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That shotgun was not concealed. he specifically asked to talk to a teacher and that teacher was notified that the student was looking for him. the teacher left. another student who happened to be in the vicinity at some point when the student opened fire was shot. that student we understand is currently in very serious condition undergoing surgery. the other side of all this is the students who were locked away extremely scared and the parents who were desperate for mow information. we had a cha...

Here from above outside the terminal as an oeg of travelers fleeing the gunman. you can imagine being there a. number of people got hurt in the rush but sticking around was not an option. youll hear stories tonight. a lot of eyewitnesss on the program with everything else were learning about todays murder at lax. >> reporter: los angeles international airport, 9:28 a.m. local time. the fbi says paul anthony ciancia a white male 23 pull as rifle and opens fire. at the security check point tsa off...

Our door in the lounge. they locked the doors, but it was like i was wondering is this person going to come through the door, and if so, we would be trapped. we would be sitting ducks in there. fortunately, nothing happened. as we exited and as they were taking us to evacuate, i saw the weapon on the ground inside of the terminal and it was a rifle, an assault rifle. >> do you know it definitely was an assault rifle, are you sure about that? >> yeah, i saw it. it was like an ar-15, i think. so, ...

The one fierped and two additional magazines were told by a source on him. those were never used. there is a picture of both the rifle and what were being told are bloody clothes, that was a picture snapped in the area where police shot him. anderson? >> debra appreciate the update. kim has more. you had people in different terminals stop stuck on planes for five, six hours, how are people getting information in and remaining calm. what was the scene like afterwards? >> reporter: well, after tha...

Military or law enforcement background and as a result of that, the coordination and the seamless response that you saw today is the result of over 12 years now of working and assessing what the threats might be and assessing how to conduct the response. i think the important thing is to think about resiliency and say when this occurred, the law enforcement officers knew where to respond, how to respond in short order and through good coordination. that airport got back open for partial traffic ...

Survived. youre saying the shooter is dead? >> no, no, i didnt say that. the shooter was hit three times in the chest, center mass, hit multiple times but we dont know the condition. weve been trying to find out from hospitals throughout the course of the day because thats a significant wound as you can imagine. >> right, obviously. do we know much about his background? >> no, and thats been a little bit frustrate l. this happened about 12:30 eastern standard time. all we know 23-year-olds old, ...

And i just shook my head, and he kept going. >> how did he seem to you? i mean, what did he look like? was his expression? >> he looked -- he didnt have -- you know, it was kind of hard to see the expression. i was more focused on his weapon. it was a rifle, like a -- liked like an assault rifle. im in the hospital sure what kind it would have been. he was dressed normally. he had short hair, light complexion, you know, just maybe blue jeans or gray jacket or something like that -- >> and he was...

About how -- what was going through his mind at the time. so these three things suggest in fact, he was looking to shoot tsa agents. thats the premise law enforcement officials are investigating. thats what they tell us, anderson. >> earlier reports said he was shot multiple times but survived. youre saying the shooter is dead? >> no, no, i didnt say that. the shooter was hit three times in the chest, center mass, hit multiple times but we dont know the condition. weve been trying to find out fr...

People were jumping over chairs, jumping over each other, everybody trying to stay low and somebody came and unlocked one of the doors to the tarmac and we all just poured out and then got to cover underneath the airplane. >> did you guy at any point see the shooter? >> i -- >> no. i did not see the shooter. i was talking to an eyewitness who was right next to me. he said he saw a guy coming up with a white shirt and what looked like an assault rifle coming up the escalator and it was blowing my...

He had my shoes. i went and kind of towered in a corner and the shooter was just calmly walking down the corridor, but he saw me cowering there, he had his gun and looked at me and said tsa? and i just shook my head, and he kept going. >> how did he seem to you? i mean, what did he look like? was his expression? >> he looked -- he didnt have -- you know, it was kind of hard to see the expression. i was more focused on his weapon. it was a rifle, like a -- liked like an assault rifle. im in the h...