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posted by janrinok on Monday August 29 2016, @02:40PM   Printer-friendly
from the better-panic-than-sorry dept.

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.

Thank you to the submitters who brought this story to our attention.

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


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 29 2016, @07:41PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 29 2016, @07:41PM (#394893)

    And there was a time a bit longer ago in the US where it was the first guess: http://mentalfloss.com/article/64247/first-plastic-billiard-balls-routinely-exploded [mentalfloss.com]

    In order to secure strength and beauty, only coloring pigments were added, and in the least quantity, consequently a lighted cigar applied would at once result in a serious flame, and occasionally the violent contact of the balls would produce a mild explosion like a percussion guncap. We had a letter from a billiard saloon proprietor in Colorado, mentioning this fact and saying he did not care so much about it, but that instantly every man in the room pulled his gun.

    Given that wasn't so long ago, the short period you mentioned could have been anomalous for the USA ;).

  • (Score: 2) by sjames on Monday August 29 2016, @11:59PM

    by sjames (2882) on Monday August 29 2016, @11:59PM (#395009) Journal

    So did they evacuate the saloon? It doesn't sound like it.