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© CNNAirport officials said a police incident began about 9:30 a.m. at Terminal 3, an airport spokeswoman said.
A suspect has been shot and is in police custody after a shooting that prompted evacuations Friday at Los Angeles International Airport, a law enforcement source close to the investigation tells CNN's Miguel Marquez.

Airport officials also confirmed the arrest in a tweet, adding that there were "multiple victims."

The incident began when a person with a firearm approached a checkpoint at Terminal 3 Friday morning and opened fire on Transportation Security Administration agent, a former Los Angeles Police Department ranking officer who arrived at the scene shortly after the incident told CNN.

Multiple shots were fired, and the TSA agent and the gunman were taken to hospitals, the source said.

Authorities evacuated parts of the airport after the shooting. The incident led to a "ground stop" for arriving planes, said police and the Federal Aviation Administration.

Airport officials said a police incident began about 9:30 a.m., airport spokeswoman Nancy Suey Castles said.

Passenger Robert Perez, who was getting ready to fly Virgin Air, was taking a nap in the terminal when panic erupted, he told CNN affiliate KCAL/KCBS.

"I heard a popping sound, and everybody was diving for cover," Perez told the station. "The TSA said there was a shooting in the terminal and evacuate the building."

At least 100 people came down a staircase. "Everybody started to panic," Perez said.

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© CNNA "ground stop" has been issued for planes scheduled to arrive at the airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Flights destined for the airport will be held at their departure point.
Fox Sports national columnist Bill Reiter was also at the airport during the gunfire. "After the initial burst of gunfire and hiding, people started jumping over one another, jumping off chairs, pushing each other. Chaos & fear," he said on his Twitter account.

The passengers were directed to board a bus and were taken to a smaller terminal, Perez told the affiliate.

Alex Neumann was at a food court, waiting to travel to Miami, when the incident unfolded. He said Terminal 2 was put into lock-down.

"People were running and people getting knocked down. There was luggage everywhere," Neumann told CNN. "Mayhem is the best I can describe it."

Several police officers moved about the airport with guns drawn, he said.

The Los Angeles Fire Department is assisting with a "multi-patient" incident at Los Angeles International Airport, the department said Friday on Twitter.

Firefighters were laying down tarps on the street at the airport, which appeared to be triage tarps. Several ambulances were at the airport, and at least one person was loaded into an ambulance.

The area around the airport was jammed with cars as police shut down access to the airport Friday morning.

President Barack Obama has been briefed on the incident, White House spokesman Jay Carney said. He didn't have any additional information about what had happened.