police chief patrick gannon says he moved armed officers from behind the checkpoint to a more visible low indication in front. >> are they going to be in the exact same moment exactly when i would hoped they would be? no, it didn't happen in this case. >> reporter: officers did swarm the airport after the shooting, but witnesses wonder why they weren't there to begin with. >> i didn't make sense to me. i thought that guy had a gun and no one was this to stop him. >> ciancia is still in the hospital unresponsive. >>> and a threatening note found in a bathroom force add two hour evacuation of the birmingham airport in alabama today. the bomb squad looked through the terminal but didn't find anything. >>> a man was arrested for allegedly making threats abored a jetblue flight. the man was booked into jail on suspicion of public intoxication. >>> the family of a 13-year-old boy shot and killed by a sonoma county sheriff's deputy plans to filed a federal civil rights lawsuit. that could happen as early as tomorrow. andy lopez's family has already filed three wrongful death claims. lopez wa

that was patrick gannon talking about extra security precautions. our brian rooney is at lax and has been listening to the press conference. what were the take-aways from it for you? >> i was a little - it's tough for me to hear. i believe they said terminal 3 is up and operational, contrary to what they said earlier, it may be not until later in the afternoon. the airport is still trying to return to normal. there's a - there are piles of baggage here. people are trying to recover that. they need to recover personal items left out in terminal three during the shooting yesterday. it's interesting what they say about the security here, and without them giving the details, it's hard to know - i would say that they did awfully well against a man who was armed with an assault rifle. presumably the officers had handguns and they stopped it. we don't know the details of how it went. >> there's a lot of unanswered questions. as you mentioned it took 60 seconds for officers to pursue and find that suspect inside lax. >> thank you for your time. we'll check

. >> this is what we're told by patrick gannon, the police chief of l.a.x. about the shooter's path when this began about 9:20 in the morning pacific time. according to the police chief, the shooter came in through the main entrance of terminal 3. this is a diagram of terminal 3 only at l.a.x. comes in through the main entrance. could have come through this part, the drop off area here. also could have come in through one of the exits. not clear which part he came in in any event, he comes in here, opens up a bag, takes out an assault rifle, starts shooting in this area. then he shoots his way past tsa passenger screening presumably this is where the t sa officers were shot. not clear but presumably since so many of them are around here. and fewer of them are down in this area. but what's incredible here is that he shoots his way through here. then goes all the way down the terminal to this area here. hundreds of feet to a food court where he is finally disabled, shot, wounded, taken into custody. there's a burger king right about here where according to pol

today lax police chief patrick gannon praised his officers and reassured passengers. passengers going to notice a different? >> absolutely with an attempt to make our presence felt here and for people to people safe. >> reporter: f.b.i. agents confirm ciancia was not a ticketed passenger and believe someone brought him here to the airport but they will not say who dropped him off. >> axelrod: christmas eve at lax for us tonight, thank you. investigators looking for a motive won't appear to get much from the people of paul ciancia's home sown of southern new jersey. although he was raised there, ciancia was very much an unknown. >> reporter: as the town of pennsville, new jersey, continues to ask what allegedly drove paul ciancia to violence, police chief allen cummings had no new answers tonight except what his family is going through. >> you know, they're confuse. they don't know how it happened. they don't know what caused it. >> reporter: all day, his family's neighbors were asking lots of questions. >> it's hard to believe, i guess, you know, coming from a small t

p patrick gannon, g-a-n-n-on-n. i'm the chief of airport police here. as the mayor indicated, 9:20 this morning, an individual came into terminal three at this airport. pulled a assault rifle out of a bag and began to open fire. in the terminal. he proceeded up into the screening area where tsa screeners are and continued shooting and went past the screeners back into the airport itself. personnel officers from los angeles airport police responded immediately to the calls. they tracked the individual through the airport. and engaged him in gunfire in terminal three. and we're able to successfully take him into custody. we had an officer involved shooting that took place. as you can imagine, a large amount of chaos took place during this entire incident. we believe at this point, there was a lone shooter. that he acted at least right now with the only person that was armed in this incident. there is a tremendous amount of investigative work that will need to be done and i will turn that over to the fbi in just a second, but none the less, we have done se

patrick gannon, i'm the chief of airport police here at l.a. international airport.s the major indicated, at 9:20 this morning an individual came into terminal three of this airport, pulled an assault rifle out of a bag, and began to open fire in the terminal. he proceeded up into the screening area, where tsa screeners are, and continued shooting, and went past the screeners back into the airport itself. personnel officers from airport police, los angeles airport police responded immediately to the calls. they tracked the individual through the airport and engaged him in gunfire in terminal three and were able to successfully take him into custody. we had an officer-involved shooting that that took place. as you can imagine a large amount of chaos took place during this entire -- tire incident, we believe at this point that there was a loan shooter; that he acted at least right now was the only person that was armed in this incident. there's a tremendous amount of investigative work that will need to be done, and i will turn that over to the fbi in just a second --

police chief patrick gannon praised his officers and reassure travelers. passengers notice a difference today. >> we are supplemented by a number of lapd officers also here with an attempt to make our presence felt and to make people feel safe. >> the fbi confirms he was not ticketed passenger. they do believe someone brought him here to the airport, but they will not say who dropped him off. cbs news, los angeles. >> he has not been charged with another felony in addition to murder. commission of violence at an international airport. >> students are being warned to keep their smart phones and their laptops under wraps. the reason, campus presence on the rise. with less daylight hours, brian webb tells us how campus police will be stepping up patrols. >> reporter: crime is up this year, way up, and students are talking. >> i have heard that people have gotten mugged on campus more than usual. i see there's been a few cases. >> the student newspaper shows technology is the target. from my phones to laptops and students walking by themselves are often the vi

as chief patrick gannon said, this incident initially started somewhere around 9:20 a.m. at 928 the first resources are on scene. terms of a more heightened awareness the city's emergency operations center has been activated at level one and has been for well over two hours now. this city is standing tall and lean forward to deal with any associated issues that have been outside of the actual lax proper >> thank you. >> next coming here from the chief of the los angeles police department to is involved in this from the operations as well, chief charlie beck. >> very briefly, i want to commend the men and women and their response in this incident. we have created a unified command with that different agencies involved. we will treat this incidence with the unified command. many, many details that you were interested in will must be given out at this point. we will thus become of the nature of injuries, the identity of the suspect, the investigation is being handled by the fbi with the cooperation of the los angeles police department. again, you know, tremendous unified res

airport police chief patrick gannon describes what happened when the lone gunman walked into terminal 3 with a bag carrying the assault rifle and according to the associated press a handwritten note which said wanted to kill tsa. >> an individual came into terminal 3 of this airport, pulled an assault rifle out of a bag an opened fire in the terminal. -- and opened fire in the terminal. he proceeded up into the screening area, where tsa screeners are, and continued shooting and went past the screeners back into the airport itself. >> reporter: l.a. city fire says seven victims were treated, six transported to nearby hospitals. we saw this victim wheeled into the ucla medical center. we noticed he arrived under tight security secured by handcuffs to the gurney. we don't know if he is the suspected gunman. we also saw two tsa officers transported by ambulance, according to the union that represents tsa officers, one behavior detection officer who was recently transferred from montana died. three others were injured. police are confident the gunman acted alone. randy paige, kpix 5. >> to

airport police chief patrick gannon said there was no warning. >> an individual came into terminal three of this airport, pulled a assault rifle out of a bag and began to open fire in the terminal. he proceeded up into the screening area where t.s.a. screeners are and continued shooting and went past the screeners back into the airport itself. >> woodruff: the gunman ultimately shot it out with police and, apparently, was wounded before being captured. the associated press identified him as 23-year-old paul ciancia of the los angeles area. for a time, the incident caused the federal aviation administration to ground all departures from l.a.x. flights bound there from other cities were ordered not to take off. iraqi prime minister nouri al- maliki appealed today for u.s. help against violent attacks by al-qaeda militants. he wound up a washington visit this week by meeting with president obama at the white house. maliki is seeking military and intelligence assistance. we'll have more on this story after the news summary. in egypt, thousands turned out to protest after friday prayers, in a

what the los angeles county airport police are saying, patrick gannon, the chief, says that the suspect came into terminal 3 at l.a.x. with an assault rifle in a bag, began shooting. got through security and well into terminal 3. as he said, well back into a burger king, which is far back there. the los angeles airport police -- fire department, i should say, which is responsible for the transporting the victims says there were seven patients, six transported to local hospitals. there was an officer-involved shooting. in other words, that's when the suspect was in law enforcement parlance neutralized by parent police. we do not know the condition of the suspect. nbc news is reporting, and airport officials are not confirming, that there is a dead tsa agent. the tsa's union is also saying one of its agents was killed in this incident and at least three others are injured. now authorities at l.a.x. are saying that, in fact, there were a total of seven injured, six seriously enough to be taken to local hospitals. the air traffic situation remains somewhat in chaos. but there is a portion o

. >> patrick gannon. i'm the chief the airport police at l.a. international airport. as the mayor indicated, 9:20 this morning, an individual came into terminal three of this airport, pulled a assault rifle out of a bag and began to open fire in the terminal. he proceeded up into the screening area where tsa screeners are and continued shooting and went past the screeners back into the airport itself. personnel officers from armt police, los angeles airport police, responded immediately to the calls. they trapped the individual through the airport and engaged him in gunfire in terminal three and were able to successfully take him into custody. we had an officer involved shooting that took place. as you can imagine, a large amount of chaos took place during this entire incident. we believe at this point that there was a lone shooter, that he acted at least right now was the only person that was armed in this incident. there was a tremendous amount of investigative work that will need to be done. i'll turn that over to the fbi in just a second and in a little bit. but n

patrick gannon, g-a-n-n-o-n, i'm the chief of airport xlees at l.a. international airport.ted, at 9:20 an individual came into terminal 3 of this airport, pulled an assault rifle out of a bag and began to open fire in the terminal. he proceeded up into the screening area where tsa screeners are and continued shooting and went past the screeners back into the airport itself. personnel officers from los angeles airport police, respond immediately to the calls. they tracked the individual through the airport and engaged him in gunfire in terminal 3 and were able to successfully take him into custody. we had an officer involved shooting that took place. as you can imagine, a large amount of chaos took place during this entire incident. we believe at this point that there was a lone shooter. that he acted, at least right now, was the only person that was armed in this incident. there's a tremendous amount of investigative work that will be done. i'll turn that over to the fbi in just a second, in a little bit. but nonetheless, we have done security sweeps through the entire airp

. >> los angeles airport chief police patrick gannon. >> you heard that, two-minute warning. in the two minutes, elizabeth cohen, you're just joining me in the studio. what can you tell me? >> we just received a statement from ucla ronald reagan medical center. they say they have three patients there from the shooting. all three men. one is in critical condition. and two are in fair condition. so that's all we know. so critical condition means, of course, that this person is in imminent danger, possibly of dying. you know, this is a level one trauma center. terrific hospital. obviously, they can handle this and much more than that. but they do say that they have three men, three patients in their hospital from the shooting. >> here's a question i have had. when we were watching this makeshift triage area popping up right there along the drop-off, the passenger drop-off pick-up area, we saw the three different colored tarps. do they signify status of patient? >> they do. you see the green rectangle, yellow, and red. the green is for patients who are able to walk. ambulatory pa

there are questions for chief gannon, so i would like to bring up our chief of airport police, patrick gannonernoon, everybody. trying day yesterday for everybody involved. and as we mentioned yesterday, we'll mention again, that our hearts go out to the tsa officer that was shot and killed yesterday. that's a tragic event and to those others that were also injured. in our attempt to try and to ensure that we keep security posture here that's high for the foreseeable future, i'd like to thank and continually thank our partners that came yesterday. obviously from the los angeles police department, california highway patrol, los angeles county sheriff's department, hawthorne police department, el segundo, all of our surrounding agencies that came very quickly to help us out. again, today in the enhanced deployment for the los angeles world airport, also in addition to our airport police officers who are here every day obviously, los angeles police department has committed additional resources. this morning i met with the federal air marshals and they are providing additional resources for us. a

as chief patrick gannon said, this incident initially started somewhere around 9:20 a.m.sources are on scene. terms of a more heightened awareness the city's emergency operations center has been activated at level one and has been for well over two hours now. this city is standing tall and lean forward to deal with any associated issues that have been outside of the actual lax proper >> thank you. >> next coming here from