This post was updated at 8:25 p.m.
A Transportation Security Administration officer was killed in a Friday morning shooting at the Los Angeles International Airport, a TSA official confirmed. The officer was being treated at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, Calif.
Paul Anthony Ciancia, a 23-year-old Los Angeles man, was taken into custody by police in connection to the shooting that left at least six other people injured, including at least one other TSA officer, officials said.
Three people wounded in the shooting are currently being treated at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
One of the patients at Ronald Reagan Medical Center is in critical condition with multiple gun shot wounds, said Lynn McCullough, medical director of the emergency room at Ronald Reagan Medical Center, at a press conference in front of the hospital today.
The two other patients are in stable condition, McCullough said. One of these two patients has gun shot wounds, the other has other injuries, she said.
It is unclear whether the patients at Ronald Reagan Medical Center include the shooter, said Roxanne Moster, spokeswoman for UCLA Health Systems.
No further details about the patients are available.
The gunman armed with an assault rifle opened fire at the airport about 9:20 a.m., said Los Angeles Airport Police Chief Patrick Gannon at a press conference at LAX Friday morning.
The man entered the airport, pulled the rifle out of a bag and began to open fire, Gannon said. The gunman then went up to the screening area and continued to shoot, while entering further into Terminal 3. Gannon said the shooter got all the way to a Burger King in the terminal before police shot at him.
The Los Angeles Fire Department treated seven patients at the scene, and transported six to hospitals, said Jim Featherstone, head of Los Angeles’ Emergency Management Department, at the press conference.
Between 9:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., about 746 flights were affected by the shooting, officials said at a press conference at LAX at 4 p.m. today. Forty-six of those flights were diverted to local airports, the rest were held at the airports they were departing from, officials said.
Officials are advising people to stay away from the airport and Terminal 3 will be closed until further notice. Terminals 1 and 2, however, opened for employees only at 4 p.m.
The most up-to-date flight information can be found on the airport’s Twitter, @LAX_Official, airport officials said at a press conference this morning.
The hospital currently has enough blood in stock for the situation, according to a statement from the UCLA Health System.
The hospital asks that members of the community call in early next week to donate blood and help replenish its supply. Individuals can call (310) 825-0888 to donate blood at the UCLA Blood and Platelet Center.
All flights departing from the Los Angeles International Airport have been delayed, said Marshall Lowe, a Los Angeles International Airport spokesperson.
The Westwood FlyAway bus service to the airport temporarily closed, UCLA Transportation officials said.
Lowe said he expects that flights will start taking off later today.
Compiled by Erin Donnelly, Bruin senior staff. Contributing reports from Chandini Soni, Yael Levin, Kristen Taketa, Naheed Rajwani and Katherine Hafner, Bruin senior staff.