killing TSA worker and wounding others

NBC's Miguel Almaguer reports.

The TSA confirmed the identity of the slain officer as 39 year old Gerardo I. Hernandez, according to an agency official. Hernandez is the first officer to have been killed in the line of duty in the agency's 12 year history. While airport Khris Middleton kids Jersey terminals 1 and 2 are being reopened, Terminal 3 remains shut down, officials said.

The motive isn't clear, but it's believed the suspect had anti government views based on written materials he was carrying, the officials said. He texted his brother in New Jersey before the shooting and said he was thinking about killing himself, police told NBC Philadelphia.

Federal officials told NBC News it was unclear whether the gunman was targeting the TSA or was trying to shoot his way farther into the airport. But a witness said the shooter, calmly walking through the terminal with his weapon, approached him with a one word question.

"All he said was, 'TSA?' Just like that," Leon Saryan told MSNBC. ET) at Terminal 3, which serves Virgin America and other airlines. At a cluster of restaurants in the rear of the terminals, near the waiting area for some of the gates, they shot him several times in the chest, law enforcement sources said.

"He's been shot Brandon Knight Mens Jersey and he's been treated. He survived," Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said at the news conference.

The mayor added that the suspect had "more than 100 more rounds that could've literally killed everybody in that terminal today."

When the gunfire erupted, travelers who were waiting to snake through the security line suddenly had to abandon their suitcases and hit the ground.

"We were just standing there in line, and somebody started shooting," said Nick Pugh, a witness, who told NBC Los Angeles that he heard eight to 10 shots. "Everyone dropped to the floor and started crawling along Khris Middleton Navy Jersey the ground."

The shooting brought one of the nation's busiest airports to a standstill.

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