Posted on 01/06/2017 2:36:18 PM PST by M. Thatcher
Five people are dead and at least eight people injured after a shooting at the Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport.
The incident happened around 1pm at the lower level baggage claim area of Terminal 2.
The gunman - wearing a Star Wars T-shirt - was taken into custody and has since been identified as 26-year-old Esteban Santiago.
Santiago flew into the airport from Anchorage, Alaska (with a layover in Minneapolis, St. Paul), and checked a gun for the flight.
After claiming his bag, he loaded it in a bathroom and then opened fire on the baggage claim area, Broward County Commissioner Chip LaMarca said.
NBC News reports that Santiago had a history of mental problems, but had reportedly been getting treatment.
His most recent address was in Naples, but he lived in Anchorage from 2014 to 2016, where his girlfriend and child continue to live. He is also from New Jersey.
Santiago was a combat engineer in the Army National Guard, and served one year in Iraq before being honorably discharged last year, the Army Criminal Investigation Division confirmed.
The motive for the shooting is still not known, but Florida Sen. Marco Rubio told CNN that Santiago may have gotten into an altercation on his flight earlier that morning.
'I know that was mentioned as a potential cause and they wanted to kind of look into that a little further and get to that point,' Rubio said.
Sources also told ABC News that Santiago was contacted by the FBI after an employer back in Alaska raised concerns about certain things he had said. After that meeting, Santiago started getting treatment for his mental health issues.
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I bet he was arguing about how great Mohammed was.
How many people fly every day? Prayers up for the families. I just heard that the Alaska Guard said that he was given a “general discharge” last year. Hmmmm.
“NBC News reports that Santiago had a history of mental problems, but had reportedly been getting treatment. “
CBS reported that he walked into FBI office last November and told them he worked for ISIS and they referred him over for treatment.
just damn...
ISIS’ index finger signal
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This article is about the gesture used by the ISIL. For similar gestures, see “Raised index finger” in article List of gestures
ISIS’ index finger signal is a gesture with the index finger raised up from an otherwise closed hand. For followers of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant it is often used as a sign of their cause.[1]
The gesture is alluding to tawhid, the indivisible oneness concept of monotheism in Islam.[1] All adherents to the Muslim faith believe in tawhid. Thus, many mainstream Muslims believe that ISIL militants have corrupted the meaning of this symbol, which has a history of being used in a non-violent manner throughout the Muslim world.
Is that a keffiyeh?
Does this look like the same guy? http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/01/look-cnn-doctored-photo-ft-lauderdale-shooter-esteban-santiago/
CLOSE OUR ******* BORDERS! If you’re an official in a “Sanctuary City” either obey Federal Immigration Law or be arrested and imprisoned for not less than 10 years! If an illegal in your Sanctuary City commits murder YOU will serve not less than TWENTY YEARS in prison!
Star Wars tee shirt.
That is what we are up against.
Gateway Pundit’s photo was the wrong guy - some Florida pedophile apparently.
A muzzie doing the ISIS signage.
The Russians hacked him to distract from 0bama’s excellent #GooodByeTour.
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PING!!!
Article and comments - from post 5
“NBC News reports that Santiago had a history of mental problems, but had reportedly been getting treatment. “
CBS reported that he walked into FBI office last November and told them he worked for ISIS and they referred him over for treatment.
Thanks, TexasGator & H/T WildHighlander57
I raise a different finger to them.
IIRC, obama has been photographed thusly.
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