At least 5 dead, 8 hospitalized after shooting at Ft. Lauderdale airport
DEVELOPING – Five people are dead and a shooting suspect is in custody Friday after a lone gunman opened fire at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida without saying a word, witnesses and authorities say.
The suspect was identified as Esteban Santiago, Fla. Sen. Bill Nelson told reporters. He said Santiago was carrying a military ID, but did not elaborate.
Eight people were rushed to hospitals, the Broward County Sheriff said. The city's mayor said there was only one shooter involved.
"It was very surreal," John Schlicher, a witness, told Fox News. "He did not say a word." He described the shooter as a slender man with dark hair, likely in his 30s, wearing a Star Wars T-shirt.
While speaking to Shepard Smith live on Fox News, Schlicher said he heard crews ordering passengers to take cover. He spoke over the phone while ducked down on the floor.
"He was shooting people that were down on the ground, too," Schlicher said.
The gunman apparently got down on the ground and waited for police to arrive after he ran out of bullets, a witness told CBS News.
The airport had tweeted that there was an “ongoing incident” at the Terminal 2 baggage claim and that all services were temporarily suspended.
More
Tags
Who is online
33 visitors
There is no rhyme or reason for this, California, one of the more regulated states, some idiot with a gun decides for whatever reason that other people need to die. Not sure why people don't see this innately immoral anymore?
Spike, what does California have to do with it. The shooting took place in Florida.
Yes it is innately immoral, but it seems to me that we have become so used to mass shooting, killings and every other immoral thing that we have become immune to it.
`
My thoughts and condolences to the families of this tragic incident.