Gun scare at LAX prompts 300 travelers to flee terminal

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Reports of a idiosyncratic with a weapon astatine the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) prompted hundreds of travelers to fly a terminal Thursday evening.

The airdrome says idiosyncratic reported that determination was a idiosyncratic with a firearm successful Terminal 1 astatine astir 7:30 p.m. PT.

As a result, LAX says the FAA enactment a crushed halt successful spot for each flights astatine the airport, and astir 300 passengers self-evacuated onto the airfield. Video captured by KABC shows travelers lined up against an extracurricular wall.

“I didn’t perceive similar immoderate gunshots oregon similar spot the antheral with a gun, I conscionable heard radical screaming, like, ‘Run,’” one witnesser told KCBS.

“They were moving for their lives. And past I heard idiosyncratic say, ‘A gun,’” different witnesser told KCBS. “So, I just, I was sleeping, fractional asleep, stood up, looked astatine some of my children, ‘let’s go.’ So, we near our bags conscionable close determination and my woman was astir 50 meters away, truthful I checked for her. She had her container with her, truthful we each ran to the tarmac.”

Airport constabulary responded to the scene, but officers recovered that nary shots had been fired and nary weapons were recovered successful their investigation, according to LAX.

“Per constabulary astatine the country determination is nary menace and nary progressive shooter astatine LAX,” said the airport.

However, the airdrome says 2 individuals were detained by constabulary for further investigation.

During self-evacuation, officials accidental 2 radical sustained insignificant to mean injuries and were treated by the Los Angeles Fire Department. One of them was transported to an country hospital.

All runways astatine the airdrome person since been reopened and LAX says postulation is moving normally.

TSA agents assisted successful transporting those who evacuated backmost to the terminal.