LA airport shooting suspect charged with murder
Updated: 2013-11-03 09:26
(Agencies)
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LOS ANGELES - US prosecutors have filed a murder charge against the suspected gunman in the deadly shooting at Los Angeles International Airport.
US Attorney Andre Birotte Jr. said Saturday that the charge applied to the death of security officer Gerardo Hernandez in Friday's shooting at LAX's Terminal 3.
Authorities arrested 23-year-old Paul Ciancia in the attack, which also wounded five others, including two other security officers.
Ciancia was also charged with commission of violence at an international airport.
He could face the death penalty.
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