Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX) told Candy Crowley that LAX shooter Paul Anthony Ciancia was suffering from mental illness, as demonstrated by the suicide note that he left behind. The Chairman also said that the suspect’s family had alerted local New Jersey authorities about Ciancia earlier that morning, who then, passed this warning on to L.A. police but they “missed him by literally probably 45 minutes,” said McCaul.

Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul reveals new details about LAX shooting rampage

The gunman who shot TSA officer Herardo Hernandez dead Friday in a rampage that injured seven others left a suicide note, and mental illness was a chief reason behind the shooting, said the Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee.

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