CNN.com - Gunman shot dead after killing 1 at Los Angeles airport - July 4, 2002

The initial suspicion, since it was the El Al counter, is that this is terror-related. CNN (on TV) reports that two people are being questioned by the police... It looks like the terminal has been evacuated. There's a huge crowd milling about outside.

They also report a plane crash into a park in California, a small private plane. I would guess that it's just an accident.

Why do they have to say "alleged" gunman? He's dead, he can't sue.