LAX gunman planned to die in shoot-out withpigs and the TSA who he ranted about insuicide note he took on deadly rampage

Shooter identified as US citizen and Los Angeles resident Paul Ciancia Texted brother Friday morning saying he was thinking of taking his own lifeHis mother Susan died in 2009 after long battle with MSFather also called Paul runs an autoshop in Pennsville New JerseyWitnesses said the gunman was asking people if they worked for TSA beforeshootingOfficials say Ciancia is in critical condition after being shot in the face Was carrying anti-government literature with him during rampage including anote that said he wanted to kill TSA and pigs

By Snejana Farberov

PUBLISHED 2047 GMT 1 November 2013 | UPDATED 1239 GMT 2 November 2013

The man accused of going on a deadly rampage apparently targeting TSA agents inside Los AngelesInternational Airport has been named as Paul Anthony Ciancia

A motive for the fatal shooting wasnt clear but Ciancia was wearing fatigues and carrying a bag containinga handwritten note that said he wanted to kill TSA and pigs and that may have made a reference to aconspiracy theory about a totalitarian force trying to take over the world according to a federal official whowished to remain anonymous

Friends and former classmates are now trying to connect the quiet young man who was sometimes thetarget of bullies with the apparent anti-government attacker who opened fire and killed a TSA agent

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Identified Paul Anthony Ciancia has been named as the gunman in the LAX airport

shooting

Caught Ciancia who was shot in the head during a standoff w ith police was

handcuffed to a gurney

He kept to himself and ate lunch alone a lot said former classmate David Hamilton who attendedSalesianum School with Ciancia

I really donrsquot remember any one person who was close to him In four years I never heard a word out ofhis mouth Hamilton told The Los Angeles Times

He was quiet and people would take advantage of that

Welfare check Officers visited Ciancias apartment after his father raised concerns

Another former classmate Jeff Skidmore said that Ciancia may have had a speech impediment and did notlike speaking in front of the class Skidmore told the paper that he did not remember Ciancia ever beingbullied saying instead that he was just left alone by his peers

A different federal official said that it was clear from the note that he expected to die in the standoff

This was clearly a suicide mission he did not expect to walk away from this the official told USA Today

The 23-year-old gunman is said to have has strong anti-government views and sent a text to his brotherthis morning saying he was thinking about taking his own life

CNN reports that his text to his brother was not the first one that he had sent in recent days that scaredfamily members In others which were sent to his brother and father Ciancia was said to have rambledabout his negative outlook on life his disgust with the government and his disappointment with his life inLos Angeles

Relatives were concerned about the latest suicidal text so they contacted the local New Jersey policestation who called their Los Angeles counterparts and ordered a welfare check for Ciancia Police went tohis apartment and spoke to his two roommates before signing off and telling the New Jersey police that

Caught Ciancia who was shot in the head during a standoff w ith police was

handcuffed to a gurney

He kept to himself and ate lunch alone a lot said former classmate David Hamilton who attendedSalesianum School with Ciancia

I really donrsquot remember any one person who was close to him In four years I never heard a word out ofhis mouth Hamilton told The Los Angeles Times

He was quiet and people would take advantage of that

Welfare check Officers visited Ciancias apartment after his father raised concerns

Another former classmate Jeff Skidmore said that Ciancia may have had a speech impediment and did notlike speaking in front of the class Skidmore told the paper that he did not remember Ciancia ever beingbullied saying instead that he was just left alone by his peers

A different federal official said that it was clear from the note that he expected to die in the standoff

This was clearly a suicide mission he did not expect to walk away from this the official told USA Today

The 23-year-old gunman is said to have has strong anti-government views and sent a text to his brotherthis morning saying he was thinking about taking his own life

CNN reports that his text to his brother was not the first one that he had sent in recent days that scaredfamily members In others which were sent to his brother and father Ciancia was said to have rambledabout his negative outlook on life his disgust with the government and his disappointment with his life inLos Angeles

Relatives were concerned about the latest suicidal text so they contacted the local New Jersey policestation who called their Los Angeles counterparts and ordered a welfare check for Ciancia Police went tohis apartment and spoke to his two roommates before signing off and telling the New Jersey police that

everything was fine

Little did they know that as they were making that phone call Ciancia had started shooting at LAX

Ciancia an American citizen with a minor criminal record was arrested after an armed confrontation withpolice and taken to a hospital where he is listed in critical condition after reportedly being shot in the face

The gunman who was raised in Pennsville New Jersey is accused of shooting dead a safety screener witha high-powered assault rifle and wounding several others before being apprehended by police accordingto officials

He was pictured handcuffed to a gurney as he was escorted out of the airport after being shot multipletimes by responding officers

FBI names LAX gunman as 23-year-old Paul Anthony Ciancia

Investigation Police gather at the New Jersey home of Ciancias father

According to ABC Ciancias brother received a worrying text from him before the shooting which promptedtheir father to call the police station to warn them of the possible threat to his own life

Los Angeles police went to Ciancias apartment for a welfare check and spoke to the 23-year-oldsroommates who said when they last saw him on Thursday he had been fine

Victim Gerardo I Hernandez was shot and killed by a gunman at the Los Angeles

International Airport on Friday

The officers reported back to headquarters that there was nothing to be worried about but unbeknown tothem as they made that call Ciancia had already opened fire in LAX

There was one fatality in the shooting Gerardo I Hernandez a 39-year-old father-of-two who had beenworking at Los Angeles International Airport for three years

Friends and family have begun paying their respects to the slain public servant saying that he was a lovinghusband and caring father who enjoyed spending his free time with his children

The shooting makes Hernandez the first TSA agent shot and killed in the line of duty One of his colleagueswas also shot in the Friday rampage but that individual is expected to make a full recovery

NBCs Pete Williams reported that the 23-year-old suspect may have anti-government views based on theliterature he was carrying

A neighbor of Ciancias Whitney Hankins 18 who went to Pennsville Memorial High School with him saidthe family were very quiet and kept to themselves especially after the 2009 death of the mother Susanwho suffered from MS for years

lsquoI didnrsquot know him personally as he was a few years older than mersquo she said lsquoBut I would see him aroundschool and the neighborhood

Warning signs Ciancia sent a text message to his brother on Friday morning saying

he wanted to kill himself

Loner Neighbors of Ciancia say the 23-year-old was quiet and shy

He was kinda strange very quiet and shy Wouldnrsquot really make eye contact or talk much Though I wouldnever have expected him to do anything like this Some of the girls on the street called him ldquothe creepyguyrdquorsquo

ANTI-GOVERNMENT LEANINGS

The motive for the Friday morning shooting has not been confirmed but a note thought to be written by thegunman is shedding some light on his thought process

Shooter Paul Anthony Ciancia had anti-government leanings and was reportedly carrying a note whichsaid that he wanted to kill TSA and pigs

The Los Angeles Times reported that in a note found in his bag he wrote about his disappointment withgovernment and how he did not intend to injure any civilians only federal employees

Sources also added that the note was signed with the letters NWO which stands for New World Order

The conspiracy theory of a new world order asserts that there is a secret group of powerful individuals whoused their money and global influence to eventually gain control of the world

The concept of the New World Order has many different strains that have evolved over time and has cometo include mysterious elite groups like the Illuminati and the Freemasons

Some of the more radical conspiracy theorists believe that the secret members of the New World Order willorder a coordinated coup detat in the United States and other powerful countries using black helicoptersand implement a totalitarian regime to control the world

Whitney said in the tight-knit middle-class neighborhood the Cianciarsquos house was set back into the woodsand was lsquohumungousrsquo compared to others on the street

lsquoWe just assumed they were really wealthy because they have a really big house compared to the othersand his dad owns an auto shop up the street

Itrsquos a really small town and everyone knows everyone elsersquos business But everyone just kind of left themalone after the mom diedrsquo

The Pennsville Police Department has had no dealings with the younger Ciancia Cummings said

He and neighbors described the Ciancias as a good nice family

Ciancia graduated in 2008 from Salesianum School an all-boys Roman Catholic school in WilmingtonDelaware across the Delaware River from Pennsville the school said

The suspects father has been involved with Pennsvilles Fraternal Order of Police said neighbor OrlandoPagan a lieutenant in nearby Penns Grove He didnt provide details on his involvement

Outside the fathers home Friday in Pennsville a police cruiser blocked the long driveway

Phone calls werent answered and efforts to reach siblings were also unsuccessful

Orlando Pagans 17-year-old son Josh said that he would sometimes encounter Ciancia at orthodontistappointments but that it had been at least two years since the last one

He was never weird toward me He never gave me any weird vibes he said adding that in the 10 years hehas lived across the street from the Ciancia family theyve been nothing but nice to us

Witness Leon Saryan told ABC News Radio that a lsquofairly youngrsquo man armed with a rifle fired about 20 roundsas he made his way down a hallway before confronting a TSA agent

Stranger Some girls on the street where Ciancia grew up referred to him as the

creepy guy

The screener who was holding Saryans shoes was shot and wounded he told ABC

The witness recalled that the suspect faced him and asked lsquoAre you TSArsquo

lsquoHe saw me He looked at me with a quizzical look and said ldquoTSArdquo And I just shook my head So he movedonrsquo Saryan said

FBI agents and LAPD anti-terrorism officials were on the scene at Terminal 3 but sources said they do notbelieve the suspect was connected to any known terrorist groups calling him a lone shooter

LAX Police Chief Patrick Gannon told reporters that the gunman entered Terminal 3 at 920am local timepulled an assault rifle out of his bag and opened fire

He shot his way through the safety screening area and moved deeper into the terminal Officers whoresponded to reports of shots fired tracked the man to a Burger King and shot him

Gun battle Officers took the gunman into custody after tracking him deep into the

terminal and reportedly shooting him in the face

Read more

Live LAX shooting Multiple victims hit at least 7 hurtLAX shooting suspect was troubledLAX shooting Alleged gunman was bullied kept to himself as teen

Investigation Police gather at the New Jersey home of Ciancias father

According to ABC Ciancias brother received a worrying text from him before the shooting which promptedtheir father to call the police station to warn them of the possible threat to his own life

Los Angeles police went to Ciancias apartment for a welfare check and spoke to the 23-year-oldsroommates who said when they last saw him on Thursday he had been fine

Victim Gerardo I Hernandez was shot and killed by a gunman at the Los Angeles

International Airport on Friday

The officers reported back to headquarters that there was nothing to be worried about but unbeknown tothem as they made that call Ciancia had already opened fire in LAX

There was one fatality in the shooting Gerardo I Hernandez a 39-year-old father-of-two who had beenworking at Los Angeles International Airport for three years

Friends and family have begun paying their respects to the slain public servant saying that he was a lovinghusband and caring father who enjoyed spending his free time with his children

The shooting makes Hernandez the first TSA agent shot and killed in the line of duty One of his colleagueswas also shot in the Friday rampage but that individual is expected to make a full recovery

NBCs Pete Williams reported that the 23-year-old suspect may have anti-government views based on theliterature he was carrying

A neighbor of Ciancias Whitney Hankins 18 who went to Pennsville Memorial High School with him saidthe family were very quiet and kept to themselves especially after the 2009 death of the mother Susanwho suffered from MS for years

lsquoI didnrsquot know him personally as he was a few years older than mersquo she said lsquoBut I would see him aroundschool and the neighborhood

Warning signs Ciancia sent a text message to his brother on Friday morning saying

he wanted to kill himself

Loner Neighbors of Ciancia say the 23-year-old was quiet and shy

He was kinda strange very quiet and shy Wouldnrsquot really make eye contact or talk much Though I wouldnever have expected him to do anything like this Some of the girls on the street called him ldquothe creepyguyrdquorsquo

ANTI-GOVERNMENT LEANINGS

The motive for the Friday morning shooting has not been confirmed but a note thought to be written by thegunman is shedding some light on his thought process

Shooter Paul Anthony Ciancia had anti-government leanings and was reportedly carrying a note whichsaid that he wanted to kill TSA and pigs

The Los Angeles Times reported that in a note found in his bag he wrote about his disappointment withgovernment and how he did not intend to injure any civilians only federal employees

Sources also added that the note was signed with the letters NWO which stands for New World Order

The conspiracy theory of a new world order asserts that there is a secret group of powerful individuals whoused their money and global influence to eventually gain control of the world

The concept of the New World Order has many different strains that have evolved over time and has cometo include mysterious elite groups like the Illuminati and the Freemasons

Some of the more radical conspiracy theorists believe that the secret members of the New World Order willorder a coordinated coup detat in the United States and other powerful countries using black helicoptersand implement a totalitarian regime to control the world

Whitney said in the tight-knit middle-class neighborhood the Cianciarsquos house was set back into the woodsand was lsquohumungousrsquo compared to others on the street

lsquoWe just assumed they were really wealthy because they have a really big house compared to the othersand his dad owns an auto shop up the street

Itrsquos a really small town and everyone knows everyone elsersquos business But everyone just kind of left themalone after the mom diedrsquo

The Pennsville Police Department has had no dealings with the younger Ciancia Cummings said

He and neighbors described the Ciancias as a good nice family

Ciancia graduated in 2008 from Salesianum School an all-boys Roman Catholic school in WilmingtonDelaware across the Delaware River from Pennsville the school said

The suspects father has been involved with Pennsvilles Fraternal Order of Police said neighbor OrlandoPagan a lieutenant in nearby Penns Grove He didnt provide details on his involvement

Outside the fathers home Friday in Pennsville a police cruiser blocked the long driveway

Phone calls werent answered and efforts to reach siblings were also unsuccessful

Orlando Pagans 17-year-old son Josh said that he would sometimes encounter Ciancia at orthodontistappointments but that it had been at least two years since the last one

He was never weird toward me He never gave me any weird vibes he said adding that in the 10 years hehas lived across the street from the Ciancia family theyve been nothing but nice to us

Witness Leon Saryan told ABC News Radio that a lsquofairly youngrsquo man armed with a rifle fired about 20 roundsas he made his way down a hallway before confronting a TSA agent

Stranger Some girls on the street where Ciancia grew up referred to him as the

creepy guy

The screener who was holding Saryans shoes was shot and wounded he told ABC

The witness recalled that the suspect faced him and asked lsquoAre you TSArsquo

lsquoHe saw me He looked at me with a quizzical look and said ldquoTSArdquo And I just shook my head So he movedonrsquo Saryan said

FBI agents and LAPD anti-terrorism officials were on the scene at Terminal 3 but sources said they do notbelieve the suspect was connected to any known terrorist groups calling him a lone shooter

LAX Police Chief Patrick Gannon told reporters that the gunman entered Terminal 3 at 920am local timepulled an assault rifle out of his bag and opened fire

He shot his way through the safety screening area and moved deeper into the terminal Officers whoresponded to reports of shots fired tracked the man to a Burger King and shot him

Gun battle Officers took the gunman into custody after tracking him deep into the

terminal and reportedly shooting him in the face

Read more

Live LAX shooting Multiple victims hit at least 7 hurtLAX shooting suspect was troubledLAX shooting Alleged gunman was bullied kept to himself as teen

Victim Gerardo I Hernandez was shot and killed by a gunman at the Los Angeles

International Airport on Friday

The officers reported back to headquarters that there was nothing to be worried about but unbeknown tothem as they made that call Ciancia had already opened fire in LAX

There was one fatality in the shooting Gerardo I Hernandez a 39-year-old father-of-two who had beenworking at Los Angeles International Airport for three years

Friends and family have begun paying their respects to the slain public servant saying that he was a lovinghusband and caring father who enjoyed spending his free time with his children

The shooting makes Hernandez the first TSA agent shot and killed in the line of duty One of his colleagueswas also shot in the Friday rampage but that individual is expected to make a full recovery

NBCs Pete Williams reported that the 23-year-old suspect may have anti-government views based on theliterature he was carrying

A neighbor of Ciancias Whitney Hankins 18 who went to Pennsville Memorial High School with him saidthe family were very quiet and kept to themselves especially after the 2009 death of the mother Susanwho suffered from MS for years

lsquoI didnrsquot know him personally as he was a few years older than mersquo she said lsquoBut I would see him aroundschool and the neighborhood

Warning signs Ciancia sent a text message to his brother on Friday morning saying

he wanted to kill himself

Loner Neighbors of Ciancia say the 23-year-old was quiet and shy

He was kinda strange very quiet and shy Wouldnrsquot really make eye contact or talk much Though I wouldnever have expected him to do anything like this Some of the girls on the street called him ldquothe creepyguyrdquorsquo

ANTI-GOVERNMENT LEANINGS

The motive for the Friday morning shooting has not been confirmed but a note thought to be written by thegunman is shedding some light on his thought process

Shooter Paul Anthony Ciancia had anti-government leanings and was reportedly carrying a note whichsaid that he wanted to kill TSA and pigs

The Los Angeles Times reported that in a note found in his bag he wrote about his disappointment withgovernment and how he did not intend to injure any civilians only federal employees

Sources also added that the note was signed with the letters NWO which stands for New World Order

The conspiracy theory of a new world order asserts that there is a secret group of powerful individuals whoused their money and global influence to eventually gain control of the world

The concept of the New World Order has many different strains that have evolved over time and has cometo include mysterious elite groups like the Illuminati and the Freemasons

Some of the more radical conspiracy theorists believe that the secret members of the New World Order willorder a coordinated coup detat in the United States and other powerful countries using black helicoptersand implement a totalitarian regime to control the world

Whitney said in the tight-knit middle-class neighborhood the Cianciarsquos house was set back into the woodsand was lsquohumungousrsquo compared to others on the street

lsquoWe just assumed they were really wealthy because they have a really big house compared to the othersand his dad owns an auto shop up the street

Itrsquos a really small town and everyone knows everyone elsersquos business But everyone just kind of left themalone after the mom diedrsquo

The Pennsville Police Department has had no dealings with the younger Ciancia Cummings said

He and neighbors described the Ciancias as a good nice family

Ciancia graduated in 2008 from Salesianum School an all-boys Roman Catholic school in WilmingtonDelaware across the Delaware River from Pennsville the school said

The suspects father has been involved with Pennsvilles Fraternal Order of Police said neighbor OrlandoPagan a lieutenant in nearby Penns Grove He didnt provide details on his involvement

Outside the fathers home Friday in Pennsville a police cruiser blocked the long driveway

Phone calls werent answered and efforts to reach siblings were also unsuccessful

Orlando Pagans 17-year-old son Josh said that he would sometimes encounter Ciancia at orthodontistappointments but that it had been at least two years since the last one

He was never weird toward me He never gave me any weird vibes he said adding that in the 10 years hehas lived across the street from the Ciancia family theyve been nothing but nice to us

Witness Leon Saryan told ABC News Radio that a lsquofairly youngrsquo man armed with a rifle fired about 20 roundsas he made his way down a hallway before confronting a TSA agent

Stranger Some girls on the street where Ciancia grew up referred to him as the

creepy guy

The screener who was holding Saryans shoes was shot and wounded he told ABC

The witness recalled that the suspect faced him and asked lsquoAre you TSArsquo

lsquoHe saw me He looked at me with a quizzical look and said ldquoTSArdquo And I just shook my head So he movedonrsquo Saryan said

FBI agents and LAPD anti-terrorism officials were on the scene at Terminal 3 but sources said they do notbelieve the suspect was connected to any known terrorist groups calling him a lone shooter

LAX Police Chief Patrick Gannon told reporters that the gunman entered Terminal 3 at 920am local timepulled an assault rifle out of his bag and opened fire

He shot his way through the safety screening area and moved deeper into the terminal Officers whoresponded to reports of shots fired tracked the man to a Burger King and shot him

Gun battle Officers took the gunman into custody after tracking him deep into the

terminal and reportedly shooting him in the face

Read more

Live LAX shooting Multiple victims hit at least 7 hurtLAX shooting suspect was troubledLAX shooting Alleged gunman was bullied kept to himself as teen

Warning signs Ciancia sent a text message to his brother on Friday morning saying

he wanted to kill himself

Loner Neighbors of Ciancia say the 23-year-old was quiet and shy

He was kinda strange very quiet and shy Wouldnrsquot really make eye contact or talk much Though I wouldnever have expected him to do anything like this Some of the girls on the street called him ldquothe creepyguyrdquorsquo

ANTI-GOVERNMENT LEANINGS

The motive for the Friday morning shooting has not been confirmed but a note thought to be written by thegunman is shedding some light on his thought process

Shooter Paul Anthony Ciancia had anti-government leanings and was reportedly carrying a note whichsaid that he wanted to kill TSA and pigs

The Los Angeles Times reported that in a note found in his bag he wrote about his disappointment withgovernment and how he did not intend to injure any civilians only federal employees

Sources also added that the note was signed with the letters NWO which stands for New World Order

The conspiracy theory of a new world order asserts that there is a secret group of powerful individuals whoused their money and global influence to eventually gain control of the world

The concept of the New World Order has many different strains that have evolved over time and has cometo include mysterious elite groups like the Illuminati and the Freemasons

Some of the more radical conspiracy theorists believe that the secret members of the New World Order willorder a coordinated coup detat in the United States and other powerful countries using black helicoptersand implement a totalitarian regime to control the world

Whitney said in the tight-knit middle-class neighborhood the Cianciarsquos house was set back into the woodsand was lsquohumungousrsquo compared to others on the street

lsquoWe just assumed they were really wealthy because they have a really big house compared to the othersand his dad owns an auto shop up the street

Itrsquos a really small town and everyone knows everyone elsersquos business But everyone just kind of left themalone after the mom diedrsquo

The Pennsville Police Department has had no dealings with the younger Ciancia Cummings said

He and neighbors described the Ciancias as a good nice family

Ciancia graduated in 2008 from Salesianum School an all-boys Roman Catholic school in WilmingtonDelaware across the Delaware River from Pennsville the school said

The suspects father has been involved with Pennsvilles Fraternal Order of Police said neighbor OrlandoPagan a lieutenant in nearby Penns Grove He didnt provide details on his involvement

Outside the fathers home Friday in Pennsville a police cruiser blocked the long driveway

Phone calls werent answered and efforts to reach siblings were also unsuccessful

Orlando Pagans 17-year-old son Josh said that he would sometimes encounter Ciancia at orthodontistappointments but that it had been at least two years since the last one

He was never weird toward me He never gave me any weird vibes he said adding that in the 10 years hehas lived across the street from the Ciancia family theyve been nothing but nice to us

Witness Leon Saryan told ABC News Radio that a lsquofairly youngrsquo man armed with a rifle fired about 20 roundsas he made his way down a hallway before confronting a TSA agent

Stranger Some girls on the street where Ciancia grew up referred to him as the

creepy guy

The screener who was holding Saryans shoes was shot and wounded he told ABC

The witness recalled that the suspect faced him and asked lsquoAre you TSArsquo

lsquoHe saw me He looked at me with a quizzical look and said ldquoTSArdquo And I just shook my head So he movedonrsquo Saryan said

FBI agents and LAPD anti-terrorism officials were on the scene at Terminal 3 but sources said they do notbelieve the suspect was connected to any known terrorist groups calling him a lone shooter

LAX Police Chief Patrick Gannon told reporters that the gunman entered Terminal 3 at 920am local timepulled an assault rifle out of his bag and opened fire

He shot his way through the safety screening area and moved deeper into the terminal Officers whoresponded to reports of shots fired tracked the man to a Burger King and shot him

Gun battle Officers took the gunman into custody after tracking him deep into the

terminal and reportedly shooting him in the face

Read more

Live LAX shooting Multiple victims hit at least 7 hurtLAX shooting suspect was troubledLAX shooting Alleged gunman was bullied kept to himself as teen

Loner Neighbors of Ciancia say the 23-year-old was quiet and shy

He was kinda strange very quiet and shy Wouldnrsquot really make eye contact or talk much Though I wouldnever have expected him to do anything like this Some of the girls on the street called him ldquothe creepyguyrdquorsquo

ANTI-GOVERNMENT LEANINGS

The motive for the Friday morning shooting has not been confirmed but a note thought to be written by thegunman is shedding some light on his thought process

Shooter Paul Anthony Ciancia had anti-government leanings and was reportedly carrying a note whichsaid that he wanted to kill TSA and pigs

The Los Angeles Times reported that in a note found in his bag he wrote about his disappointment withgovernment and how he did not intend to injure any civilians only federal employees

Sources also added that the note was signed with the letters NWO which stands for New World Order

The conspiracy theory of a new world order asserts that there is a secret group of powerful individuals whoused their money and global influence to eventually gain control of the world

The concept of the New World Order has many different strains that have evolved over time and has cometo include mysterious elite groups like the Illuminati and the Freemasons

Some of the more radical conspiracy theorists believe that the secret members of the New World Order willorder a coordinated coup detat in the United States and other powerful countries using black helicoptersand implement a totalitarian regime to control the world

Whitney said in the tight-knit middle-class neighborhood the Cianciarsquos house was set back into the woodsand was lsquohumungousrsquo compared to others on the street

lsquoWe just assumed they were really wealthy because they have a really big house compared to the othersand his dad owns an auto shop up the street

Itrsquos a really small town and everyone knows everyone elsersquos business But everyone just kind of left themalone after the mom diedrsquo

The Pennsville Police Department has had no dealings with the younger Ciancia Cummings said

He and neighbors described the Ciancias as a good nice family

Ciancia graduated in 2008 from Salesianum School an all-boys Roman Catholic school in WilmingtonDelaware across the Delaware River from Pennsville the school said

The suspects father has been involved with Pennsvilles Fraternal Order of Police said neighbor OrlandoPagan a lieutenant in nearby Penns Grove He didnt provide details on his involvement

Outside the fathers home Friday in Pennsville a police cruiser blocked the long driveway

Phone calls werent answered and efforts to reach siblings were also unsuccessful

Orlando Pagans 17-year-old son Josh said that he would sometimes encounter Ciancia at orthodontistappointments but that it had been at least two years since the last one

He was never weird toward me He never gave me any weird vibes he said adding that in the 10 years hehas lived across the street from the Ciancia family theyve been nothing but nice to us

Witness Leon Saryan told ABC News Radio that a lsquofairly youngrsquo man armed with a rifle fired about 20 roundsas he made his way down a hallway before confronting a TSA agent

Stranger Some girls on the street where Ciancia grew up referred to him as the

creepy guy

The screener who was holding Saryans shoes was shot and wounded he told ABC

The witness recalled that the suspect faced him and asked lsquoAre you TSArsquo

lsquoHe saw me He looked at me with a quizzical look and said ldquoTSArdquo And I just shook my head So he movedonrsquo Saryan said

FBI agents and LAPD anti-terrorism officials were on the scene at Terminal 3 but sources said they do notbelieve the suspect was connected to any known terrorist groups calling him a lone shooter

LAX Police Chief Patrick Gannon told reporters that the gunman entered Terminal 3 at 920am local timepulled an assault rifle out of his bag and opened fire

He shot his way through the safety screening area and moved deeper into the terminal Officers whoresponded to reports of shots fired tracked the man to a Burger King and shot him

Gun battle Officers took the gunman into custody after tracking him deep into the

terminal and reportedly shooting him in the face

Read more

Live LAX shooting Multiple victims hit at least 7 hurtLAX shooting suspect was troubledLAX shooting Alleged gunman was bullied kept to himself as teen

He was kinda strange very quiet and shy Wouldnrsquot really make eye contact or talk much Though I wouldnever have expected him to do anything like this Some of the girls on the street called him ldquothe creepyguyrdquorsquo

ANTI-GOVERNMENT LEANINGS

The motive for the Friday morning shooting has not been confirmed but a note thought to be written by thegunman is shedding some light on his thought process

Shooter Paul Anthony Ciancia had anti-government leanings and was reportedly carrying a note whichsaid that he wanted to kill TSA and pigs

The Los Angeles Times reported that in a note found in his bag he wrote about his disappointment withgovernment and how he did not intend to injure any civilians only federal employees

Sources also added that the note was signed with the letters NWO which stands for New World Order

The conspiracy theory of a new world order asserts that there is a secret group of powerful individuals whoused their money and global influence to eventually gain control of the world

The concept of the New World Order has many different strains that have evolved over time and has cometo include mysterious elite groups like the Illuminati and the Freemasons

Some of the more radical conspiracy theorists believe that the secret members of the New World Order willorder a coordinated coup detat in the United States and other powerful countries using black helicoptersand implement a totalitarian regime to control the world

Whitney said in the tight-knit middle-class neighborhood the Cianciarsquos house was set back into the woodsand was lsquohumungousrsquo compared to others on the street

lsquoWe just assumed they were really wealthy because they have a really big house compared to the othersand his dad owns an auto shop up the street

Itrsquos a really small town and everyone knows everyone elsersquos business But everyone just kind of left themalone after the mom diedrsquo

The Pennsville Police Department has had no dealings with the younger Ciancia Cummings said

He and neighbors described the Ciancias as a good nice family

Ciancia graduated in 2008 from Salesianum School an all-boys Roman Catholic school in WilmingtonDelaware across the Delaware River from Pennsville the school said

The suspects father has been involved with Pennsvilles Fraternal Order of Police said neighbor OrlandoPagan a lieutenant in nearby Penns Grove He didnt provide details on his involvement

Outside the fathers home Friday in Pennsville a police cruiser blocked the long driveway

Phone calls werent answered and efforts to reach siblings were also unsuccessful

Orlando Pagans 17-year-old son Josh said that he would sometimes encounter Ciancia at orthodontistappointments but that it had been at least two years since the last one

He was never weird toward me He never gave me any weird vibes he said adding that in the 10 years hehas lived across the street from the Ciancia family theyve been nothing but nice to us

Witness Leon Saryan told ABC News Radio that a lsquofairly youngrsquo man armed with a rifle fired about 20 roundsas he made his way down a hallway before confronting a TSA agent

Stranger Some girls on the street where Ciancia grew up referred to him as the

creepy guy

The screener who was holding Saryans shoes was shot and wounded he told ABC

The witness recalled that the suspect faced him and asked lsquoAre you TSArsquo

lsquoHe saw me He looked at me with a quizzical look and said ldquoTSArdquo And I just shook my head So he movedonrsquo Saryan said

FBI agents and LAPD anti-terrorism officials were on the scene at Terminal 3 but sources said they do notbelieve the suspect was connected to any known terrorist groups calling him a lone shooter

LAX Police Chief Patrick Gannon told reporters that the gunman entered Terminal 3 at 920am local timepulled an assault rifle out of his bag and opened fire

He shot his way through the safety screening area and moved deeper into the terminal Officers whoresponded to reports of shots fired tracked the man to a Burger King and shot him

Gun battle Officers took the gunman into custody after tracking him deep into the

terminal and reportedly shooting him in the face

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Stranger Some girls on the street where Ciancia grew up referred to him as the

creepy guy

The screener who was holding Saryans shoes was shot and wounded he told ABC

The witness recalled that the suspect faced him and asked lsquoAre you TSArsquo

lsquoHe saw me He looked at me with a quizzical look and said ldquoTSArdquo And I just shook my head So he movedonrsquo Saryan said

FBI agents and LAPD anti-terrorism officials were on the scene at Terminal 3 but sources said they do notbelieve the suspect was connected to any known terrorist groups calling him a lone shooter

LAX Police Chief Patrick Gannon told reporters that the gunman entered Terminal 3 at 920am local timepulled an assault rifle out of his bag and opened fire

He shot his way through the safety screening area and moved deeper into the terminal Officers whoresponded to reports of shots fired tracked the man to a Burger King and shot him

Gun battle Officers took the gunman into custody after tracking him deep into the

terminal and reportedly shooting him in the face

Read more

Live LAX shooting Multiple victims hit at least 7 hurtLAX shooting suspect was troubledLAX shooting Alleged gunman was bullied kept to himself as teen

The screener who was holding Saryans shoes was shot and wounded he told ABC

The witness recalled that the suspect faced him and asked lsquoAre you TSArsquo

lsquoHe saw me He looked at me with a quizzical look and said ldquoTSArdquo And I just shook my head So he movedonrsquo Saryan said

FBI agents and LAPD anti-terrorism officials were on the scene at Terminal 3 but sources said they do notbelieve the suspect was connected to any known terrorist groups calling him a lone shooter

LAX Police Chief Patrick Gannon told reporters that the gunman entered Terminal 3 at 920am local timepulled an assault rifle out of his bag and opened fire

He shot his way through the safety screening area and moved deeper into the terminal Officers whoresponded to reports of shots fired tracked the man to a Burger King and shot him

Gun battle Officers took the gunman into custody after tracking him deep into the

terminal and reportedly shooting him in the face

Read more

Live LAX shooting Multiple victims hit at least 7 hurtLAX shooting suspect was troubledLAX shooting Alleged gunman was bullied kept to himself as teen

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Kelly949 Laguna Niguel CA United States 2 months ago

I dont care what political views this piece of crap had there is NO EXCUSE for killing people for your cause I hope hesuffers a painful death There is a special place in Hell reserved for you Mr Ciancia enjoy your stay

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CLJU Wesley Chapel FL 2 months ago

So why do innocent people need to be hurt bc you want to kill yourself I never understand these nut jobs thoughtprocess

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dvick Portland United States 2 months ago

what prescriptions was he on

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Bush Pritzle Minnesota 2 months ago

Our govt does sick but not that bad

72

Heliflyer Burlington USA 2 months ago

Just kill him Do it quickly and make it standard procedure in these type cases

137

likeitiz Australia 2 months ago

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Something needs to change guns do not make people feel safe it is a weapon of war its purpose is to create fear The USshould have a no gun policy trial see if the violence and killing numbers fall

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Jesuis Reading 2 months ago

Idiots with guns causes death and unrest for the rest of the sane world chaos

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dannye Portland 2 months ago

Indeed the government is the root cause of all organized evil

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Love all things British Cambridge MA USA 2 months ago

But yet he wore a bullet proof vest

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Me East Coast United States 2 months ago

Paranoid schizophrenia is what Obama needs to eradicate - this disease ruins lives Sadly its not the persons fault whohas this illness but it destroys lives Guns need to go - yes but the problem is this overlooked disease that is responsiblefor all of these tragedies

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anon anon 2 months ago

Gunman in LAX shooting spree is 23-year-old man with strong anti-government viewsSOJust another right wingterorist armed with an assault rifle And they wonder why the rest of us decent citizens want to disarm them - DArtagnan themidwest 11113 943 PM----Actually he was sting left winger not right- into occupy Wall Street PETA and global warmingaccording to people who knew him It also sounds like he was schizophrenic

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