The BBC is reporting:
Unconfirmed reports of gunshots, later described by police as just "loud noises", have sparked evacuations at Los Angeles airport.
People fled the airport on Sunday night amid the shooting reports, with scenes of abandoned luggage on pavements.
Traffic to the terminal was halted and no flights were allowed to land, but operations have now resumed.
LA police tweeted that no shots had been fired and there were no injuries. They are investigating the noises.
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The L.A. Times says there are unconfirmed reports of shots fired in three terminals at the L.A. airport.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-airport-shooter-20160828-snap-story.html#nt=oft12aH-1li3
Heavy.com reports
no confirmation of shooting can be verified
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 29 2016, @05:50PM
There exist technology that recognizes gun shots. This technology should already be deployed at airports, the technology is much better than a panicking Human in telling that something has in fact occurred.
(Score: 2) by sjames on Monday August 29 2016, @06:48PM
That would be a huge waste of money. There aren't a lot of gunshots in airports and it wouldn't prevent panic from loud noises, so what would it do but cost plenty and amp the fear up another notch?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 29 2016, @08:28PM
This technology is widespread [wikipedia.org].
It is not about frequency, it's about avoiding dangerous confusion. Thou the ones deployed in urban setting get used often few times a day,s o they do get a lot more bang for the buck.
(Score: 2) by sjames on Tuesday August 30 2016, @04:56AM
How would it avoid a panic when people are that ready to panic?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 29 2016, @07:14PM
Parent thinks we need to spend more money to solve a non-problem.
There's supposed to be a perimeter that filters out weapons.
If that wasn't 95 percent ineffective [google.com] (AKA "security theater"), people's first impulse wouldn't be "Someone has a weapon".
See the comment above by sjames about "He's got a gun".
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