AUTHORITIES ARE KEEPING TAMPA
BAY SAFE AS ONE OF THE MOST
HIGH PROFILE EVENTS IN ALL OF
SPORTS GETS UNDERWAY.
GOOD EVENING.
I'M JENNIFER LEIGH.
I'M KEITH CATE.
THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
AIRPORTS ARE AMONG THE MOST
SECURE PLACES IN THE UNITED
STATES FOR THE MOST PART, BUT
THAT SENSE OF SECURITY IS NOW
DEEPLY SHAKEN BY WHAT HAPPENED
TODAY IN FT.
LAUDERDALE.
THE AIRPORT IS STILL CLOSED
TONIGHT AFTER A MAN PULLED A
GUN FROM HIS CHECKED BAG AND
OPENED FIRE IN A BAGGAGE CLAIM
AREA ILL CANNING FIVE PEOPLE.
-- KILLING FIVE PEOPLE.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT LIVE
PICTURES FROM THE AIRPORT RIGHT
NOW IN FT.
LAUDERDALE.
YOU STILL SEE PEOPLE THERE, NOT
A LOT OF ACTIVITY, NO FLIGHTS
GOING IN OR OUT.
WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE OF
THE AIRPORT ATTACK AND ITS
IMPACT IN TAMPA BAY.
WE BEGIN WITH OUR OWN JEFF
PATTERSON LIVE FOR US TONIGHT
IN FT.
LAUDERDALE.
JEFF?
Reporter: GOOD EVENING.
AN EXTREMELY CHAOTIC SCENE AT
THE AIRPORT TODAY HERE, VERY
FRIGHTENING.
WE'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO HAD
TO RUN FOR THEIR LIVES WHEN THE
SHOOTING STARTED AND THE
SHOOTING HAPPENED JUST
DOWNSTAIRS FROM WHERE I'M
STANDING NOW IN THE BAGGAGE
CLAIM AREA, THAT AREA SEALED
OFF TONIGHT BY POLICE AND CRIME
SCENE INVESTIGATORS.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE STRANDED
AT THIS AIRPORT TONIGHT.
THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR HOURS.
WE'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE STUCK
ON UPPER AS FOR HOURS TODAY ALL
-- THE AIRPLANES FOR HOURS
TODAY.
JUST AS ONE MAN GOT OFF A DELTA
FLIGHT FROM ALASKA, RETRIEVED A
FIREARM FROM BAG AGE AND OPENED
FIRE IN TERMINAL 2 -- BAGGAGE
AND OPENED FIRE IN TERMINAL 2.
THERE WAS ONE CLOSE TO ME
AND THEN FOUR, BAM, BAM, BAM,
BAM.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS AND
EVERYBODY LOOKED AND THEN THERE
WAS BOOM, BOOM, BOOM AND PEOPLE
TAKING OFF.
Reporter: AUTHORITIES
CONFIRM FIVE PEOPLE WERE KILLED
AT THE SCENE.
WITNESSES TELL US GUNSHOTS CAME
ONE AFTER ANOTHER AFTER
ANOTHER.
BUT THERE WAS A POP, POP,
POP, POP, POP AND A HERD OF
PEOPLE JUST STARTED RUNNING
DOWN THE WAY AND TRAMPLING OVER
PEOPLE AND SECURITY YELLED,
"EVERYBODY HIT THE FLOOR."
Reporter: PEOPLE INSIDE THE
AIRPORT DOVE FOR COVER UNDER
BENCHES AND CHAIRS.
OTHERS STARTED RUNNING FOR
THEIR LIVES.
I SAW THIS GENTLEMAN COMING
OUT THAT WAS SHOT ON THE ARM
AND WAS SQUIRTING BLOOD LIKE A
FAUCET.
Reporter: POLICE HERDED
HUNDREDS ONTO THE TARMAC AND
FORCED OTHERS TO STAND AGAINST
THE WALL TRYING TO SORT OUT WHO
THE SHOOTER WAS.
SOME PASSENGERS WERE FORCED TO
STAY ON THEIR AIRPLANE ON THE
RUNWAY FOR HOURS AS POLICE
SECURED THE AIRPORT.
GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT CONDEMNED
THE SHOOTING AND VISITED THE
HOSPITAL TO SPEAK WITH VICTIMS.
I TALKED TO SOME PATIENTS
AND THEY'RE IN GOOD SPIRITS.
THIS IS CLEARLY A TRAUMATIC
EXPERIENCE FOR THEM, BUT THEY
FEEL BLESSED THEY'RE AT THIS
HOSPITAL.
Reporter: I SPOKE WITH ONE
MAN FROM BRADENTON TONIGHT.
HE HAD FAMILY FROM CHARLOTTE,
NORTH CAROLINA, THAT FLEW INTO
THIS AIRPORT.
THEY WERE STRANDED ON AN
AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT FOR
MORE THAN SIX HOURS.
THEY HAD A 2-YEAR-OLD WITH
THEM.
YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW DIFFICULT
THAT WAS.
TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME.
WE'VE SEEN DOZENS OF PEOPLE
SLEEPING ON THE SIDEWALK HERE
RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE WAITING TO BE BUSSED
OUT OF HERE.
THEY'RE STRANDED RIGHT NOW,
VERY FRUSTRATING, VERY
DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR THESE
PEOPLE TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
JEFF, I'M CURIOUS WHAT ARE
THEY DOING THERE TO TRY TO
RETURN THINGS TO NORMAL?
IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOTHING NORMAL
ABOUT THE SITUATION BEHIND YOU,
BUT WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO DO
TO GET THINGS BACK ON TRACK?
Reporter: AROUND 8 P.M.
THEY FINALLY ALLOWED SOME OF
THE TRAVELERS TO START TO LEAVE
THE AIRPORT.
IF THEY HAD THEIR CARS HERE,
THEY COULD DRIVE OUT, BUT THIS
IS A MAJOR CRUISE SHIP
DESTINATION.
PEOPLE FLY IN HERE FROM ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY TO GET ON
CRUISE SHIPS.
MANY OF THE FOLKS ARE STRANDED
BEHIND US NOW AND A LOT OF
PLANES WERE STRANDED ON THE
GROUND AROUND THE UNITED STATES
AS THE FAA BARRED ANY FLIGHTS
FROM COMING IN HERE.
SO THIS IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO
HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT ON A LOT
OF TRAVELERS.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
AFFECTED.
JEFF PATTERSON LIVE IN FT.
LAUDERDALE TONIGHT, THANK YOU.
THE 26-YEAR-OLD SHOOTER IS
NOW IN FEDERAL CUSTODY BEING
QUESTIONED BY POLICE.
WE HAVE A NEW PICTURE OF HIM
TAKEN BY A WITNESS WHO SAW HIM
BEING ARRESTED.
WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE
MAN'S TROUBLED PAST.
JENN HOLLOWAY IS JOINING US
FROM OUR TAMPA NEWS CENTER NOW.
IT SOUNDS MORE AND MORE LIKE
THIS MAN WAS MENTALLY UNSTABLE.
THAT'S FOR SURE.
OFFICIALS SAY ESTEBAN SANTIAGO
WAS UNDERGOING TREATMENT FOR
MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS
COMPLAINING HE WAS HEARING
VOICES.
A FEW MONTHS AGO HE WALKED INTO
THE FBI'S OFFICE IN ANCHORAGE
COMPLAINING THE CIA WAS FORCING
HIM TO JOIN ISIS.
IMMEDIATELY AGENTS INSIDE THE
OFFICE HELPED GET SANTIAGO TO A
MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY FOR
TREATMENT.
HE REPORTEDLY WENT VOLUNTARILY.
FROM THIS UNION CITY, NEW
JERSEY NEIGHBORHOOD HIS AUNT
AND UNCLE SAY THEY BELIEVE HE
DEVELOPED PROBLEMS AFTER AN
OVERSEAS MILITARY DEPLOYMENT.
NATIONAL GUARD RECORDS SHOW HE
SIGNED UP IN 2007 WHILE LIVING
IN PUERTO RICO WHERE HIS FAMILY
IS FROM.
SANTIAGO WAS A COMBAT ENGINEER
10 MONTHS IN IRAQ.
LAST AUGUST HE WAS DISCHARGED.
FAMILY MEMBERS SAY THAT'S WHEN
HE WENT TO ALASKA LOOKING FOR
WORK, ALSO A PLACE WHERE THEY
SAY HE HAS A SON AND WHERE HE
CONTINUED RECEIVING
PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING.
IT'S UNCLEAR YES WAS TRAVELING
TO FLORIDA -- WHY HE WAS
TRAVELING TO FLORIDA.
LAW ENFORCEMENT CLAIMS SANTIAGO
GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH
ANOTHER PERSON ON BOARD THE
PLANE AND THAT'S WHAT MAY HAVE
SPARKED ALL THE VIOLENCE.
ACCORDING TO THE BROWARD COUNTY
SHERIFF THEY BELIEVE SANTIAGO
ACTED ALONE.
I'M SURE THEY'RE NOT ONLY
TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO KNEW
SANTIAGO, BUT AUTHORITIES ARE
GOING THROUGH HIS THINGS.
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING FROM
SOCIAL MEDIA?
ON INSTAGRAM HE POSTED A
CRYPTIC POST, IF YOU WILL,
READING, "HERE'S DEFINING
WHETHER OR NOT YOUR MISSION ON
EARTH IS FINISHED.
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