Shooting at Fort Lauderdale airport

RobertKK

At least 9 people are wounded at Fort Lauderdale airport in Florida.
Terminal 2 at the airport has been evacuated, the shooter is in custody.

It is unknown if it is terrorism or a person with mental problems.

Sound of Silence

Here's a link

diomed

It would be news if shots were not fired in the USA.

Omackeral

RobertKK, I have to ask. Do you hover over twitter waiting for sh*t to happen? You are like Mr Scoops around here always ready to drop another bit of news our way. I honestly don't know how you do it.

It had already been on the breaking news thing on BBC before this thread was started and they're usually fairly slow.

RobertKK

Omackeral wrote: »

RobertKK, I have to ask. Do you hover over twitter waiting for sh*t to happen? You are like Mr Scoops around here always ready to drop another bit of news our way. I honestly don't know how you do it.

I got a CNN alert on my phone.

Shooting was in the baggage claim area.

Omackeral

RobertKK wrote: »

I got a CNN alert on my phone.

Shooting was in the baggage claim area.

Unexpected shooting in the baggage area.

Atlantic Dawn

RobertKK wrote: »

I got a CNN alert on my phone.

Shooting was in the baggage claim area.

Have travelled a few times through the US and when your travelling internally the backage reclaim area is open to the public, there's no checks on people or secure zone like most airports. Someone can basically walk in off the street and reclaim a bag and leave or in this case what looks like went in with a gun, real amateur hour for a country who's airports are secure in so many other ways.

Atlantic Dawn

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Have travelled a few times through the US and when your travelling internally the backage reclaim area is open to the public, there's no checks on people or secure zone like most airports. Someone can basically walk in off the street and reclaim a bag and leave or in this case what looks like went in with a gun, real amateur hour for a country who's airports are secure in so many other ways.

That's mental.

RobertKK

Multiple people dead say police.

Hank Scorpio

Any word about motive? The guy is in custody but nothing else released.

murpho999

Hank Scorpio wrote: »

Any word about motive? The guy is in custody but nothing else released.

Seriously, this is just happening and you want a motive already?

murpho999

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Have travelled a few times through the US and when your travelling internally the backage reclaim area is open to the public, there's no checks on people or secure zone like most airports. Someone can basically walk in off the street and reclaim a bag and leave or in this case what looks like went in with a gun, real amateur hour for a country who's airports are secure in so many other ways.

Internal flights are different in the US as they are as normal as getting on a bus so many airports have a domestic terminal.

I don't get how having the baggage area open to the public makes it any less secure as the passenger bags are still screened.

A shooter can still kill a lot of people by not having access to the baggage area in a busy airport so I don't really see what your point is.

snubbleste

Just another normal day in the US then

RobertKK

Up to 5 people were shot dead.

The_Kew_Tour

Dont really give hoot about motive, just another mindless act for no reasons.

People killed for nothing. Disgusting and just so unlucky to be in wrong place at wrong time

Atlantic Dawn

Shooter in his 30's and wearing a Star Wars t-shirt according to a caller on air now on Fox News.

Hank Scorpio

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Dont really give hoot about motive, just another mindless act for no reasons.

People killed for nothing. Disgusting and just so unlucky to be in wrong place at wrong time

Oh of course. But part of me is always curious what would cause someone to do such horrendous acts of killing innocent people.

AnGaelach

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Shooter in his 30's and wearing a Star Wars t-shirt according to a caller on air now on Fox News.

Hank Scorpio wrote: »

Oh of course. But part of me is always curious what would cause someone to do such horrendous acts of killing innocent people.

Rogue One must've been a terrible movie.

NickNickleby

murpho999 wrote: »

Seriously, this is just happening and you want a motive already?

I think its human nature to ask "Why?" when something like this happens. For myself, I'd be wondering if this could have happened to me? And I think we all do that subconsciously.

Atlantic Dawn

Suspect arrested carrying military ID according to Fox News.

The_Kew_Tour

Hank Scorpio wrote: »

Oh of course. But part of me is always curious what would cause someone to do such horrendous acts of killing innocent people.

No worries. Just saying i was not having go just read back on posts in case you thought I was.

Bandage

Terrible stuff yet again.

omega man

Still an active shooter reported despite someone already in custody.

Hank Scorpio

Live stream here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0aupX0xknI

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Omackeral wrote: »

RobertKK, I have to ask. Do you hover over twitter waiting for sh*t to happen? You are like Mr Scoops around here always ready to drop another bit of news our way. I honestly don't know how you do it.

It's better than the opposite though I suppose. I didn't even know what Ebola was until they thought it was in tallaght (or was it blanch?)

Atlantic Dawn

Sheriff interviewed, said shooter was passenger on inbound plane, gun was in checked baggage, he retrieved gun from luggage and then started shooting. Shooter unharmed and being interviewed by FBI.

Appears now to be only one shooter.

BorneTobyWilde

American press conferences end up being a long list of who's who .
Everyone wants a piece of the camera.

BorneTobyWilde

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Sheriff interviewed, said shooter was passenger on inbound plane, gun was in checked baggage, he retrieved gun from luggage and then started shooting. Shooter unharmed and being interviewed by FBI.

Appears now to be only one shooter.

Seems like a executed plan.

Atlantic Dawn

He was on a Canadian Airlines flight from Canada, had military ID (no idea if Canadian or US or other), gun can be carried unloaded in the hold. Apparently he loaded the gun in the toilets of the airport.

BorneTobyWilde

What nationality is he.
They should know that. was it revealed

jimmy blevins

Shooter was apparently wearing a star wars t-shirt, possible Jedi extremist? Religion of peace?

NomadicGray

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

What nationality is he.
They should know that. was it revealed

A mexican sounding name was going around a lot , also the idea that the gun was brought in on a Candian flight, retrieved from shooters baggage.

refusetolose

no more guns in luggage coming soon

BorneTobyWilde

refusetolose wrote: »

no more guns in luggage coming soon

Sound like a crap movie

BorneTobyWilde

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

What nationality is he.
They should know that. was it revealed

They are saying he is a White Hispanic.. Estoban Santiago

Hank Scorpio

Edit: May have been mistaken.

RIP to the victims.

NomadicGray

Hank Scorpio wrote: »

Edit: May have been mistaken.

RIP to the victims.

Pretty ****ing stupid to post that

Hank Scorpio

NomadicGray wrote: »

Pretty ****ing stupid to post that

Christ, I removed it. Don't be so sensitive.

murpho999

NickNickleby wrote: »

I think its human nature to ask "Why?" when something like this happens. For myself, I'd be wondering if this could have happened to me? And I think we all do that subconsciously.

Of course you ask why, but those details are not known yet.

This is the US were it's easy to get guns and people with all kind of mental health issues can easily access them, so these incidents are going to continue to happen without an apparent motive until they change their stupid laws and save lives.

odyssey06

murpho999 wrote: »

This is the US were it's easy to get guns and people with all kind of mental health issues can easily access them, so these incidents are going to continue to happen without an apparent motive until they change their stupid laws and save lives.

Except in this instance the guy flew in from Canada with the gun ... assuming earlier info on this thread is correct???

Berserker

Internal flights in the USA are going to be locked down after this. Always found the openness of the baggage reclaim to be a little odd.

BorneTobyWilde

Why would a guy decide to ruin his life and other peoples lifes
He's never be free again

midnight city

Jake1 wrote: »

They are saying he is a White Hispanic.. Estoban Santiago

They are clutching at straws to label him white

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/01/look-cnn-doctored-photo-ft-lauderdale-shooter-esteban-santiago/

ceadaoin.

Berserker wrote: »

Internal flights in the USA are going to be locked down after this. Always found the openness of the baggage reclaim to be a little odd.

But according to previous posts, this guy arrived on a flight and collected his bag from the reclaim area. Locking it down wouldn't stop something like this from happening

I've always thought the main risk from the baggage area being so open was theft.

Atlantic Dawn

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Why would a guy decide to ruin his life and other peoples lifes
He's never be free again

I'd say he's "unwell" as Joe Duffy would say.

Berserker

ceadaoin. wrote: »

But according to previous posts, this guy arrived on a flight and collected his bag from the reclaim area. Locking it down wouldn't stop something like this from happening

I've always thought the main risk from the baggage area being so open was theft.

Sorry, I was talking about theft of baggage. Restricting people's ability to carry guns on their person in an airport terminal or their ability to remove them from their luggage in an airport terminal, is the only way to stop something like this happening. Interesting to read that this person flew in from Canada.

RasTa

Berserker wrote: »

Sorry, I was talking about theft of baggage. Restricting people's ability to carry guns on their person in an airport terminal or their ability to remove them from their luggage in an airport terminal, is the only way to stop something like this happening. Interesting to read that this person flew in the Canada.

Eh that's not freedom, don't you dare mention my freedom to bring my gun on a plane you communist.

Berserker

RasTa wrote: »

Eh that's not freedom, don't you dare mention my freedom to bring my gun on a plane you communist.

Now, now, you can take your gun out of your bag and conceal it on your person when you get to the parking lot.

RasTa

Air Canada saying they had nobody of that name flying with them.

Little CuChulainn

midnight city wrote: »

They are clutching at straws to label him white

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/01/look-cnn-doctored-photo-ft-lauderdale-shooter-esteban-santiago/

American media is just shocking. I watched ten minutes of Fox News yesterday. It was a show called Fox and Friends I think. I swear it was like watching a cult talk about it's leader. They couldn't go a minute without complimenting Trump on some inane ****e.