Breaking: Active Shooter at Fort Lauderdale Airport

[hunter5]

BREAKING NEWS: AT LEAST 5 DEAD IN SHOOTING AT FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT, SOURCES SAY; SUSPECT IN CUSTODY

At Least 5 Dead, Multiple Injuries in Shooting at Fort Lauderdale Airport
By EMILY SHAPIRO
Jan 6, 2017, 2:45 PM ET
At Least 5 Dead in Shooting at Fort Lauderdale Airport
At least five people were killed in a shooting at the Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport in Florida, official sources told ABC News.

A suspect is in custody, a senior federal official said.

Meanwhile, authorities are currently investigating reports of additional shots fired at Terminals 1 and 4 and a parking garage. There are no other victims reported, local and federal officials said.


Update: 5 ppl dead; 8 injured were taken to an area hospital.

— Broward Sheriff (@browardsheriff) January 6, 2017

Everyone evacuated off neighboring plane after reported shooting in baggage. We’re sitting on tarmac. Florida! pic.twitter.com/4h5kRTECso

— Stephen Falk (@stephenfalk) January 6, 2017
Nine people were injured in a shooting at the Fort Lauderdaleâ??Hollywood International Airport in Florida.ABC News
Nine people were injured in a shooting at the Fort Lauderdaleâ??Hollywood International Airport in Florida.more +
The airport said the incident was in the baggage claim area at Terminal 2, which was evacuated.

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said the incident occurred in a public area, not a secure area. The terminal is being repopulated and all passengers are being re-screened, the TSA said.

Passengers were seen huddled on the tarmac with their luggage.


I'm safe and feel incredibly fortunate. What a crazy thing...
A photo posted by Casey Prentice (@prenteye) on Jan 6, 2017 at 10:25am PST
Photos also showed the blood-stained tarmac.


President Obama was briefed on the shooting, said National Security Council spokesperson Ned Price.

Donald Trump tweeted about the incident, saying, "Thoughts and prayers for all."


Monitoring the terrible situation in Florida. Just spoke to Governor Scott. Thoughts and prayers for all. Stay safe!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2017
The airport said all services are temporarily suspended.


All services are temporarily suspended at #FLL. Please contact your air carrier about your flight information. https://t.co/Uwbaa6n6aB

— Ft. Laude-Hlwd Int'l (@FLLFlyer) January 6, 2017
Flights more than 50 miles away from the airport are being diverted.

This story is developing. Please check back for more updates.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/shooter-custod ... d=44602546 Holy shit

[Alyrium Denryle]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/pos ... 96dfa3fbe5

Police said five people were killed in a shooting Friday afternoon at the Fort Lauderdale international airport that also sent several others to the hospital.

The suspected shooter is in custody, according to a spokeswoman for the Broward County Sheriff’s Department, which was on scene at the airport.

Authorities said they first received a call about shots fired just before 1 p.m. The sheriff’s office also said that eight people had been injured and taken to an area hospital, but a spokeswoman said she did not know if all of these people were wounded by gunfire. A local mayor told CNN that the injury toll was up to 13 later on Friday afternoon.

Shortly before 3 p.m., police said they were searching the airport following “unconfirmed reports” of additional gunfire somewhere at the facility. The Transportation Security Administration also posted on Twitter a short time earlier about an active shooter at the airport.

Reporters and people on social media shared accounts from the scene around at around 2:30 p.m. Friday of another situation occurring at a different terminal from the initial shooting. Other journalists shared scenes suggesting a frantic scene continuing to unfold at the airport. According to some of these reports, alarms were heard as people were seen running out of a nearby terminal.

All flights were suspended in the wake of the shooting before 1 p.m., and the airport was closed, airport officials said. The Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport posted on Twitter about “an ongoing incident” at the baggage claims in one of the terminals, but did not provide further information.

Airport representatives could not be immediately reached for further comment.

The initial incident occurred in the baggage claim at the the second terminal, which is home to departures and arrivals for Delta and Air Canada, according to the airport.



Footage from the scene of the initial at Terminal 2 showed a chaotic, gruesome scene inside a baggage scene normally teeming with people.

President Obama was briefed on the situation at Fort Lauderdale on Friday afternoon and will be updated as new information is available, according to Ned Price, spokesman for the National Security Council.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives responded to the scene Friday, according to authorities. Fort Lauderdale officials also said they were helping with the law enforcement response at the airport, which is operated by Broward County.

“We have our units on site and around the perimeter to provide assistance and support, and we remain ready, willing, and able to provide additional assistance, support and resources,” Fort Lauderdale Mayor John P. “Jack” Seller said in a statement. “Our community extends its thoughts, prayers, and support to the victims and their families.”

The Federal Aviation Administration said that flights already within 50 miles of the airport were being allowed to land there, while other flights scheduled to head there will be delayed or diverted.

Live video feeds from the scene showed swarms of police cars with their sirens flashing at the airport, one of the busiest aviation hubs in the country. Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer posted on Twitter that he was at the airport and saw people running after gunshots were fired:

My pseudosibling (yes that is a word) is currently locked down in a back storeroom in terminal 3 with his girlfriend. So... AD is freaking out a bit. However, there IS a second shooter as far as he knows.

[Wild Zontargs]

Twitter video: first (?) shooter identified.

Broward County Law Enforcement - Live Audio Feed Web Player

Broward County Fire and Rescue - Live Audio Feed Web Player

[hunter5]

Watching live on ABC scary stuff

[Alyrium Denryle]

Threads merged.

[Alyrium Denryle]

Airport is being cleared, but it could take a while. Active crisis should be over.

[hunter5]

Seems the suspect has a military id

[Wild Zontargs]

Seems the suspect has a military id

Army National Guard confirms to @ ABC alleged shooter Esteban Santiago honorably discharged about 4 months ago. Last post - Ft. Greely, AK.

[Wild Zontargs]

Sounds like he may have mental health issues and thought he was fighting for ISIS:

5 Dead, 1 In Custody In Shooting At Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Int’l Airport

MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport has been shutdown after a shooting that left five people dead.

Broward Sheriff’s deputies are working with the FBI, trying to figure a motive for the shooting. They are trying to find out if an argument on a plane sparked the shooting.

Federal law enforcement sources told CBS News the shooter got into an argument on one leg of his travel from Alaska to Florida. The accused shooter was on a Delta flight during the second leg of his trip to Fort Lauderdale, sources said.

Broward Commissioner Chip LaMarca told CBS4 the shooter was a passenger on a Canadian flight with a checked gun. He says the shooter claimed his bag at the baggage claim area then took the gun from his bag before going into a bathroom and loading his weapon. He then reportedly came out of the bathroom and began shooting people in the baggage claim area.

A law enforcement source identifies the accused shooter as Esteban Santiago Ruiz, 26, of New Jersey. The source said he had an active military ID for the U.S. Army. Sources say he had a concealed weapons permit on him. The source added he had a minor criminal history.

Law Enforcement sources told CBSNews that in Nov. 2016, he walked into an FBI office in Anchorage, AK claiming he was being forced to fight for ISIS but was sent to a psychiatric hospital after Anchorage police were called. In 2011 or 2012, he was investigated for child porn. Three weapons and a computer were seized but there was not enough evidence to prosecute.

Air Canada took to Twitter to deny they had the accused gunman on the flight saying, “We confirm we have no record of a passenger by the name Esteban Santiago, or checked guns, on any of our flights to Fort Lauderdale.”

The gunman was reportedly wearing ‘Star Wars’ shirt at the time of the shooting.

Deputies say one suspect is in custody but have not said if it is Ruiz.

“The subject is being interviewed by a team of FBI agents and Broward Sheriff’s deputies,” said Sheriff Scott Israel.

Early indications show that the FBI isn’t seeing links to terrorism, according to CBS News’ Kris Van Cleave.

A semi-automatic handgun was seen on the floor of the airport. CBS News was told it was the weapon used by the shooter.

Just before 3 p.m., Broward Sheriff’s deputies were seen at the airport, guns drawn, as travelers on the tarmac were sporadically running around away from a certain area. There were reports of more shots fired at another part of the airport. People were seen huddling behind cars near the airport’s Hibiscus Garage. Deputies were seen landing their chopper on top of one of the airport garages.

Passengers coming off a United flight told CBS4’s Ted Scouten they heard gunfire in Terminal 1. That has not been confirmed since authorities were saying the shooting happened at Terminal 2.

Despite the chaos, Sheriff Israel said, “it seems like somebody got injured evacuating, nothing to do with any gunshots..no law enforcement have confirmed that there were any other shots other than in Terminal 2.”

Authorities said someone opened fire around 1 p.m. in the baggage claim area of Terminal 2.

“People yelling, people screaming, everyone in a big pack just running as far as possible away from the shots. Our bus driver wasn’t sure what was going on, he was asking, ‘What’s happening? What’s going on?’ But no one was answering because everyone was in a rush to get safe,” said a traveler named Ben who was at the airport grabbing a shuttle when the shooting happened.

In total, 13 people were shot – five victims have died while eight remain in the hospital, according to deputies. They say they are not releasing information on those killed in the shooting until they identify them and notify next of kin.

All terminals at the airport were evacuated. No flights are arriving or departing from the airport as law enforcement check all terminals.

“We’re just going to go step by step methodically through the building before we reopen the airport,” said an airport spokesman.

Florida Governor Rick Scott spoke to the public Friday evening after arriving at the airport calling the deadly shooting a ‘senseless act of evil.’

“We could not imagine how this could ever happen in a state like ours,” said Gov. Scott. “Whoever is responsible will be held accountable to the full extent of the law.”

President Barack Obama has been briefed on the incident. The president is set to travel to the Jacksonville area on Saturday. He has no public events planned and the reason for the trip has not been released.

President-elect Donald Trump also offered ‘thoughts and prayers’ for those affected in the shooting. Gov. Scott said he had spoken to Trump throughout the day.

The County has established a toll-free number for passengers and family members to call (866) 435-9355. Deputies are asking people not to call 9-1-1 on this matter.

The during and after the shooting played out on social media with those in the area sharing what they were seeing.

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My parents are there.

[General Zod]

“We could not imagine how this could ever happen in a state like ours,” said Gov. Scott. “Whoever is responsible will be held accountable to the full extent of the law.”

You couldn't imagine an airport shooting in one of the states with the highest amount of gun crimes? Really?

[Zeropoint]

I came closer than I'd like to committing a mass killing myself, back when I was in the Navy and suicidal. I got some help, but I was strongly discouraged from doing so and was punished for it (unofficially, but quite clearly). The US military is NOT doing an adequate job of providing for the mental health of its troops.

My heart goes out to the victims and their families and all the people put through emotional distress by this. There's not much more I can actually do.

[Dragon Angel]

Civilians get the bad treatment too. I've gone through the system enough to know. It's unbelievably sad the military especially doesn't care, given the occupation and all the hazards it brings.

Mental health in this country is just not taken seriously. At least like, it isn't the same as in Asian countries where it's not even acknowledged as existing, but often I'm surprised at how little of a shit governments and people care about it. Sometimes I hear of more funds being cut to psychiatry and therapy, and I have to wonder where this is going to end...

[Joun_Lord]

Its both not taken seriously and at times take too seriously. The problem with some people getting help even when it exists is the stigma attached to getting mental health care. Having things like depression, PTSD, bipolar disorder or anything else is seen as a failing, that they were weak. Stupid people like to say how back during our parents or grandparents days nobody was whining about depression, soldiers coming back from WWII and Korea weren't crying about trauma, everyone sucked it up and dealt with it. Nowadays people complain about every mental disorder because they are weak, because they want attention (might be partially true for the internet crowd claiming PTSD for every fucking thing), or hwatever. People don't want to get help because they don't want to be viewed as weak, as a faker, as a lesser

There is also the view that anyone with a mental health issue is a ticking timebomb or some other stereotype. Anyone with bipolar or schizophrenia is a future serial killer. Anyone with autism is either a walking computer or a completely psycho. People don't want help for their problems or to make it known what problems they have because they don't want to be labeled, don't want to be seen as a stereotype, and don't want stupid fucks to fear them or pity them.

I think normalizing attitudes towards mental illness, for people to be more understanding and better educated about mental illness could go a long way towards fixing the mental health crisis in America. Probably couldn't hurt to actually have mental health services available while we're at it too.

On topic, like any mass shooting I really hope the actions of this one individual don't get people fucking with other members of the group they belong to. Vets with mental health problems already get enough shit and certainly don't deserve being labeled as a potential mass shooter because of the actions of this guy or to have their rights to own firearms questioned.

[Alyrium Denryle]

“We could not imagine how this could ever happen in a state like ours,” said Gov. Scott. “Whoever is responsible will be held accountable to the full extent of the law.”

You couldn't imagine an airport shooting in one of the states with the highest amount of gun crimes? Really?

Here, let me translate the governor for you.

"I don't know how this happened, it is a complete outside context problem for me. I mean, this is Florida. If this had been a guy high on bath salts eating someone's face after raping an alligator, I could understand that, it is a regular Tuesday morning. But not a mass shooting. That is for other states like Colorado."

[Sea Skimmer]

Logically all gun criminals should have mutually annihilated before reaching the airport, would I believe be the logic in use.

[MKSheppard]

Amusingly enough this happened in a state that doesn't allow CCW guns into airports; but amusingly, Maryland does.

[Gaidin]

Amusingly enough this happened in a state that doesn't allow CCW guns into airports; but amusingly, Maryland does.

A pretty moot point as anybody can follow current rules and do what he did in any state. CCW guns allowed in airports or not. He didn't exactly shoot that many rounds as he didn't bring that many.

[General Zod]

Amusingly enough this happened in a state that doesn't allow CCW guns into airports; but amusingly, Maryland does.

Because a bunch of idiots with guns would have made things so much better ami-rite?

[Raj Ahten]

Having seen some of the reports and videos from this incident it appears to have been mass chaos with rumours being a major contributor to hasty evacuations with injuries reported. Apparently the shooter was in custody and then a rumour of a second gunman came in and led to everyone fleeing the airport. The Sheriff meanwhile says there was no way to talk to thousands of people to get the actual facts, which is ludicrous as smartphones helped spread the rumours so maybe large metro area law enforcement departments should be able to give out info via texts and Facebook etc and have that as part of the plan for incidents like this?

As to concealed carry in these situations it would be a very hazardous thing to do. Plain clothes police get shot responding to incidents all the time by colleagues in the US. Being a private citizen carrying would be worse as you have no coordination with law enforcement and other citizens could very well confuse a CCW permit holding person with an active shooter. Even if they aren't waving a gun around just seeing a gun holstered could lead to 911 calls saying the CCW holder is now a suspicious person hiding a gun at the site of a mass shooting. That's not even getting into the practical problems of successfully engaging an active shooter in a gunfight in a crowded environment if a permit holder happens to be close enough. I sure as hell wouldn't want to be in a gunfight at close quarters at an airport where my bullets have plenty of innocent people around to hit. All that said in a lot of cases mass shooters often kill themselves when confronted by force so more CCW holders around might be able to stop a shooter even if they don't shoot the shooter themselves. A lot of the practical issues often get glossed over when talking about this though.

[Broomstick]

The Sheriff meanwhile says there was no way to talk to thousands of people to get the actual facts, which is ludicrous as smartphones helped spread the rumours so maybe large metro area law enforcement departments should be able to give out info via texts and Facebook etc and have that as part of the plan for incidents like this?

Two words: reverse 911

That covers anyone with a cellphone, not just smartphones.

[Raj Ahten]

The Sheriff meanwhile says there was no way to talk to thousands of people to get the actual facts, which is ludicrous as smartphones helped spread the rumours so maybe large metro area law enforcement departments should be able to give out info via texts and Facebook etc and have that as part of the plan for incidents like this?

Two words: reverse 911

That covers anyone with a cellphone, not just smartphones.

Exactly. There are plenty of options out there to keep the public informed in this day and age. I've thought before in similar events the public outreach efforts may have been a bit overdone, especially when shootings and the like have turned out not to have actually happened. That's something I won't be thinking again any time soon.

[MKSheppard]

Airport CCW carry map. Amusing to see that VA, that supposed hotbed of GUNZ doesn't allow it, but MD does.

[General Zod]

So what exactly is your point?

[Alyrium Denryle]

So what exactly is your point?

He does not have one.

*Snip Shep Bullshit*

Shep, this is an command from this forum's moderator. Make an actual argument wherein the facts lead logically to a rational conclusion, without your typical semi-autofellatio, or get the fuck out of this thread.