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Were hit. l.a.x. police shot ciancia several times in the face and neck. he s alive but in his condition, he remains unresponsive. earlier friday morning, ciancia sent his family in new jersey rambling text messages. a woman who says she knows him says ciancia said he was going to commit suicide. the family alerted authorities, who then asked lapd to do a welfare check. if only police had gotten to his place just 45 minutes earlier, they might have stopped the rampage. but ciancia was already gone. he demanded a ride to the airport from one of his roommates. cnn s miguel marquez spoke exclusively to the woman who knows ciancia and his roommates. she says the roommates were handcuffed and questioned. at that moment that they re seeing this on the tv, their third roommate comes back, said oh, i just dropped off paul at l.a.x. he had to go home. they said i think you just dropped off paul to a shooting. reporter: describing ciancia as socially awkward, the woman ....
He says ciancia took his weapon and hopped out of his roommate s car at l.a.x. and began seeking out tsa agents to kill. did he ever express any hatred toward the government, toward the tsa? all of the findings that came out this year that he was very upset about it and he also thought that tsa aabused their power. reporter: cnn confirmed this picture is legitimate. pa paul ciancia is hit twice. he is wearing no special clothing and looks like any other traveler. at the moment they are seeing this on the tv, the third roommate comes back. i just dropped off paul at l.a.x. and he had to go home. they said i think you you just dropped paul off to a shooting. breaking overnight. a college student rescued after ....
As stephanie elam reports. we were up in security at the time of the shooting and we heard the initial gun shots. reporter: police say alleged gunman paul ciancia entered los angeles international airport s terminal three friday morning armed with an assault rifle and five magazines of ammunition. the fbi says it recovered a handwritten note on ciancia that made it clear he was out to kill multiple tsa officers. authorities say he shot tsa officer gerardo hernandez at point-blank range, sending passengers in the security screening area running for cover. investigators say then ciancia went up an escalator but after apparently spotting hernandez still moving on the floor, he doubled back to shoot him again, killing hernandez. there was a pause and so i looked down the escalator and i saw the gunman, he had his gun trained on the guy on the wall there and he shot him twice. reporter: in the end, two more tsa officers and a traveler were hit. ....
As you recall and wounded two other officers and a passenger. the suspect, 23-year-old paul ciancia, is still listed in critical condition at this hour. earlier, an attorney read a statement from his family in new jersey offering condolences to the victims and begging for privacy. paul is our son and brother. we will continue to love him and care for him. we will support him during the difficult times ahead. while we do not mean to minimize the grief and distress experienced by many other families, we hope that the public will understand that this is a very difficult time for our family, too. police say the gunman was specifically targeting the tsa, according to a note he had. working for the tsa seems like it s often a thankless task. much of the time you are an object of contempt for passengers as they watch you confiscate their toothpaste and if you blink too long, you risk letting something or someone dangerous through. but now, three days later, it s still unclear what the sus ....
Events of last friday. we acknowledge the need to understand what happened and why it happened. to that end, we as the seansah family have fully cooperated with the fbi and other law enforcement agencies over the last several days. it s most port for us as a family to express our deep and sincere sympathy to the hernandez family. meanwhile, the woman who knows the alleged gunman and his three room mates is sharing details about ciancia and the day of the shooting exclusively with cnn. stephanie elam, let me bring you in. you re live outside l.a.x. first, let s talk about police because we know his parents alerted police. police were within minutes of his apartment on friday morning. within minutes. we re talking about 45 minutes, brooke. what we understand happened is that allegedly, paul ciancia sent a text message to his brother and father on that morning, on friday morning, ....