Police sweep LAX terminal after incident; Police say no shots fired

Police tonight investigated an incident at Los Angeles International Airport in which witnesses apparently heard several shots.

#BREAKING: LAX police tell NBC4 they are investigating incident at LAX, additional details not clear

— NBC Los Angeles (@NBCLA) November 23, 2013

Tarrant co- officer involved shooting. Witnesses heard 5-6 shots, officers screaming "get down" @NBCDFW #breaking pic.twitter.com/BCr5AqwywK

— Eric King (@kings_english77) November 23, 2013

https://twitter.com/Circa/status/404094512496001024

https://twitter.com/bcuban/status/404094770303090688

BREAKING NEWS!! Guns drawn, TSA agents dealing with scary situation inside LAX. Passengers taking cover at the gates. #losangeles

— GABE SPIEGEL (@GABESPIEGEL) November 23, 2013

@WakeUpChris Chaos, ppl running and screaming. Cops show up. Everyone takes cover. #lax

— GABE SPIEGEL (@GABESPIEGEL) November 23, 2013

BREAKING! U can see ppl taking cover w cell phones out. #LAX threatening situation near gate 57, Delta intnl termnl pic.twitter.com/hLILBdUqHg

— GABE SPIEGEL (@GABESPIEGEL) November 23, 2013

BREAKING! Alarms off now. All flights delayed, Delta Terminal near Gate 57, police had guns drawn. Flights to Vegas, NYC and Sydney affected

— GABE SPIEGEL (@GABESPIEGEL) November 23, 2013

Police said a loud traffic accident outside of the terminal might have startled travelers.

Not clear if shots were fired at LAX, other reports say a loud traffic accident outside may have triggered the investigation out of caution.

— Anthony DeRosa ? (@Anthony) November 23, 2013

#BREAKING: LAX police: No Shots Fired.
Police say loud traffic accident triggered fears of another shooting.

— KTLA (@KTLA) November 23, 2013

Car struck another car and possibly a pedestrian? Crashed into parking structure at LAX pic.twitter.com/CX1rq7iWOz

— Monsterbeard – BLACK LIVES MATTER (@Monsterbeard) November 23, 2013

BREAKING NEWS: Newschopper 4 over a car into structure at LAX pic.twitter.com/7P1cOuNMVF

— Elizabeth Applegate (@ApplegateTV) November 23, 2013

Rumour is that the incident at Terminal 4 at LAX was a traffic accident that was reacted to as gunfire

— Peter Ward (@wardy) November 23, 2013