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horn Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Florida shooting: Five dead at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, police say Updated about an hour agoSat 7 Jan 2017, 2:33pm A gunman carrying US military identification has shot dead five people at a baggage carousel at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, before being taken into custody. Key points: Gunman arrived on flight with checked gun in bag Shooter reportedly identified as 26yo who was honourably discharged from Army last year Appears shooter acted alone, too early to assign motive: County Sheriff Eight others were wounded when the gunman, identified by authorities as 26-year-old US Army veteran Esteban Santiago, opened fire. The gunman had arrived on a flight with a checked gun in his bag, Broward County Commissioner Chip LaMarca said on Twitter. He claimed his bag and went to the bathroom to load the gun before coming out and firing, Mr LaMarca said. Mobile phone video posted on social media showed victims on the floor next to a carousel, with people on their knees attempting to provide aid, while at least two victims had pools of blood from apparent head wounds. Police did not fire any shots and the gunman was taken into custody unharmed, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said. Mr Santiago served in Iraq with the National Guard but was demoted and discharged last year for unsatisfactory performance, authorities said. Mr Santiago's brother, Bryan, told AP his brother had been receiving psychological treatment in Alaska. He said Mr Santiago's girlfriend alerted the family to the situation in recent months. Bryan Santiago said he did not know what his brother was being treated for and that they never talked about it over the telephone. He said Mr Santiago was born in New Jersey and moved to Puerto Rico when he was two. He was deployed to Iraq in 2010 and spent a year there with the 130th Engineer Battalion, according to Puerto Rico National Guard spokesman Paul Dahlen, and later joined the Alaska National Guard. Mr Israel said it was too early to assign a motive, adding: "At this point, it looks like he acted alone." Shooter said nothing as he fired, witnesses say The gunman said nothing as he fired, witnesses told MSNBC. He appeared to use a 9mm handgun, which he tossed aside upon running out of ammunition, surrendering to police, MSNBC reported. Video showed hundreds of people standing on the tarmac as an ambulance drove by and authorities rushed to the scene. About 90 minutes after the attack, panic broke out anew with passengers and police running frantically about at a separate terminal, but Mr Israel said there were no other reports of shots being fired. Mr Israel's office later tweeted that the bomb squad would detonate a "suspicious package near railroad tracks". John Schlicher, who told MSNBC he saw the attack, said the gunman was "directly firing at us" while passengers waited for their bags to come off the carousel. "I put my head down and prayed," Mr Schlicher said, adding that his wife gave first aid to someone who had been shot in the head. His mother-in-law used her sweater to tend to another victim but it turned out that victim was already dead, Mr Schlicher said. Mark Lea, another witness, told MSNBC "there was no rhyme or reason to it". "He didn't say anything, he was quiet the whole time, he didn't yell anything," Mr Lea said. Florida Governor travelling to Fort Lauderdale Security officials corralled passengers into areas including underneath the terminal and at least one open space on the runway apron, according to images on cable news networks. Florida Governor Rick Scott was traveling to Fort Lauderdale — where air traffic was shut down — to be briefed by law enforcement, his office said in a statement. Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport is the second largest in South Florida, serving as an intercontinental gateway, with Miami International Airport known as the primary airport for international flights in the area. Some 30 kilometres north of Miami, the Fort Lauderdale airport is near cruise line terminals. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-07/multiple-people-dead-in-florida-airport-shooting-police/8167414 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightcutter Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 I'm always flabbergasted by gun 'controls' in the US. Simply extraordinary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horn Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 9 hours ago, horn said: The gunman had arrived on a flight with a checked gun in his bag, Broward County Commissioner Chip LaMarca said on Twitter. You can check in your gun on plane in the US? wow. People outside US gets detained if they possessed a bottle of water when they checked in on plane, let alone a gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ULIZOS Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 It's kind of bizarre how this has become so common in the U.S. that nobody even gets surprised anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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