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. that s the premise law enforcement officials are investigating. that s what they tell us, anderson. earlier reports said he was shot multiple times but survived. you re saying the shooter is dead? no, no, i didn t say that. the shooter was hit three times in the chest, center mass, hit multiple times but we don t know the condition. we ve been trying to find out from hospitals throughout the course of the day because that s a significant wound as you can imagine. right, obviously. do we know much about his background? no, and that s been a little bit frustrate l. this happened about 12:30 eastern standard time. all we know 23-year-olds old, white mail, walked into the airport he had a bag in which he had the weapon concealed. he was wearing gray camouflage and one magazine in the rifle,
know, taking his time. do you know how long after he spoke to you that he was shot? i don t know. i can t say. i didn t you didn t hear shots i didn t i heard shots but i didn t see, you know, who was shooting or where and, you know, at the moment it wasn t obvious that there was just one shooter. and when he asked you, when he said tsa, did you realize what he meant? did you realize that absolutely. if you said you were tsa absolutely. if i had a tsa uniform, i wouldn t be here talking to you, sir. you have no doubt about that? i m convinced. well, it s just it s so hard to believe. leon, i m so glad things are okay for you and appreciate you taking the time to talk to us. thank you. thank you very much for calling. well, there is a lot more
secretary of homeland security. appreciate you joining us. this was the first time a tsa officer has been killed until the line of duty. what do you make of what happened today at lax? are the main points you re looking at or interested in finding more details on? first of all, i think you re right. there is still more details to be determined, let s be clear and all the other guests have spoken to this. the possibility of a individual coming into a terminal with a hidden firearm is real and something they are going to have to deal with on a day to day basis. there are 1.8 million passengers a day that go through over 450 airports and so this is a real challenge that, as i think tom pointed out, as horrible as the tragedy was, the resilience si and preparation and training is something to be lotted and not to take away from pain and suffering of the deceased and
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 didn t 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. i m 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 wasn t running. he was just walking? just walking. it was just walking slowly, you
complexion. just maybe blue jeans or gray jacket or something like that. and when he asked you when he said tsa, did you realize what he meant? did you realize that absolutely. if i had a tsa uniform i wouldn t be here talking to you. you have no doubt about that. i m convinced. well, it s so hard to believe. leon, i m so glad things are okay for you. and i appreciate you taking the time to talk to us, thank you. thank you very much for calling. imagine that feeling coming face-to-face with a gunman. you can follow me on twitter tonight @andersoncooper, use #ac 360later. we ll continue to cover the shooting and the aftermath. we ll be right back. [ male announcer ] at humana, understanding what makes you different is what makes us different.