Posted on 01/06/2017 5:22:50 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
A Twin Cities man who was heading on a cruise with his wife told WCCO he witnessed the shootings at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
Mark Lea, a financial adviser from Elk River, talked while passengers were still on lockdown at the airport after police had taken the gunman into custody. He was in the baggage claim area when shots broke out. The latest reports from authorities in Florida say five people were killed and eight others were hurt in the baggage claim area at the Fort Lauderdale Airport. Lea said that the attack was an awful and surreal experience.
“It sounded at first like firecrackers, and then we figured out what actually was going on. There was actually a shooter,” Lea told WCCO. “People started yelling and screaming running for any exit they could.” Lea said the shooter was very quiet as he walked through the baggage claim, emptying what Lea said appeared to be a 9mm weapon.
“He was shooting as though he was walking through the woods and doing target practice, only using people as his target,” he said.
Lea said that he estimated the shooter got within 10 to 15 feet of him.
He said that he offered comfort to a woman who had been shot, and whose husband had been shot as well and wasn’t moving, Lea said.
“She had a pool of blood around her a foot in diameter already, so I didn’t want to move her until EMS could get in there,” he said.
The gunman was identified as Estaban Santiago, and investigators said he went through three magazines.
Lucky guy.
Evil meeting crazy. And frosted with political correctness.
Sounds like a tagline over at DU.
;-)
Ten feet, but unable to charge him.
I wish my guns were as quiet as firecrackers.
“He went through three magazines” ..........
While I don’t doubt his story, once again we see another “almost victim” standing there watching the event unfold while supposedly approx. 10 ft. from the shooter. Thankfully I have never had to endure such an event but consider what could have been done to STOP this guy? When he had enough time to drop one magazine and reload two more, WHAT could have been done? Guess we will never know.
Where are the CHL holders when we need them?
I have a question. Where did these come from?
10 feet? That’s 3 steps and one second. Odd to brag about being so close.
I think this may be a security issue.
Not 100% sure, but I believe that FL laws prohibit citizen carry in commons areas of airports.
At MSP, you can carry anywhere outside of the “secure” area of the airport. After TSA screening.
My thoughts exactly. I cannot imagine how I would live with myself to have been that close and not done anything. Maybe it is just my Marine mentality.
Anybody have a chance to CHARGE this
Jerkoff?
I understand Most would stare and cry,
Hindsight is 20/20 and all that,
At least tossing You’re
“HELLO KITTY” Handbag would Be a Start.
These Animals need to be
Confronted by the
“Fear of God” !
I’ve seen it, a Holy Spirit filled Exclamation of
“Binding a Satanic Spirit!”
Or the Hello Kitty thing,,,
True. . .someone was close enough to tackle the guy. . .more than one person would be in a position to attack the guy. . .do SOMETHING, die on your feet, not your knees.
Checked baggage.
From his luggage. Legal to transport there along with ammo in a package where the rounds do not touch.
(assuming you aren’t on a no fly list for being a moslem nutball who walked into an FBI office and saying you are being coerced into fighting for ISiS, and the Army has also been investigating you too....of course if that happened, you’d never be allowed to fly)
Exactly, assault through the near ambush. Immediate action!
Families with kids on vacation caught completely by surprise.
I don’t blame them. Not what they were expecting.
Obviously, there were no Marines heading for a vacation cruise this afternoon in Fort Lauderdale.
Spent.
he went through three magazines
I have a question. Where did these come from?
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
One can transport a firearm and ammo on a plane if it is checked in locked case separate from checked ammo in locked case. Mags were probably in with the firearm. Got his luggage... went into bathroom.... loaded up mags... went out and started shooting.
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