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They have got to make sure this is the sole shooter and the incident is over as they believe it to be. >> right, andrea. thats the most important thing. the weak point at an airport is egress, where you come in before you reach the security checkpoint. you do go to the ticket counter as most of us know, travelers and frequent flyers. if you have carry on luggage, you may be able to not have it totally completely scanned until you give it to the ticket agent. pedestrians can go into the airport t...

Entire crime scene and buns they are taken they will move in closer and closer. and the police are standing over it to get. >> you say bullet casings and blood. >> thats what the witness said. step around the evidence. he named bullet casings and blood. >> this looks like gate 36 or 38. but that would be more evident to us with the weapon here and presumably the person doing the shooting at one point in here went out on the tarmac he was cuffed and taken away. he was inside of the security. i ha...

When a man had something on his shoe and tried to blow up a plane with a shoe what followed was new rules about our shoes. when they had concerned about liquids you cant take a bottle of water. now a man had shot his way to a security checkpoint. i wan der if big changes arent coming as a result of that? >> when we have had these major incidents it has lead to significant and pretty quick changes to the security posture here in the united states.

12:30 p.m. eastern time, parts of the los angeles international airport began to be evacuated after reports of gunfire, shots being fired according to local police. airport officials said the incident was at terminal 3 at l.a.x. and passengers said there was a lot of popping sound. everybody was diving for cover. hundreds of people started running down staircases. according to one eyewitness, everybody started to panic. passengers were directed to board buses and were taken to smaller terminals ...

Wolf? >> and we know theres a ground stop at l.a.x., departing flights have been halted as of right now, according to l.a.x. personnel. weve got an eyewitness, deb. chuck, i hope im pronouncing your last name correctly. you were near the food court. what did you see? what was your impression? >> well, i was actually at gate 30 just walking towards the food court and i think gate 30 is the closest to where the security checkpoint is. and suddenly, i heard a couple of popping noises and i turned t...

Is track blood into an area of the airport where the guy never was and cause yourself some issues about what happened here. >> okay, and as you have been watching our coverage, youve been watching and learning as we have now learned this tsa agent who was shot by the gunman at that security checkpoint, is dead. what questions, just from your law enforcement mind, what questions do you have about everything? >> well, right now, what youre trying to do is get an idea to gel as to what youre dealin...

Some new information. what can you tell us? >> reporter: we want to paint a picture of exactly what happened for you. apparently this gunman approached the screeners, pulled out what police say was an assault rifle from a bag. the weapon had been concealed. he walked over to the screeners and thats when he opened fire. now, we are told that he shot one fatally and then another was injured in the leg. tsa has now confirmed that others were injured but its not clear whether in fact they were injur...

If that is the case. the information that youve been able to get is that it is not. were watching as the los angeles mayor eric garcetti and l.a. police chief charlie beck now preparing to start the news conference. leon, can you tell me what you saw? >> you ready? >> yes. >> are you there? >> yes, i am. >> can you tell me what you saw in the airport? >> well, basically i was at the security checkpoint and just gotten through the security checkpoint and i got my belt and shoes were off -- >> leo...

Inside. according to our sources, and folks close to the investigation, there was a gunman who did not quite breach security who opened fire and shot a tsa agent. that tsa agent injured. within the shooting back and forth between law enforcement and the gunman, multiple rounds went off. we now know that the gunman who was hit has been taken to a hospital. and in just talking to people who were there, who heard the rapid succession of the gunshots, its terrifying. its been the most terrifying ord...

Stepped through the security checkpoint, he was taken to a local hospital. we are now told that at least one security -- one tsa agent was indeed shot and killed during this. were also being told that the operation is being scaled back somewhat in the sense that the heavy presence you see, theyre now going to focus on the witnesses who may have been near the checkpoint when the shooting took place. they have to resecure the area, but theyre looking at this as if this was one gunman, one incident...