The man suspected in Friday's shooting at Los Angeles International Airport apparently had suicidal thoughts, a New Jersey police chief said.
The family of Paul Anthony Ciancia, 23, told Pennsville, N.J. Police Chief Allen Cummings early Friday afternoon that Ciancia had mentioned taking his own life in a text message to his younger brother, WTXF-Fox29 reported.
The family lives in Pennsville and Paul Ciancia is a resident of Los Angeles.
Cummings notified the LAPD, which in turn went to Ciancia's Los Angeles residence. He was not there at the time, but his two roommates told authorities that he seemed fine, Cummings said. LAPD told Cummings that they would check on him again when Ciancia returned from work.
Forty-five minutes later, Cummings got a call about the shooting.
The FBI said had not yet interviewed Ciancia about the shooting because he was still hospitalized but expected to speak with him as soon as possible.
A note recovered from the bag he dropped at the security checkpoint where he allegedly began shooting described "a bunch of threatening language directed at the TSA and lots of anti-government rants," federal authorities said.
The exact motive for the shooting, however, remains unclear. Fox News' Shayla Bezdrob contributed to this report.
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