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HipChick

(25,485 posts)
Fri Jan 6, 2017, 02:11 PM Jan 2017

I'm at the Ft. Lauderdale Airport. Shots have been fired. Everyone is running....

Story Developing. Local News Stations are running a story...folks are fleeing on the tarmac.

Ari Fleischer @AriFleischer
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I'm at the Ft. Lauderdale Airport. Shots have been fired. Everyone is running.

Ari Fleischer Verified account
?@AriFleischer

The police said there is one shooter and five victims.

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I'm at the Ft. Lauderdale Airport. Shots have been fired. Everyone is running.... (Original Post) HipChick Jan 2017 OP
Be safe! nt redwitch Jan 2017 #1
Sorry, just read the headline and thought you were there. redwitch Jan 2017 #4
CBS Miami reporting people wounded Eugene Jan 2017 #2
Something to keep our minds off the country being turned over to a madman today. kimbutgar Jan 2017 #3
CNN just breaking with it MFM008 Jan 2017 #5
Please be safe . . . fleur-de-lisa Jan 2017 #6
What's with the Ari Fleischer tweet? Are you there personally or not?! Hekate Jan 2017 #7
Yeah. Kinda misleading OP. cwydro Jan 2017 #16
FREEDUMB!!!!! hatrack Jan 2017 #8
At least one dead, nine injured. lpbk2713 Jan 2017 #9
msnbc reporting 3 dead and 9 shot. riversedge Jan 2017 #10
I was hoping the count wouldn't grow. lpbk2713 Jan 2017 #11
5 dead HipChick Jan 2017 #13
Was this beyond security or not? crazycatlady Jan 2017 #12
Baggage Claim area HipChick Jan 2017 #14
It was at baggage claim, which is unsecured, as in many airports. n/t Coventina Jan 2017 #15
For a moment I thought you were at the airport malaise Jan 2017 #17
Apparently not. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO LEARN TO USE QUOTATION MARKS Hekate Jan 2017 #19
The shooter has been ID'd and is in custody. lpbk2713 Jan 2017 #18

Eugene

(61,821 posts)
2. CBS Miami reporting people wounded
Fri Jan 6, 2017, 02:14 PM
Jan 2017

Social media showing pictures of at least one wounded person.

The are now reporting on air that things have calmed down.

Report: Shooting At Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Int’l Airport

January 6, 2017 1:10 PM

MIAMI (CBSMiami) — An investigation is underway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

We have reports of a shooting at the airport, according to Broward Fire Rescue.

At least one person has been transported.

Chopper4 was over the scene as travelers were being shuffled around the tarmac near the Delta Airlines terminal.


http://miami.cbslocal.com/2017/01/06/report-shooting-at-fort-lauderdale-hollywood-intl-airport/

fleur-de-lisa

(14,624 posts)
6. Please be safe . . .
Fri Jan 6, 2017, 02:17 PM
Jan 2017
http://www.local10.com/news/shots-fired-at-fort-lauderdale-hollywood-international-airport



FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - "There are reports of shots were fired Friday at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

Sky 10 was above the airport as passengers were standing on the tarmac outside Terminal 2.

Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer posted on Twitter that shots have been fired and that everyone is running.

He said police said there is one shooter and five victims.

No other information was immediately available."

Hekate

(90,565 posts)
7. What's with the Ari Fleischer tweet? Are you there personally or not?!
Fri Jan 6, 2017, 02:21 PM
Jan 2017

If you are there, for gods' sake stay safe and check back in with us.

If you are NOT there but are reposting a tweet, FOR GODS SAKE USE QUOTATION MARKS IN YOUR SUBJECT LINE.

All the best.

lpbk2713

(42,742 posts)
18. The shooter has been ID'd and is in custody.
Fri Jan 6, 2017, 04:45 PM
Jan 2017



"Gunman was identified as 26-year-old Esteban Santiago and was carrying a military ID. CBS News, quoting law enforcement sources, reported Santiago was born in New Jersey."


Link: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/01/06/reports-shots-fired-ft-lauderdale-airport/96248086/#

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