Crime & Safety

Calabasas High Teacher Wounded by LAX Gunman Needs Surgery

Brian Ludmer remains in fair condition at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

Calabasas High School teacher Brian Ludmer, who was shot in the leg at LAX in a spree shoting, remains in fair condition at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and needs to have surgery on his leg.

Ludmer was shot in the calf and had his tibia and fibula bones shattered, Las Virgenes schools Supt. Dan Stepenosky told the Los Angeles Times.

Authrities say Paul Anthony Ciancia, 23, entered LAX Terminal 3 Friday morning with an assault rifle and opened fire on passengers and TSA agents, killing one and injuring four, including Ludmer. 

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