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Killer Gets Life Term for Rampage at Los Angeles Airport
Source: Associated Press
Killer Gets Life Term for Rampage at Los Angeles Airport
By BRIAN MELLEY, ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Nov 7, 2016, 5:27 PM ET
A gunman who killed a federal transportation security officer and wounded three other people during a rampage at Los Angeles International Airport was sentenced to life plus 60 years in prison Monday for the attack that crippled the nation's second-busiest airport and disrupted travel nationwide.
Paul Ciancia, 26, had faced the mandatory life sentence for murdering a federal officer, but prosecutors also sought the additional 60-year term because he showed no remorse and still clings to the beliefs that led to the violence in 2013.
Addressing the court about what led up to the attack, Ciancia said that in 2012 he was sick of life and decided to kill himself.
At the time the 2012 presidential race was underway, he was watching a lot of cable news and there was a great deal of talk about gun control, he said.
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By BRIAN MELLEY, ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Nov 7, 2016, 5:27 PM ET
A gunman who killed a federal transportation security officer and wounded three other people during a rampage at Los Angeles International Airport was sentenced to life plus 60 years in prison Monday for the attack that crippled the nation's second-busiest airport and disrupted travel nationwide.
Paul Ciancia, 26, had faced the mandatory life sentence for murdering a federal officer, but prosecutors also sought the additional 60-year term because he showed no remorse and still clings to the beliefs that led to the violence in 2013.
Addressing the court about what led up to the attack, Ciancia said that in 2012 he was sick of life and decided to kill himself.
At the time the 2012 presidential race was underway, he was watching a lot of cable news and there was a great deal of talk about gun control, he said.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/prosecutor-la-airport-gunman-lacks-remorse-holds-views-43351329