Shooting At Fort Lauderdale Airport Leaves 5 Dead | HuffPost Latest News

A gunman opened fire in a baggage claim area at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in South Florida.
Five people were killed and eight were wounded in the attack, according to the Broward County Sheriffs Office.
The suspected shooter, identified by authorities as 26-year-old Esteban Santiago, has been taken into custody.

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An American gunman opened fire Friday at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida, killing five people and injuring eight others before being taken into custody, authorities said.

Law enforcement officials have identified the shooter as 26-year-old Esteban Santiago. Despite some earlier reports, no other attacks occurred in different parts of the airport, said Broward Sheriff Scott Israel.

This cowardly, heinous act resulted in the deaths of five people. There were eight more people injured by way of gunshot, Israel said.

An additional 37 people were injured in the panic following the attack, the sheriffs office reported. Israel said injuries include contusions, broken bones, strains and sprains.

This is a fluid situation.
5 dead. 8 initially injured. 37 others injured after incident. All injured taken to BHMC & Memorial Regional.

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This is a fluid situation.
5 dead. 8 initially injured. 37 others injured after incident. All injured taken to BHMC & Memorial Regional.
Broward Sheriff (@browardsheriff) January 7, 2017

The shooting occurred just before 1 p.m. local time in the baggage claim area.

We have no evidence at this time that he was acting with anyone else, Broward County Mayor Barbara Sharief said of the shooter. No motive has been identified, and authorities say they have not ruled out terrorism.

Mark Lea, a witness to the shooting, told CBS News that the attack appeared to be random. The suspect was not screaming anything, not shouting anything, Lea said. He was just picking off things like target practice. Authorities arrested him without incident.

MORE: \"He was just picking off things like target practice,\" eyewitness says of gunman at FLL airport shooting https://t.co/J54RiABFFl pic.twitter.com/HKhiPD3hHa

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MORE: "He was just picking off things like target practice," eyewitness says of gunman at FLL airport shooting https://t.co/J54RiABFFl pic.twitter.com/HKhiPD3hHa
CBS News (@CBSNews) January 6, 2017

A video shared from inside the airport showed people huddled on the ground and crying. At the end of the footage, at least one woman could be seen bleeding on the ground.

The casings were flying all around us, another woman said in the video.

Ari Fleischer, the White House press secretary for George W. Bush, tweeted from the scene about the shooting.

Videos and photos showed people waiting outside on the tarmac and then being allowed back inside. At about 2:30 p.m. Eastern time, people could be seen running back out onto the tarmac.

Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) said during a television interview that Santiago had a military ID on him at the airport. The Alaska Army National Guard confirmed to KTUU-TV in Anchorage that he served at one time but is no longer part of the organization.

Authorities confirmed during a Friday evening news conference that Santiago traveled to Fort Lauderdale from Anchorage via Minneapolis on a Delta Airlines flight.

The thoughts and prayers of the entire Delta family are with the people of Fort Lauderdale and Broward County, and those involved in the tragic events today, company CEO Ed Bastian said in a statement .

In November, Santiago walked into the FBI office in Anchorage and spoke with federal agents, George Piro, special agent in charge of the FBIs Miami Field Office, said at Friday evenings news conference.

At that time he clearly stated that he did not intend to harm anyone, however, his erratic behavior concerned FBI agents that were interviewing him and they contacted local police and turned him over to local police, Piro said. He was taken into custody by the local police and transported to a medical facility for a mental health evaluation. We looked at his contacts, we did our interagency check and everything, and at that point we closed our assessment.

Santiagos aunt, Maria Ruiz, told North Jersey news he was a veteran who had served in Iraq. But when he came back, he was acting strangely.

I dont know why this happened, Ruiz said. She added that her nephew seemed happiest when he was with his child, who was born last year.

Santiagos brother, Bryan Santiago, told NBC News that the alleged gunman had recently worked as a security guard in Alaska, where he was fighting with a lot of people and had received psychological counseling.

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