UPDATE: A suspect has been arrested at the airport in connection with the shooting.
As of 4:20 p.m. EST, one TSA agent has been pronounced dead as a result of the shootings at LAX.
An armed man opened fire at the Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, leaving several people wounded.
According to the Los Angeles Times, reports of the shooting at Terminal 3 surfaced at around 10 a.m. PST. Two or three Transportation Security Administration agents were shot and wounded. No fatalities have been reported yet. All planes at the airport have been grounded, and there's no word from LAX officials on when they'll get back in the air.
One law enforcement official told the Times that a gunman used a high-powered rifle in the attack. LAPD Commander Andy Smith reported that "multiple shootings" happened, and that officers were in the midst of treating the wounded.
43-year-old Brian Adamick, who was preparing to board a flight to Chicago at Gate 32 in Terminal 3, said that he saw people running away from a security check point at the terminal.
"While I was on the tarmac, I heard two gunshots from the same area where the people had been running and screaming," he told the Times.
Once outside, he saw buses had arrived to help move passengers out of the airport. He saw a TSA agent, wounded with a bleeding ankle, get onto one of the buses.
"It looked like it was straight out of the movies," Adamick reported.
Upon asking the injured if he was alright, the man replied, "I got shot, I'm fine," assuring other passengers not to worry - he'd been shot before.
President Obama has been briefed on the situation at LAX, according to a White House official who spoke to the Times.
"The President has been briefed about the shooting at LAX," the official who was not named, said. "We will continue to stay in touch with our federal and local partners. The LAPD is leading the response and investigation. We urge citizens to listen to the authorities and follow directions from the first responders on site. The president will continue to receive briefings throughout the day."
