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With us. weve got much more ahead on "new day saturday" which continues right now. we heard shots. there were shots, everybody hit the ground and people started to run. a shooting rampage at los angeles international airport kills one tsa officer. injuries two others. we now have new details on who the shooter is and what his real mission may have been. >> he proceeded up into the screening area where tsa screeners are. and continued shooting and went past the screeners back into the airpo...

>> reporter: los angeles international airport, 9:20 a.m. local time. the fbi says 23-year-old paul anthony ciancia enters terminal 3, pulls a rifle from a bag and opens fire. >> he proceeded up into the screening area where tsa screeners are, and continues shooting and went past the screeners back into the airport itself. >> reporter: at the security checkpoint, tsa officers who are not armed are shot. one, 39-year-old giardo hernandez is killed. he is the first tsa officer to die in the line o...

>> i would say 15 feet, 20 feet. >> wow, that close. was it very loud? >> oh, yeah, it was really loud. you hear a sound like that in an airport environment and its definitely not right. >> did you know right away it was shots? >> yeah, i think within a couple seconds or almost a split second everybody, you know, i was standing at the very back of the line and everybody dropped to the floor, and i mean, i think everybody knew right away it was shots. its much louder and more abrupt than anything...

Stories of the people who had to rupp for the ru runs for their lives. >> reporter: los angeles international airport. 9:20 a.m. local time. the fbi says 23-year-old paul anthony ciancia enters terminal 3, pulls a rifle from a bag, and opens fire. >> he proceeded up into the screening area where tsa screeners are and continues shooting and went past the screeners back into the airport itself. >> reporter: at the security checkpoint, tsa officers who are not armed are shot. one 39-year-old gerard...

Proceeded then into the airport screening area. past the screeners. and then got deep enough into the airport itself, according to different eye witnesses, and l.a.p.d. specifically, theyre describing the gunman as wearing grayish camouflage. according to lapd, had this assault rifle which he pulled out of a bag and began shooting. this became an officer-volved shooting. seven people were hurt, six taken to the hospital, including the gunman who was taken down by law enforcement. according to so...

Lax. >> i have been talking to mark and audrey while you have been on the air. you dont have your shoe. you are wearing only one shoe. >> i was at the screening area. i was putting my belongings in the tray i had one boot off and i put my boot in the tray and we fell to the floor and on top of each other. it was like a dream it wasnt real it was like a movie. it was so intense. and we panicked. and just started flooding through the screening xray machines and tsa was right there with us. im shak...

Individual, the suspect, pulled an assault rifle out of his bag, thats the words of the police, assault rifle, and opened fire. he charged back into the screening area and walked well inside the airport terminal before security ultimately caught up with him. an intelligence officer briefed by the lapd says the gunman was shot in the chest multiple times. now that shooter is said to be in custody. two sources tell cnn the shooter is not, repeat, not a current or former tsa officer, despite report...

The police to give you a rundown of the incident this morning. >> patrick gannon. im the chief the airport police at l.a. international airport. as the mayor indicated, 9:20 this morning, an individual came into terminal three of this airport, pulled a assault rifle out of a bag and began to open fire in the terminal. he proceeded up into the screening area where tsa screeners are and continued shooting and went past the screeners back into the airport itself. personnel officers from armt police...

Jacket. some described it as camo. shot his way through the transportation security administrations screening station there. now, weve not heard any reports this person came in up to the tsa screening area. only that the shooting began there, then he made his way down the long corridor, which we can see. down this long corridor from the security check point to where the food court, for a weapon on the carpeting outside of gate 36. theres a sign in the birkhead, the gun is in the foreground, the ...

Open fire. >> just three loud pops, and everybody started panicking. >> reporter: the panic becoming a stampede. >> people were running, people we are getting knocked down. luggage everywhere, and mayhem is the best way to describe it. >> reporter: the gunman keeps firing. >> he proceeded into the screening area where tsa screeners are and continued shooting. >> reporter: even as traveler panic, police go into action. >> the officers didnt -- i repeat, they didnt hesitate. they went after this i...