14 DAY TRIAL // Police have discovered a threatening note in the bag brought by LAX shooter, Paul Anthony Ciancia.
The gunman also brought with him conspiracy-oriented documents, slamming the government.
The handwritten note documented his desire to “kill TSA and pigs,” according to the NY Daily News. He went around asking victims if they “were TSA.”
Those answering “no” were not injured, but Ciancia fatally shot behavioral detection officer Gerardo Hernandez and wounded two other TSA officials.
He had brought an AR-15-style assault rifle and shot Hernandez as he was trying to get through a checkout point.
Witnesses describe him being oddly calm and appearing methodical while walking through the airport.
“He was alone, wearing a lot of baggy clothes and a dark flannel shirt. He was a slender, young white guy and walking with this long gun. It was so eerie.
“He wasn’t in a hurry, not really engaging anyone. He looked like he was moving in a methodical way,” traveler Tom Lagos recalls.
A 16-year-old witness details him having three loaded clips on him and stopping to charge the weapon. He fired about 15 shots afterwards.
“It looked like he was loading his gun or had a problem with his clip. He looked straight at me with the gun down, and I knew those were my seconds to sprint to the nearest exit,” Riccardo Angiolini says.
“Seeing him look directly at me was scarier than hearing the shots,” he adds.
Ciancia police stepped in and he was followed to Burger King located on terminal grounds. He was shot by Sgt. Steve Zouzounis and Officer Brian Lopez of the LAPD. Police reports state that no officers have been injured during the shooting.
The LAX shooter had sent a text message to his brother on the same morning of the rampage. He reportedly told him that he was “thinking about taking his life.”