Potential passengers paid on the ground as police searched the area, responding to reports of gunfire.
And adding to even more confusion was the sight of Zorro, waiting outside of one of the terminals, with a plastic sword and a full-blown mask and costume.
Thankfully, the reported “shots” turned out to be nothing more than loud noises, but that wasn’t determined right away by the police officers who arrived on the scene.
The reports of shots being fired were incorrect, and the airport has been re-opened (according to USA Today), but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t a whole hell of a lot of confusion on the ground in Los Angeles on Sunday night.