Now reporting that earlier report of three (3) bystanders shot is incorrect and now say that it was "only" the (2) people shot.
As if the shooting of ANY passenger is an "only" event. This is very bad, very bad for the "confidence" of the travelling public here in the USA. The intoxicated pilots at MIA; the mid-air collision in s'west Germany, and now, this incident at LAX.
The American flying public will be very concerned about ALL of these "recent" incidents so close togather in the "news"! And this will surely have some impact on the amount of travellers in the air. We (USA aviation) do NOT need this kind of thing at this time, when travel was just beginning to come back to pre-Sept/00 levels.
I must admit, I have never given a thought (up to now) about how secure I was, or not, in the "Lobby" area of an airline terminal. Now it looks like, I will have to be very "alert" from the instant I get on the airport property.
I remember the "Red Brigade, et al" shootings back in the '70s in Terminals, but this is only coming back to my mind now that this has come up. Very Bad!