LAX Shooting

"LAX shooting: Dramatic details emerge of rampage targeting TSA agents"
Source: Los Angeles Times
By: Kate Mather, Matt Stevens and Ashley Powers
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lax-shooting-dramatic-details-of-rampage-targeting-tsa-emerge-20131102,0,1554220.story#axzz2jdi3VSPH

On Friday, November 1 a horrific and deadly shooting occurred at Los Angeles International Airport. A man by the name of Paul Anthony Ciancia opened fire in Terminal three, killing Transportation Security Administration agent, Gerardo Hernandez, and injuring several others. David Bowdich, special agent in charge of the Counter terrorism Division at the FBI's Los Angeles office, actually revealed the murderer's true intentions in the scheme. With the proof of a handwritten note that said that he did not want to hurt anybody that was "innocent" - only TSA agents, showed his aim to specifically wipe out all TSA agents. Ciancia wanted to “instill fear into their traitorous minds.” The murderer's strange desire to be rid of all TSA agents is not yet discovered, however it is confirmed that Ciancia is charged with murder by federal prosecutors. He is currently in the hospital due to critical conditions resulting from a shot in the leg and head by LAX police. This incident caused chaos throughout the airport and affected more than 1,500 flights and 167,000 passengers. Many flights were delayed or cancelled on Friday, but all is "back to normal" now. It was made clear by the LAX spokesman, Marshall Lowe that all regular operations had resumed Sunday morning.

These type of stories are important to hear about because they open people's eyes into the world of danger that surrounds one's daily life and is likely to bring potential harm upon them. Not only did this incident hurt numerous people, but it also caused all the different schedules of different flights to be disorganized and completely out of order.