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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: 2) by LoRdTAW on Tuesday August 30 2016, @12:15PM
Stop the mental gymnastics. Bottom line is an Airport was evacuated. These are rare events. It was a false alarm because of what sounded like gun shots. Airports in other parts of the world have been attacked and we are all well aware that they are high on the target list for possible terrorist attacks. There have been other high casualty attacks both here and abroad. Airport security is well aware that they are priority targets. They are on edge. What the fuck is so hard to understand about simple facts? Conversation over. It's like I'm arguing with Terri Schiavo.
(Score: 2) by sjames on Tuesday August 30 2016, @04:35PM
I don't know what is so hard to understand. Our society is far more fear driven than it was just a couple decades ago, and it is to our detriment. We (as a whole) jump at shadows now, all the time.
The very idea of an airport being evacuated over a loud unidentified noise would have been laughable not that long ago. Two weeks ago, JFK was evacuated because of clapping.
There are no gymnastics there. The next terrorist attack will be some guy with a sack of acorns.
Fear is the mind killer...