one of the injured tsa officers spoke out for the first time talking about his encounter with the gunman after helping an elderly man to a safe area. i turned around and there was a gunman who shot me twice. i was shot in the foot. after i was shot i got to the area where the planes were at. and people were coming towards me and asking me, you know, were you shot, what s going on. i was like, and i, all i could think about was, you know, helping them, you know, i may be injured right now, but the concern is really to take care of you. that comes on the heels of new information that police visited the alleged gunman s apartment the day of the shooting. they got a tip. but it turns out they missed him. and the chance to save a live by just minutes. stephanie elam is out front.
already gone. we spoke exclusively to a woman who knows ciancia and his roommates. their third roommate comes back and says i just dropped paul at lax. and they just knew. i think he just dropped off paul to a shooting. reporter: he entered the terminal armed with an assault rifle and five magazines of ammunition. they recovered a handwritten note on ciancia that made it clear he was out to kill tsa officers. he shot geraldo hernandez at point blank range. then he went up an escalator. but after spotting hernandez still moving on the floor, he doubled back to shoot him again, killing hernandez. there was a pause. so i looked down the escalator, and i saw the gunman. he had his gun trained on the guy on the wall there, and he shot him twice. reporter: in the end, two
he was very upset and he thought that tsa abused their power. reporter: as for paul ciancia, his family expressed sorry for his actions. paul is our son and brother. we will continue to love him and care for him. we will support him during the difficult times ahead. while we do not mean to minimize the grief and distress experienced by many other family, we hope that the public will understand that this is a very difficult time for our family too. reporter: and in light of the shooting, erin, a union that represents the tsa officers is now calling for another group of tsa officers who are armed and able to arrest travelers. they were saying that they would need extra training. but in light of all the kinds of people that these people encounter in their jobs that they need that extra security. erin? stephanie, thank you very much. and let us know what you think. should the tsa have more security, have the right to have guns? would that solve any of this. we are learning more a
they were saying that they would need extra training. but in light of all the kinds of people that these people encounter in their jobs that they need that extra security. erin? stephanie, thank you very much. and let us know what you think. should the tsa have more security, have the right to have guns? would that solve any of this. we are learning more about the alleged gunman, paul ciancia and why he may have been target being tsa officers specifically. according to the latest we have from the fbi, investigators found a note from ciancia that made it clear he wanted to kill tsa officers. now he said he acted alone, but was he part of an anti-government group that is rising in popularity across the united states? as in, could this happen again? out front tonight, a senior fellow at the law center and michael med ved. you spend your entire life
terminal armed with an assault rifle and five magazines of ammunition. they recovered a handwritten note on ciancia that made it clear he was out to kill tsa officers. he shot geraldo hernandez at point blank range. then he went up an escalator. but after spotting hernandez still moving on the floor, he doubled back to shoot him again, killing hernandez. there was a pause. so i looked down the escalator, and i saw the gunman. he had his gun trained on the guy on the wall there, and he shot him twice. reporter: in the end, two more tsa officers and a traveler were hit. lax police shot ciancia several times in the face and neck. he s alive but remains unresponsive. the woman who knows him and his roommates says he was socially awkward and had expressed strong feelings about the u.s. government.