Shots Fired at LAX: TSA Agent Shot Dead!

(Twitter) LAPD officers meet after the shooting at Terminal 3

(Los Angeles, CA) Dozen shots heard at LAX and panic ensued after TSA officers were shot at by a gunman who was armed with an assault riffle and a handgun.

The lone shooter allegedly came in through Terminal 3, and as soon as he entered, he took a riffle out of his bag and began shooting at people on the escalator and a few TSA officers before LAPD was able to disable him by shooting him on the leg.

(Twitter) The aftermath of the shooting posted by twitter user @YassiFresh - Blood and clothes of the shooter at #lax #laxshooting

Three people have been transported to UCLA hospital where they are being treated for their wounds, while three other people had minor injuries and were sent to other local hospitals.

(Twitter) Tory Bellici tweeted this photo of the evacuation after the shooting began.

Tory Bellici, host of the show Blow It Up, was present during the shooting and tweeted about the incident - "Heard gun shots then everyone starting running for the door. Not sure if anyone was hurt."

FoxSports.com writer, Bill Reiter, tweeted - "When gunfire broke out there was a stampede people, all of us hiding under seats we didn't fit under, we burst through the door to outside."

(twitter) L.A. Times released this photo - is this the shooter?

There have been conflicting reports whether the shooter was a TSA officer or not, L.A. Times, tweeted this photo out of a wounded TSA agent being rushed out of the terminal but it is unclear if it is the shooter or not.

UPDATE: The shooter has been identified by NBC News as 23-year-old Paul Anthony Ciancia.

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