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Gunman kills at least five people and wounds nine at Florida airport: Shooter in a Star Wars....
dailymail.uk ^ | January 6, 2017 | Ashley Collman For Dailymail.com and Jose Lambiet In Ft. Lauderdale For Dailymail.com and Reuters

Posted on 01/06/2017 12:30:11 PM PST by Morgana

FULL TITLE: Gunman kills at least five people and wounds nine at Florida airport: Shooter in a Star Wars shirt opened fire in Fort Lauderdale baggage claim aiming for victims' heads - and more shooters are reported

The deadly shooting at Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport is not over yet.

Sources tell DailyMail.com that there is another shooter in the parking garage.

Five people were killed and another six injured when a guman opened fire in the baggage claim area of Terminal 1 around 1pm.

The gunman in that incident - who was wearing a Star Wars shirt -was taken into custody and has since been identified as 26-year-old Esteban Santiago of New Jersey. Santiago was carrying a military ID.

About 90 minutes later, chaos broke out again when more gunshots were heard. Police officers were seen rushing into the parking garage with their guns drawn while bystanders sought shelter behind vehicles.

The TSA confirmed that there was another active shooter situation and issued an order to shelter in place.

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KEYWORDS: banglist; florida; shooting; starwars
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To: Morgana

And is that the name he uses now.


101 posted on 01/06/2017 1:42:35 PM PST by Stepan12 (go)
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To: Robert357

I don’t care what spell check says. There is no “a” in border.


102 posted on 01/06/2017 1:45:25 PM PST by Chuckster ("Them Rag Heads just ain't rational" Curly Bartley 1973)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Canada now says the guy was never on a Canadian flight. The guy supposedly goes to all the trouble to fly with a checked gun so he can shoot up an airport. He could have just shot up the airport where he lived.

This is a poorly put together last minute false flag to try to initiate some gun control on Ofails way out the door.


103 posted on 01/06/2017 1:48:20 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Sicon
is this how it works? You put it in a checked bag, and that's it? It goes through, and you pick up your suitcase with the gun in it at baggage claim at your destination?

Not quite. You have to have it in a locked box, and declare it at check-in. Then they slap bright orange "FIREARM" stickers all over it to alert any thieves in baggage handling, or anyone who spots your bag at baggage claim before you get there.
104 posted on 01/06/2017 1:49:10 PM PST by sonjay
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To: Morgana
The accused:


105 posted on 01/06/2017 1:51:18 PM PST by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias. "Barack": Allah's current ally. "Comey" Barack's current toadie...)
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To: NonValueAdded

We are traveling from Alaska to Seattle later this month. We both have WA CPL but we have had checked bags pilfered in the past and are concerned about putting valuable firearms in checked luggage, especially in an obvious double locked gun case.


106 posted on 01/06/2017 1:52:07 PM PST by Chuckster ("Them Rag Heads just ain't rational" Curly Bartley 1973)
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To: Daniel Ramsey

“A preplanned cache in an open area?”

Just to expand the discussion:

Walker finds two guns in a violin case along Potomac River in Washington D.C. - leading cops to locate even more weapons nearby

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3511284/posts


107 posted on 01/06/2017 1:53:54 PM PST by PLMerite (Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen.)
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To: Chuckster

There has been a rash of luggage claim thefts at Stevens Intl.

Alaska Dispatch News just had an article about it.


108 posted on 01/06/2017 1:55:37 PM PST by Daniel Ramsey (MAGA)
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To: PLMerite

LOL! Obi Juan.


109 posted on 01/06/2017 1:55:57 PM PST by To Hell With Poverty (I support a woman's right to lose.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

He left from Alaska.


110 posted on 01/06/2017 1:56:01 PM PST by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: milford421

Now i hear he was honorably discharged from the AK National Guard.


111 posted on 01/06/2017 1:57:04 PM PST by Daniel Ramsey (MAGA)
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To: Morgana
Daily Mail claims he checked his weapon in baggage on his flight, collected his bags at baggage claim. went int a restroom and retrieved his weapon from locked luggage -- and thn went back to luggage claim and started shooting.

If that is true, it is going to screw things up for all of us who routinely (legally and with air-carrier approval) transport our weapons in locked, checked-though cases wherever we fly.

112 posted on 01/06/2017 2:02:15 PM PST by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias. "Barack": Allah's current ally. "Comey" Barack's current toadie...)
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To: TXnMA

The item you posted shows “Race” as “White”.

Another “white Hispanic”, ala George Zimmerman?

Esteban Santiago must be spending a lot of time in the tanning booth, when he is not watching Star Wars and engaged in serial killing.


113 posted on 01/06/2017 2:02:21 PM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: Chuckster

I don’t travel a bunch with a weapon, but the few times I have it has been locked and checked-in through the special TSA desk for firearms with no problems.

I think one would run a huge risk of trying to run it through in regular luggage. Either you get caught; or it does get stolen - and then you out a gun with no recourse.

At least if it gets stolen after the proper check-in procedures the TSA will be on the hook instead of you. Although I’m guessing the penalties for the TSA and for us would look quite different!


114 posted on 01/06/2017 2:02:57 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: mark3681
Ridiculous that they wand and pat down two year olds and Little Old Ladies at the TSA Tough Guy Inspection Station who are unarmed, then this guy just picks up his "checked" weapon and ammo and loads up and starts shooting.

May be a gap in their security thinking, methinks.

Here's an idea: Make them pick the guns and ammo up from a TSA agent who interviews them at least as stringently as he does the Little Old Lady. Ask him what he does with the gun. Go El Al on him.

Come on TSA and airport cops! Stop phoning it in.

115 posted on 01/06/2017 2:05:48 PM PST by caddie
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To: TXnMA

I don’t think he came from Canada at all, Delta from Anchorage to MSP, then to FLL.


116 posted on 01/06/2017 2:05:59 PM PST by Daniel Ramsey (MAGA)
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To: oblomov

Violence in movies needs to be censored


117 posted on 01/06/2017 2:06:49 PM PST by captain_dave
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To: Morgana

13 casualties. Loaded gun twice, three times by one report. 6 round revolver? (12 to 18 rounds) Semi-auto with magazines? A lot more rounds with a lot of misses.

If a revolver, must have had them clipped for fast loading.


118 posted on 01/06/2017 2:08:11 PM PST by loucon
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To: Daniel Ramsey

Air Canada is now saying nobody with that name was on any of their flights, nor were any checked firearms. Back to square one.


119 posted on 01/06/2017 2:10:29 PM PST by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: TXnMA

Different birth date that originally broadcast...


120 posted on 01/06/2017 2:15:56 PM PST by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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