listed as a potential violent anti-government threat. Williams reported that Ciancia was born in 1990 and is an American citizen. The motive for why he shot multiple people at the Los Angeles airport, killing one, remains unconfirmed. “We’re told, that he had strong anti-government views,” Williams reported. “That’s based on some written material that we’re told he was carrying, that they found on him after he was shot by L.A. airport police.” Williams noted that the shooter may have had some connection with the Transportation Safety Administration and had targeted TSA agents as his victims. “So, it would seem to be a combination of anti-government views and some kind of grudge against the TSA,” Williams said of the shooter’s motivation. He added that no database indicates that Ciancia was on a watch list and the shooters home has not been searched.

Why thank you Mr. Ciancia, you just handed the US Democrats and the Democrats in California a golden goose egg. 😡

Update #4: Video from inside the terminal via TMZ (H/T to the New York Post)

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