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| Gunman Opens Fire at Fort Lauderdale Airport; UPDATE |
| 2017-01-06 |
| Default status is terrorism, though that could change. A gunman opened fire Friday afternoon at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida, shooting at least nine people and killing one, Broward County officials said. A gunman was in custody, local law enforcement sources told NBC News. The Fort Lauderdale airport tweeted the incident occurred at a baggage claim inside Terminal 2. Passengers and workers were evacuated onto a tarmac. Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer tweeted he was at the airport at the time of the shooting and "everyone is running." He later tweeted that "all seems calm." A law enforcement expert said authorities will try to determine who the suspect is and whether there are other plots afoot. "You're trying to understand, is this a one-off guy? Regardless of motive, is he alone, or is there something else?" law enforcement expert Jim Cavanaugh told MSNBC. "We hate to think that way, but that's the requirement for police commanders -- to think that way." |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #23 Classify Islam as a death cult of intolerance and outlaw it. |
| Posted by: Nero White 3083 2017-01-06 22:04 |
| #22 Aaaaand here comes the radical islam part: Ft Lauderdale shooter was posting on Jihadi forums when he was 17yrs old in 2007 - Now closed twitter acct @Esteban00903 |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-01-06 21:24 |
| #21 Wasn't that enough to get him on the NO FLY list? One of the problems with treating terrorism as a criminal justice matter, you have to wait for someone to actually do something before you can take action. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-01-06 20:06 |
| #20 The guy walked into an FBI office last November and said he was being forced to fight for ISIS. Wasn't that enough to get him on the NO FLY list? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-01-06 18:24 |
| #19 He reportedly told FBI last year he was forced to fight with ISIS. |
| Posted by: Nero White 3083 2017-01-06 17:41 |
| #18 This guy?: Esteban Santiago Facebook Information |
| Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2017-01-06 17:09 |
| #17 I'll take "Drugs" for 400 Alex... |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2017-01-06 16:27 |
| #16 Shooter seems to have flown in from Canada with the gun in his checked baggage. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2017-01-06 16:21 |
| #15 Radicalized convert? |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-01-06 15:36 |
| #14 Trumps kids travel coach. Trump was vacationing in Florida. Could be a hit attempt by leftist idiots? |
| Posted by: Nero White 3083 2017-01-06 15:35 |
| #13 From the CBS-Miami link: One suspect is in custody in connection, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. A law enforcement source talking to CBS News identifies the accused shooter as Esteban Santiago who was born in New Jersey and had a military ID. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-06 15:19 |
| #12 Converted jihadis, gangsters fighting for access to transport, a couple of nutters? I look forward to discovering the truth. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-06 15:13 |
| #11 As of around 2:30 p.m. local time, the TSA said there was another active shooter at the airport and that all terminals were closed. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2017-01-06 15:04 |
| #10 Aye, he's a fine Irish lad... |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-01-06 15:01 |
| #9 Update from the Daily Mail: A gunman, Esteban Santiago, is reportedly in custody. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-06 14:54 |
| #8 May still be ongoing. 2nd shooter? |
| Posted by: phil_b 2017-01-06 14:54 |
| #7 Ima listening to Fox News about this incident right now. I can't believe what a slimy little self-centered pompous asshole egomaniacal rat Shep Smith is. |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-01-06 14:33 |
| #6 Somebody was upset at their baggage being damaged? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2017-01-06 14:28 |
| #5 Five dead. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-01-06 14:25 |
| #4 The Daily Mail concurs on three dead and the gunman in custody. They'll be updating, too, no doubt, and have Ari Fleisher's tweets as the situation unfolded. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-06 14:22 |
| #3 Update at 2:07 p.m. local time (ET) from CBS Miami, which will post new updates as they come in: Three dead, airport services suspended. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-06 14:18 |
| #2 Fixed. I've been having trouble with it, too. For some reason it started closing highlight immediately after opening, instead of closing at the end of the chosen bit of text -- very annoying. So I moved it and all is as intended. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-06 14:14 |
| #1 First line should be highlighted - tool seems not to work for me now. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2017-01-06 13:46 |