- Reports of ‘shooter’ turn out to be loud noises only
- Dublin flights had departed prior to incident
LAX has reopened the upper departures and lower arrival level roads into the Central Terminal area.
All terminals were cleared as of 10:45pm. Flights ET505 and EI144 had departed for Dubin as normal.
Andy Neiman of Los Angeles Police Department’s Media Relations section tweeted; “Report of shooting at LAX proven to be LOUD NOISES only. No shots fired; no injuries. Investigation continues to locate source,”
Video emerged of police converging on a man dressed as Zorro and armed with a plastic sword outside one of the terminals and arresting him. The man in costume can be heard shouting at police, “it’s a plastic sword” as they surrounded him with their guns drawn. A woman could also be heard saying, “he didn’t do anything”, as police arrested the man.
Evacuated passengers would have to go through the screening process again at all terminals.
A ground stop that was initiated for flights departing for LAX lasted about 20 minutes before it was lifted at 10 p.m., CNN reported.
The incident impacted the airport’s operations, and traffic near the airport was jammed.
