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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I’m thinking the same thing. Supposedly most recent address is Naples FL, so why come into Ft. Lauderdale airport from Canada?
I’m still trying to figure out if there’s more than one. Head shots yes - apparently he was quite proficient. Also heard a rumor of someone yelling I’m not Jewish. Not sure what’s what at this point.
But the real world exception here in FL is that if you are checking a weapon in for your checked baggage (weapon must be declared) on an outbound flight, or picking it up at baggage claim from an inbound flight and departing, you can transit in and out of the terminal with it, as long as it is the “two lock box.”
“why all head shots? video gamer?”
He went ‘round the bend and thought everyone was zombies?
See #82, and baggage claim is not a TSA-secured area.
See #82.
You can carry up to a certain amount of ammo in checked baggage.
“Was it Mark Hamill?”........LOL!!
“Is that his real name or his Sith Lord name?”
Darth Esteban
Thanks for the info. I was thinking that someone had left it for him in the restroom prior to his arrival. Seemed like a good theory.
Long flight, were victims on same flight?
Was their hallucinatory fumes on the plane?
Was he planning something elsewhere but at luggage area felt like his plans were compromised?
Lastly, maybe he did have Trump derangement, but why explode in terminal.
Ammunition
Ammunition is prohibited in carry-on baggage, but may be transported in checked baggage.
“An airport is a classic place to not bring a gun, especially if traveling.”
I know...schools, too. And, I obey the law.
Our airport’s baggage claim area is inside just across the arrivals pickup “street” from the public parking deck. There would be absolutely no problem to cruise on in with a gun. There are many non-passenger folks standing in the baggage claims area welcoming arriving passengers. Just easy to get there without hassle. Same with the ticketing area directly upstairs.
I’ve always felt the baggage and ticketing areas were vulnerable.
Heck...bad guys could do a drive-by and shoot thru the glass...especially at ticketing.
My late Uncle used to play guitar and sing that song! RIP Uncle Dan!
“Was he yelling “Aloha Snackbar”? “
How do you say Allah is Greater in Spanish?
The TV guys shows a picture of the shooter; looked about 50, gray hair .. half bald. Then, just a little while ago, they said the guy was 26 ..?????
So, somebody has it wrong.
How long will it be before the media calls the shooter a “WHITE Hispanic”?
Wait there are two odd parts to this story.
(1) A firearm was in checked luggage on a flight from Canada.
(2) He had available ammunition for the firearm.
If you have ever gone hunting in Canada from the USA, you know that crossing the boarder with a firearm is not a trivial exercise. Last time my uncle tried to take a handgun into Canada while driving the Al-Can highway to Alaska he had to have a handgun, placed in a sealed container that had Canadian seals affixed to it and if he had broken the seal, he would have been in really deep trouble and they checked it on his leaving Canada. As to the shotgun he took that was less difficult to cross with in a motor vehicle, but still a big deal. I have a friend who got stopped at the boarder with an air rifle in his RV and they made him turn around and check it with the local sheriff before entering Canada.
Handguns are not something that normal people regularly own in Canada. I would wager that if the firearm were in checked luggage, it would be flagged and have special handling and screening.
Normally a firearm and ammunition must be stored in separate and locked pieces of baggage. I would be surprised if TSA (or the Canadian equivalent) didn't spot ammo or the firearm on their baggage screening.
I find it hard to believe that a bag containing a firearm and ammo would have been tossed out with regular baggage at the airport terminal in Florida.
He started his journey in Alaska.
I heard the radio show interupted by this special report and the reporter was lamenting that firearms are allowed on planes in checked bags. Reporter was wrong when he stated “only in extreme situations like military can check firearms” but he was a reporter and as usual, knows nothing about rules.
YES, anyone can check a firearm. Baggage claims are NOT on the “sterile” side of the airport. Wether the gun was checked in a bag or walked in from a parking lot the result would have been the same.
Now prepare new rules banning ALL firearms from flights. travel state to state with your hunting rifles? Not any more soon.
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