he injured a second officer at the same time. he made his way down that terminal to the gate area where he was shot and killed. he was killed by officers from lax police and lapd. the second thing that we believe suggests he was targeting tsa agents, law enforcement officials saying as he was running down the terminal, he essentially was asking people hey, are you with tsa and when they said no he continued running, making his way down. third thing, also, information, there were texts that apparently he was sending in the days leading up to the attack we were just learning in which he was sending them to his father and brother and there was some concern about his situation 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
our next guest came face-to-face with the gunman who asked what literally became a life or death question. we spoke earlier tonight by phone. lee leon, the shooter walked up to you. take us what happened. i had just gotten through the security gates with the x-ray machines. i had my shoes and belt off. as i was walking through there i heard shots. ways just getting ready to pick up my shoes and belt and go on my way, pick up my other stuff. at that point we heard some shots, some more shots. so everybody kind of hit the ground then people started to run. did you know instantly it was shots? i didn t know what was happening and i didn t turn around to look. the shots were coming from behind me. and the tsa agent that was near me urged me to grab my stuff and go. he saw that i didn t have my shoes on. so he grabbed the shoes, and the two of us started running down
pensville, new jersey where the shooter s father lives. the police chief talked to reporters. secure and go with the flow here. chief, you know this family well, you grew up with the father, what kind of people are they? good people. everybody here is good people. this is a circumstance the fbi is doing a great job and back here at pensville, we ll do the best to help them out. you never had a problem with this family before? no. the chief did not say about reports the family got suicidal text messages from the killer p prior to the shooting. tsa officers are not armed. the lax shooting points how vulnerable they are. airports are long to be known soft targets. joining me tom blank and mike brooks. tom, this is obviously a terrible tragedy. you say it actually could have been much worse and in many ways
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there is not there s not that many layers you can put before you get to that screening. no, but there is a lot you don t also see involved in aviation security. i was with delta airlines after law enforcement. i was general manager of delta airlines during 9/11. since 9/11 there are more layers of security from that front door, even when you just enter the grounds of the airport, on the roads leading up to the airports, anderson, that people don t see. there is surveillance cameras, there are people there are law enforcement officers and tsa folks in plain clothes also armed. there is a lot of layers you don t see but i m sure they will look at this because it still is troubling that this gunman was able to get to the gate, and if, you know, there had been a plane at a particular gate, well, is there a possibility he could have gotten on board that plane but the two officers that confronted him are the true heroes today because they did save a lot of people s lives.