Paul Ciancia, a 23-year-old man who allegedly killed a TSA screener and wounded three other people during a November 1 shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport, pleaded not guilty to murder in a federal Rancho Cucamonga courtroom on Thursday. Trial for the Sun Valley man is set forFebruary 11 in Los Angeles federal court and prosecutors will seek the death penalty if Ciancia is convicted. According to authorities, Ciancia opened fire with a semiautomatic rifle inside Terminal 3 at LAX. They said Ciancia was specifically targeting TSA officers as he shot his way past a security checkpoint and into the gate area. TSA agent Gerardo Hernandez, a 39-year-old father of two, was killed. Two other TSA officers and a teacher from Calabasas were injured. Ciancia was arrested following a gunfight with airport police, who shot him four times. He spent more than two weeks at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center before he was released into the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service. Ciancia remains in jail without bail. Story provided by: Abc7news
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