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Sat Nov 2, 2013, 09:50 PM Nov 2013

CNN - The Most Trusted Name In Editing...

LAX suspect shot TSA officer, walked away, then returned to shoot him again
By Greg Botelho and Dan Simon, CNN
updated 9:01 PM EDT, Sat November 2, 2013


Los Angeles (CNN) -- The suspected Los Angeles International Airport gunman walked up to a security checkpoint, shot a TSA officer "at point-blank range," went up an escalator, then came back down to shoot his victim again, a federal prosecutor said Saturday.

That TSA officer, Gerardo Hernandez, died of his wounds.

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If convicted, Ciancia would face life in prison without parole or the death penalty, according to the federal prosecutor. The U.S. attorney general would decide if a death sentence would be sought.

According to Birotte, the suspect walked up to a TSA checkpoint in Terminal 3 around 9:20 a.m., pulled a "Smith & Wesson .223-caliber M&P15 assault rifle out of his bag and filed multiple rounds" at the uniformed officer.

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http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/02/us/lax-gunfire/


Really...a CNN editor was proofreading this article when a barking dog may or may not have done something distracting....
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