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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'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.
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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
Something to keep our minds off the country being turned over to a madman today.
kimbutgar
Jan 2017
#3
redwitch
(14,941 posts)1. Be safe! nt
redwitch
(14,941 posts)4. Sorry, just read the headline and thought you were there.
NBC says 1 dead, 9 injured.
Eugene
(61,821 posts)2. CBS Miami reporting people wounded
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 Intl 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.
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/
kimbutgar
(21,060 posts)3. Something to keep our minds off the country being turned over to a madman today.
MFM008
(19,803 posts)5. CNN just breaking with it
prepare for re-screening they say.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)6. Please be safe . . .
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."
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?!
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.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)16. Yeah. Kinda misleading OP.
Oh well.
hatrack
(59,578 posts)8. FREEDUMB!!!!!
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lpbk2713
(42,742 posts)9. At least one dead, nine injured.
Police are still sorting it out.
Link: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/gunman-opens-fire-fort-lauderdale-airport-killing-1-n704001
riversedge
(70,093 posts)10. msnbc reporting 3 dead and 9 shot.
lpbk2713
(42,742 posts)11. I was hoping the count wouldn't grow.
It sounds like there was only one perp.
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)12. Was this beyond security or not?
HipChick
(25,485 posts)14. Baggage Claim area
being reported..
Coventina
(27,064 posts)15. It was at baggage claim, which is unsecured, as in many airports. n/t
malaise
(268,724 posts)17. For a moment I thought you were at the airport
Ari who?
Hekate
(90,565 posts)19. Apparently not. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO LEARN TO USE QUOTATION MARKS
lpbk2713
(42,742 posts)18. The shooter has been ID'd and is in custody.
"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/#