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A suspect has been shot and is in custody after opening fire at Los Angeles International Airport and injuring seven people on Friday.

A man pulled an assault rifle out of a bag and began shooting inside the airport around  9:20 a.m. Pt, Los Angeles Airport Police Chief Patrick Gannon said during a press conference on Friday. He proceeded into the security screening area where he continued to fire. The suspect then went passed the checkpoint and "quite a ways" into Terminal 3.

Officers tracked and engaged in gunfire with the individual, who was then shot and wounded. He has since been taken into custody.

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var brightcovevideoid = '2793981806001'; At least seven people were injured and a Tsa officer was killed when a gunman opened fire at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday morning. Lax police chief Patrick Gannon said that at 9:20 a.m "an individual came into terminal 3, pulled an assault rifle out of a bag" and began shooting. He added that officers "didn't hesitate" to go in after the gunman (whom the FBI identified as L.A. resident Paul Anthony Ciancia, 23), and one of the officers was injured before the shooter was taken into custody. The scene inside the terminal was chaotic...

Update: David Bowdich, the FBI’s special agent in charge, confirmed that the shooter was 23-year-old Paul Ciancia, a Los Angeles resident who had previously lived in New Jersey. Witnesses said Ciancia, who is white, was wearing military-style camouflage when he carried out the attack. Previously: A gunman opened fire at the Los Angeles International Airport Terminal 3 security checkpoint Friday morning, killing a Tsa officer and wounding another before exchanging gunfire with airport police inside the terminal, according to police officials and several media reports. Lax police chief Patrick Gannon said only that the gunman had been taken into custody.