Pictured: The Fort Lauderdale ‘air rage’ gunman who ‘argued with passengers’ on his flight before he retrieved his handgun from checked luggage and then executed five people in baggage claim
Five people are dead and eight injured after gunman opened fire Florida’s Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport
The gunman was taken into custody and identified as 26-year-old Iraq army veteran Esteban Santiago
Santiago flew into the Florida airport from Anchorage, Alaska and had checked his gun for the flight
He loaded his gun in the bathroom after landing and was silent as he shot dead victims in baggage claim area
Santiago was reportedly from New Jersey but his most recent address was in Anchorage, Alaska
He reportedly had a history of mental health problems and family say he returned from Iraq acting strangely
Sources say he walked into an FBI office in Alaska last year claiming he was being forced to fight for ISIS
By Ashley Collman and Liam Quinn
DailyMail.com
6 January 2017
Five people are dead and at least eight people injured after a shooting at the Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport in Florida.
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) on Delta flight 2182, and checked a gun for the flight.
After claiming his bag, he loaded the gun in a bathroom and then opened fire in the baggage claim area, Broward County Commissioner Chip LaMarca said.
NBC News reports that Santiago had a history of mental problems.
Sources have told CBS news that Santiago walked into an FBI office in Anchorage in November last year claiming he was being forced to fight for ISIS. After that incident, Santiago started getting treatment for his mental health issues.
He was also contacted by the FBI after an employer back in Alaska raised concerns about certain things he had said, according to ABC News.
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