At least two people were injured Friday in a shooting incident at Los Angeles' international airport, parts of which were evacuated as police swarmed into the area, officials and reports said. But police said there was "no mass casualty incident" at the airport.
Live TV footage showed armed police on the top of parking structures, apparently still looking for a possible gunman, while multiple ambulances were parked outside a terminal building. "There is an incident underway at LAX," the airport said on its Twitter feed, adding: "Ground stop now in effect at LAX after shooting in terminal."
The LA Fire Department tweeted that its officers were assisting law enforcement at a "multi-patient incident at LAX." But LA Police Department spokesman Guss Villanueva told KTLA 5 television that he believed there were two of three people injured, as well as the gunman.
"There's no mass casualty incident here at this point," he said. TV footage showed one person on a gurney, being loaded into an ambulance. Another victim was seen being rushed away on a wheelchair. The incident began at around 9:30 am (1630 GMT) at Terminal 3 of the airport, according to the LAX Twitter feed.