Posted on 01/06/2017 1:29:39 PM PST by iowamark
Esteban Santiago, reportedly a U.S. citizen with military identification, is accused of being the shooter who randomly gunned down at least 13 people at a Fort Lauderdale airport baggage claim area.
MSNBC said the shooter may have retrieved a gun from his luggage after arriving on a flight and NBC News reported that the weapon may have been checked “lawfully.” The Palm Beach Post reported that the gunman may have emerged firing from a bathroom. Some reports said he traveled through Canada, but ABC News is now reporting he went from Anchorage through Minneapolis to Fort Lauderdale.
1. The Alleged Shooter Had Lived in New Jersey & Is a U.S. Citizen, News Reports Say
“Law enforcement source: #FortLauderdale shooter is 26 year old U.S. citizen, born in NJ,” reported Fox News’ Rick Leventhal on Twitter.
He had lived in Alaska and Naples, Florida, reported NBC Miami. According to the Mirror, the shooter “was apprehended by authorities when he stopped shooting to reload, witnesses said.”
He was born in March 1990.
According to NBC Washington, “Alaskan court records show an Esteban Santiago with the same date of birth was charged with two misdemeanors last year; one count was dismissed and Santiago was due back in court on the second this coming March.”
The Daily Beast reported that he “lived in Anchorage, Alaska from 2014 to 2016.”
2. The Accused Shooter Was Carrying Military Identification & Was Previously in the National Guard
According to ABC Fort Lauderdale, a U.S. senator, Bill Nelson, said “the 26-year-old was carrying a military identification.”
The National Guard confirmed he had been a member but said he was honorably discharged four months ago:
Nelson also said the accused shooter used a handgun during the mass shooting.
The shooter was not injured when taken into custody, the sheriff said in a news conference. The gunman didn’t say anything while firing, according to NBC.
NBC News reported that the shooter’s family is from Puerto Rico, and he served in National Guard and signed up in August 2016. “He signed up on that just a few months ago…He was not on any active duty,” NBC News reported.
3. The Shooter Randomly Targeted People Waiting For Their Luggage
News reports said that the multiple people – as many as 13 – were shot and killed by the active shooter in the baggage claim area.
One eyewitness told NBC Miami that he was standing in baggage claim when the active shooter walked in and started randomly shooting people, including several people in the head. He said that people were left bloodied and that people fell on each side of him.
That witness’ wife held a scarf to a person’s wound to try to save their life, an NBC Miami reporter said.
KVIA-TV reported that the shooting occurred inside Terminal 2, which hosts Delta Air Lines and Air Canada.
“People started kind of screaming and trying to get out of any door they could or hide under the chairs,” a witness, Mark Lea, told MSNBC. “He just kind of continued coming in, just randomly shooting at people, no rhyme or reason to it.”
Lea told the network that the shooter used a handgun with three magazines of ammunition and “went up and down the carousels of the baggage claim, shooting through luggage to get at people that were hiding.”
The gunman then tossed down the gun and “lay spread-eagle on the ground,” reported MSNBC.
4. The Suspect May Have Arrived on a Flight & Checked His Gun Into His Luggage
The suspect, identified as Santiago, was reported to be in custody. The shooting unfolded about 12:55 p.m. Eastern Standard time in Florida.
“It was a harrowing, frightening scene,” said an NBC News reporter, “as the shooter was shooting up the baggage claim area.”
MSNBC is reporting the shooter allegedly came from a flight in Canada, checked his gun in his luggage and then got it out in baggage claim. NBC News also reported that the gunman may have gotten his gun through in baggage, not on his person.
A Broward County Sheriff’s Deputy took the shooter into custody, the sheriff said at the news conference. NBC reported that the accused shooter may have shot fellow passengers, as they were the grouping of people from the suspect’s plane.
5. Despite Fears, There Was No Second Active Shooter
News reports said that the TSA was reporting there might be a second active shooter at the airport around 3 p.m. EST. People were reportedly running through the airport, but details were very unclear.
There were reports that there might be more than one active shooter as people at the airport were told – again – to take shelter as authorities searched for a second possible shooter. NBC Miami said some people had fainted as people ran for safety and were evacuated. There was a massive law enforcement response as authorities – from the ATF to the FBI and local police – hunted for a possible second shooter. However, it now appears there was not a second shooter, and by 3:30 p.m. EST, the mayor was back to saying there might only be a lone gunman.
By later in the afternoon, the sheriff confirmed there was believed to be no other shooter.
It was not yet clear what the motive was for the mass shooting or whether it was the result of a domestic motive or a foreign one.
He’s a Muslim.
Can you please source that? Or is it your opinion based on whatever?
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No surprise. I was listening to some NBC reporter talk about having a gun in your checked airline luggage like he was some kind of expert when it was pretty obvious he doesn’t have all the facts.
child what?
Interesting Drudge Report has update stating Canada Air has no record of him on flights...
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2017/01/06/sen-bill-nelson-identifies-suspected-fll-gunman/
FOX just said he received a general discharge.
I thought the same thing... They've been stealing ID's for years. I wonder if he yelled "all in snackbar" before the shooting.
Keffiyeh wearing Muslim scum
Schizophrenic, which usually hits people in their 20s. Hear voices.
I noticed that, and wonder if this caught all the “A” team cover uppers off guard or absent.Also why are thousands iof passengers from other flights being held on the tarmac
if it’s a white guy with PSD, certainly he wont mind having pork fat rubbed all over him.
My question what is going on in the background that needs massive cover:
1. Emptying out gitmo and then giving it to Cuba?
2. Dumping more Syrians all over the country?
3. The Russians did the hacking the Russians did it!
4. The NYPD still has Carlos Danger's computer and they may start going after everyone soon?
hard to say....
Read point #2 in the article thread. Info seems confused. Perhaps prior service before NG that ended in general discharge???
Figures. The left wing media will ignore it.
When do we see swift judgement and execution, when do we round up their families and ship all thier a##es to wherever they came, Im sick! My son and fiance just came back from orlando
http://lamecherry.blogspot.com/2017/01/esteban-santiago.html
Looks like the guys a pedo and there may havde been a second shooter.
Also this entire op could have been about possibly stopping pending gun legislation.Heres LC’s take on it
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As another Lame Cherry exclusive in matter anti matter.
There is going to be screaming again about American gun laws over the terror event in Florida involving Esteban Santiago who was birthed in New Jersey, but there is something incredibly wrong with this case in Santiago was transporting an illegal weapon through Canada.
As the MSM never reports the vital facts, the above photo is of Santiago holding a handgun, which is probably the weapon in Florida, but it appears even with distortion a large caliber in a 40 +. It looks like a 45 caliber in a concealed carry, and not a 10 mm in the big package handguns. In others words, this gun hurt to shoot.
The Canadian connection is important as Canada REQUIRES permits to transport firearms through Canada, and any handgun which is less than a 4 inch barrel, is not allowed to be brought into or leave Canada.
In whatever the situation, Canada has lengthy permits and feeds to transport firearms, and this gun came through Canada from Alaska, and this looks like a big bore, short barrel concealed carry, which Canada should have seized, as Canada seizes coal burning stoves in being so paranoid of metal and smoke.
Santiago also in Pizzagate Pedo, as he had a travel restriction with the TSA, meaning he was a sexual pervert.
This Podesta voter should have been flagged in Alaska boarding, in Canada, and when he entered Florida as he is a sex offender, but in Obama trans sexuals into little girls bathrooms, Santiago was not detained.
If one examines the above, Esteban was convicted guilty in 2002 in New York, yes liberal Governor Cuomo of perversion, in case number 2002 - 38438.
In this, one can see this perv 4 aliases he is operating under.
Esteban Santiago has nothing to do with gun owners, the US military in the weekend warriors, but is the Podesta Pedo Pizzagate voter, in one can ascertain he appears to be a Puerto Rican gangbanger, tossing around expired military credentials and while “sexual abuse in the second degree” is a misdemeanor, meaning the person Santiago attacked was most likely passed out, this is an Obama Clinton voter to the hilt.
If this perv had been charged as he should of and not coddled, it would have been a felony and none of Florida would have happened.
Things though are not right, as once again we have a second shooter reported like in all of these cases, in it appears another Sirhan Sirhan candidate, and this is aimed at stopping gun control repeals, in something was done to this candidate’s mind.
The story fades.
There’s no Canadian connection. A lot of Canadians were on his flight from Minneapolis, but he flew Delta both legs from Anchorage.
You may be on to something....I saw a tweet from a guy with the same name and he was angry...said it wasn’t him, he was at work and posted the shooters height and weight....apparently different than his.
signed up in August 2016, out a few months ago...never active duty.
I think that’s right it’s looking like it.
I still question where the gun and the ammo was.
Was it really luggage or was it planted in the rest room?
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