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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: 2) by sjames on Tuesday August 30 2016, @04:35PM

    by sjames (2882) on Tuesday August 30 2016, @04:35PM (#395335) Journal

    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...

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