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paul vercammen has more. >> reporter: last night, absolute panic at lax. what happened, this driver of a minivan collided with parked cars and hit a parking structure here. someone mistook the sounds of the collision for gunfire. and as you also pointed out, there's what police are determining a prank call to another terminal saying there's a man with a gun inside. police came rushing into both terminals, guns drawn, and basically you can imagine the passengers here absolutely scared out of their minds as this went on. let's take a listen. >> the first time i knew of it is when i was in the ladies restroom and the security guard told us to come and hide in the babies room because there was lots of yelling and screaming outside. >> i was in the security line and they all of a sudden the security people were shouting on dell a, on dell a, move, and everybody went running. >> reporter: this was exactly three weeks after the fatal shooting of a tsa officer that caused so many problems. yesterday last evening 4600 people were impacted with flight delays or land

paul vercammen, thank you.east those girls are safe tonight and their horrible, horrible situation is now ending. >>> our third story "outfront", a teen assassin free in texas tonight. a 17-year-old spent three years in jail and spent the time in jail for beheading four boys in mexico. but no now, apparently, he's living in san antonio. and ton there are growing concerns about whether he may strike again. ed lavendera is "outfront." >> reporter: even in a country ravaged by years of drug cartel-fueled violence, it was a shocking scene in mexico three years ago. a baby-faced american teenager accused of working as an assassin for the south pacific drug cartel was paraded in front of reporters. edgar jiminez lugo was just 14 years old when this video was filmed. jiminez lugo is name by the nickname, el punches. he laid out gruesome details of his life in organized crime. [ speaking in foreign language ] jiminez lugo said he was 11 years old when he started killing and slit the throats of four victims himself. he

paul vercammen is live for us at l.a.x. paul, no connection to the two incidents, but nonetheless, a lot of nerves frayed. >> reporter: absolutely, fredricka. back to normal this morning, but last night, absolute panic here at l.a.x. what happened? this driver of what was a minivan collided with some parked cars, some other cars, and hit a parking structure here. someone mistook the sounds of the collision for gunfire. and as you also pointed out, there is what police are terming, they think was a prank call to another terminal, saying there was a man with a gun inside. well, police came rushing into both terminals, guns drawn, and basically you can imagine the passengers here absolutely scared out of their minds, as this went on. let's take a listen. >> the first timesome when i was in the ladies' restroom and a security guard told us to come and hide in the babies' room, because there was lots of yelling and screaming outside. >> i was in the security line, and they all of a sudden, the security people were shouting, get -

. >> paul vercammen, thank you. >>> the s.e.c.ake phone calls during flights. still up in the air whether it's a good idea. >> yeah, is it something we live to regret if the s.e.c. gives the okay. alexandra field joins us from new york. are we getting ourselves in trouble with this, do i want to listen to everybody? do they want to listen to me? >> right, you think we all want the privilege until you sit next to someone talking the whole way from new york to l.a. the ftc is going to discuss this in november. and the airlines would have to have phones installed. passengers who want to use their cell phones, well, they could pay pretty dearly for that luxury. one consumer advocate suggests this cog big business for telecommunications companies. listen to this. >> this is potentially a multibillion dollar industry for cell phone companies and device manufacturers. once this ban is lifted, it's not going to be like your regular phone will just work perfectly. you're going to have to either sign up for extra service, or you're going to