Several travelers at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) documented their experience on Twitter Friday, as a lone shooter entered Terminal 3 and opened fire, resulting in multiple injuries and the death of a TSA agent.
Grant Imahara, a host on the television show Mythbusters:
I was in the Virgin lounge upstairs. Saw everyone pour out of the terminal onto the tarmac. Then I heard shots fired outside.
— Grant Imahara (@grantimahara) November 1, 2013
Virgin promptly locked the lounge doors. About ten minutes later, LAPD armed with automatic weapons arrived to secure the area.
— Grant Imahara (@grantimahara) November 1, 2013
We’re the last to evacuate the terminal. pic.twitter.com/rebO9wroXN
— Grant Imahara (@grantimahara) November 1, 2013
There’s an army of law enforcement from various agencies here. pic.twitter.com/GFzBcyUOxA
— Grant Imahara (@grantimahara) November 1, 2013
Steve Urquhart, a Utah state senator:
Hunkered down at #LAX right now on my way to Korea. Surreal.
— Steve Urquhart (@SenatorSteveU) November 1, 2013
Bill Reiter, a Fox Sports columnist:
The scene on Tarmac. Fear, tears, prayers, confusion, worry. pic.twitter.com/pNWETcw7zW
— Bill Reiter (@foxsportsreiter) November 1, 2013
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.
— Bill Reiter (@foxsportsreiter) November 1, 2013
First came the gunfire. Then people including me hiding our seats. It felt very Columbine. A new kind of fear, at least for me
— Bill Reiter (@foxsportsreiter) November 1, 2013
The scene now. pic.twitter.com/ZaT1cJtde6
— Bill Reiter (@foxsportsreiter) November 1, 2013
Current scene at LAX. We WAIS as children, wonderfully oblivious, play. pic.twitter.com/GG3gcW0sha
— Bill Reiter (@foxsportsreiter) November 1, 2013
Tory Belleci, another Mythbusters host:
We are being shuttled away from the terminal now. Eye witness said the shooter had an assault riffle. pic.twitter.com/euFxdEo0z7
— Tory Belleci (@ToryBelleci) November 1, 2013
It’s filling up inside the secured area. People are mostly calm now, but very upset. #LAXshooting pic.twitter.com/TAgllmSu9K
— Tory Belleci (@ToryBelleci) November 1, 2013
Actor James Franco: