Suspected LAX gunman identified as N.J. resident

[brooklynite]

Source: Associated Press

The suspect in the Los Angeles airport shooting is a 23-year-old man from New Jersey who wrote a rant about killing Transportation Safety Administration workers, a law enforcement official told the Associated Press.

A law enforcement official, who was briefed at LAX on the investigation but not authorized to speak publicly, said the gunman was wearing fatigues and carrying a bag containing a hand-written note that said he "wanted to kill TSA and pigs." The official requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly.

A law enforcement official identified him as Paul Ciancia, from Pennsville, a small town in Salem County. A second law enforcement official confirmed the identity, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Pennsville Chief Allen Cummings said Paul Ciancia's father called him early Friday afternoon saying another of his children had received a text message from the suspect "in reference to him taking his own life." Cummings said the elder Ciancia asked him for help in locating Paul, according to Cummings.

Read more: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/11/suspected_lax_gunman_identified_as_nj_resident.html#incart_m-rpt-1

[onehandle]

1. Tea Party Confederate Libertarians are...

...but I digress.

[George II]

2. Another innocent life taken by a gun toting nutcase. When does it end? I'm afraid....

...this incident will cause a hue and cry to arm TSA agents, adding more guns out there and more incidents like this.

[VanillaRhapsody]

3. I think the reason he got the shot gun by the TSA was because he WAS TSA..

I found a guy on facebook with his name...living in LA who put the TSA on his timeline...it just seems like too much of a coincidence...

[brooklynite]

4. He didn't...

The shooting was apparently at the ID checkpoint

[babylonsister]

5. Really! Earlier I heard a guy

on m$nbc say he saw this man in the terminal with a gun. I haven't watched for hours, so this is news to me.

[Lurks Often]

7. Check the time, if it was the same FB I saw, it occurred AFTER the shooting

when the shooter was already in custody.

[alp227]

8. don't believe those - those are FAKE profiles

One of the fake profiles used a photo of this Oxford University computer science professor to depict the shooter, and Oxford removed the photo after the fake profile came up. The phony photo has been shared 23 times.

[VanillaRhapsody]

12. You are probably right...

[cosmicone]

6. Many of us have had a fleeting desire to punch TSA people

but we happen to know right from wrong, are in control of our impulses and are acutely aware of the consequences.

[alp227]

9. More coverage from local media:

Philadelphia Inquirer: LAX gunman from South Jersey

South Jersey Times: Paul Ciancia, of Pennsville, held in Los Angeles Airport shooting, comes from 'good family,' police chief says

[kiranon]

11. Paranoid schizophrenia which affects young adults could

account for his behavior. Asking people if they were TSA doesn't sound very rational. Who would say "Yes" under those circumstances? Had a relative who was a wonderful kid, college graduate, smart and became schizophrenic in his early adult years. He never got better.

[PasadenaTrudy]

15. Early twenties

is often when symptoms start presenting...

[haele]

10. From what the articles don't say, it appears he isolated himself after high school.

No real friends, but lots of people thought he was "nice".
And most people in the neighborhood didn't know he was in California, which is unusual in a supposedly close-knit neighborhood as described. His parents were worried he was planning suicide by cop and called the LAPD to find him? Wonder what he was doing in California, and what took him to LAX?

Haele

[treestar]

13. He went to a fancy schmancy high school in Delaware

Private school long known to be "the best."

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20131102/NEWS01/311010102/Sallies-grad-held-LAX-shooting?nclick_check=1

[valerief]

14. Well, at least, this law-abiding citizen had full access to NRA love toys.

[tjl148]

16. Mental Illness

How many more times do tragedies like this have to occur before we take a serious look at how we deal with mental illness in this country? Anyone know what provisions for mental health care is provided for in the ACA? "Traditional" health care usually isn't very good in the regard.
If you are not familiar with NAMI I recommend you check them out.