LOS ANGELES— Federal prosecutors on Saturday filed a murder charge against the alleged gunman in the shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport in which a Transportation Security Administration screener was killed.
Other charges related to firing a weapon inside an international airport were also filed against 23-year-old Paul Anthony Ciancia, who was identified by police as the man who opened fire inside Terminal 3 about 9:20 a.m. Friday. At an FBI news briefing Saturday, officials confirmed that Ciancia used an assault rifle in the attack.
If convicted, Ciancia faces life in prison without parole, or possibly the death penalty, authorities said Saturday.
At the briefing, FBI officials said Ciancia's intent was made "very, very clear" in a note in which he "indicated his anger and malice toward TSA officers."
David Bowdich, FBI special agent in charge, said that in Ciancia's handwritten note, his goal was to "instill fear into their traitorous minds."
Source: Chicago Tribune, October 2, 2013
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