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The Fort Lauderdale 'air rage' gunman 'argued with passengers' on his flight
The [UK] Daily Mail ^ | Published: 13:20 EST, 6 January 2017 | Updated: 17:25 EST, 6 January 2017 | By Ashley Collman and Liam Quinn For Dailymail.com and Jose Lambiet In Ft. Lauderdale For Dailymail.

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 01/06/2017 2:36:18 PM PST by M. Thatcher
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2 posted on 01/06/2017 2:37:01 PM PST by M. Thatcher
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I bet he was arguing about how great Mohammed was.


3 posted on 01/06/2017 2:37:16 PM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat)
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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.


4 posted on 01/06/2017 2:38:04 PM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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“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.


5 posted on 01/06/2017 2:39:12 PM PST by TexasGator
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just damn...


6 posted on 01/06/2017 2:39:48 PM PST by proust (Trump / Pence 2016!)
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ISIS’ index finger signal
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.


7 posted on 01/06/2017 2:41:41 PM PST by spankalib ("I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.")
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Is that a keffiyeh?


8 posted on 01/06/2017 2:41:43 PM PST by milford421
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3511521/posts?page=5#5

Thanks for the info!

Ping!


9 posted on 01/06/2017 2:42:58 PM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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Does this look like the same guy? http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/01/look-cnn-doctored-photo-ft-lauderdale-shooter-esteban-santiago/


10 posted on 01/06/2017 2:43:02 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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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!


11 posted on 01/06/2017 2:44:56 PM PST by TTFlyer
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Star Wars tee shirt.

That is what we are up against.


12 posted on 01/06/2017 2:45:51 PM PST by Timpanagos1
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Gateway Pundit’s photo was the wrong guy - some Florida pedophile apparently.


13 posted on 01/06/2017 2:47:24 PM PST by M. Thatcher
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A muzzie doing the ISIS signage.


14 posted on 01/06/2017 2:48:57 PM PST by dforest
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The Russians hacked him to distract from 0bama’s excellent #GooodByeTour.


15 posted on 01/06/2017 2:49:29 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Higher Taxes, Less Freedom, More Bureaucracy! What could possibly go wrong?)
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The keffiya in question, also available in green as shown on the shooter.

http://www.onetigris.com/product/onetigris-outdoor-shemagh-arab-tactical-keffiyeh-desert-head-scarf/


16 posted on 01/06/2017 2:53:27 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Higher Taxes, Less Freedom, More Bureaucracy! What could possibly go wrong?)
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To: TexasGator; 2ndDivisionVet; appalachian_dweller; aragorn; Arthur Wildfire! March; ASA Vet; ...

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


17 posted on 01/06/2017 2:54:21 PM PST by Whenifhow
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To: spankalib

I raise a different finger to them.


18 posted on 01/06/2017 2:56:02 PM PST by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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IIRC, obama has been photographed thusly.


20 posted on 01/06/2017 2:58:33 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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