BREAKING NEWS - LAX on lockdown with flights grounded, passengers stranded on the runway and termina

[MADem]

Source: Daily Mail (not the best, but with pictures)

BREAKING NEWS - LAX on lockdown with flights grounded, passengers stranded on the runway and terminals evacuated after reports of an 'active shooter'
Los Angeles International Airport thrown into chaos after shooting reports
People at the airport claim a man opened fire while near a baggage claim
Terminals were evacuated amid the reports and flights were grounded
Woman said she saw shooting and police arrest a man dressed as Zorro




Passengers have been evacuated after reports of a potential shooting at Los Angeles International Airport.
People at the airport claimed on social media that a man opened fire while near a baggage claim inside an arrivals terminal.
NBC Nightly News Anchor Lester Holt tweeted at 12:07am EST: 'arriving at LAX off flight when people started pouring out of term 4 onto Tarmac. Security said "shots fired. Run!" Now in vehicle on taxiwy (sic).
'Witness tells me she heard "pops" in lax term 4. Others say they just heard "run!" Those evacuated to Tarmac just allowed back in.'




Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3763058/LAX-thrown-chaos-flights-grounded-terminals-evacuated-reports-gunman-opening-fire-near-baggage-claim.html#ixzz4Ih6dM1am

[SunSeeker]

1. Local news are reporting it's a false alarm, like what happened at JFK.

People mistook loud noises at the airport for gunshots and panicked.

Looks like the Zorro guy was in the wrong place, wrong time, wrong costume.

[Major Nikon]

2. If Zorro got arrested, then he was never fit to wear the mask in the first place

[SunSeeker]

3. LOL

[JI7]

8. isn't he black also ?

[SunSeeker]

10. Appears so. He was apparently there to greet his girlfriend...

One witness told KTLA she saw saw a man dressed as Zorro outside Terminal 7 just before the panic started.

“I turned around and I saw a man in a Zorro costume … greeting what appeared to be his girlfriend … she said to him, “I have one more bag to get. Wait out here.’ And he turned and went down the sidewalk a little bit," said Paula Leonhauser. "I don’t know whether that is the person who they were frightened of, but what happened next was the police yelled … at all of us to get down and get away.”

Leonhauser added that she saw one officer draw a gun and thought there would be a "major shootout."

As the scene unfolded, panicked travelers dropped their bags and tried to get away, according to Leonhauser, who said some people even tried to climb up luggage chutes to hide.

"It was frightening. It was absolutely frightening. It was mayhem," she said.

The costumed Zorro was detained by airport police, LAX tweeted, providing no additional information.

http://ktla.com/2016/08/28/lax-closed-to-incoming-traffic-due-to-police-activity-airport-police/

That appears to be his girlfriend sitting next to him in the red dress.

Good thing he didn't get shot.

[pangaia]

16. If you are black, never, EVER dress as Zorro!

I mean, everybody knows Zorro was 'white', so you will never fool people, especially the LAPD.

[Initech]

4. Just another day in gun / terror country.

[CentralMass]

5. From NBC..

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-respond-reports-gunman-los-angeles-international-airport-no-evidence-n639191

[Liberty Belle]

6. false alarm per the LA Times

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-airport-shooter-20160828-snap-story.html

[longship]

7. Somebody said "bang bang".

Hair trigger alert resulted in the rest.

[thelordofhell]

9. So they heard gunshots and arrested the Swordsman??

Never cosplay at LAX folks..........

[nitpicker]

11. Operations resumed per BBC

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37211909

[liberal N proud]

12. Another freak out over a loud noise - This is what the GUN Culture brings us PARANOIA!!!!

Paranoia, need destroyer. Paranoia, they destroy ya'

[Nuclear Unicorn]

18. The paranoia appears to belong to the control culture.

[MowCowWhoHow III]

13. Curses!

[MADem]

21. Where's Bernardo (the mute factotum who pretended to be deaf)

when ya need him?

[onehandle]

14. Just more proof that the normalization of guns project is failing.

Fear the future, gun fetishists.

[Ford_Prefect]

15. Just Another Day in Paradise...

[Tempest]

17. False report, just loud noises

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lax-evacuations_us_57c3b529e4b085c1ff29ff3f?section=&

[MADem]

20. ....or maybe one of Zorro's enemies, trying to get him in trouble

Where was Sergeant Garcia at the time of the incident, I wonder? Hmmmmmmm!!!!!

[patsimp]

19. civilization is being constantly disrupted by several factors - a proliferation of guns

and the FEAR that causes is changing our free way of life.