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NEW INFORMATION TONIGHT ON

THE SUSPECT IN THE FORT

LAUDERDALE SHOOTING RAMPAGE.

GOOD EVENING, I'M ELLIE MERRITT

IN FOR KATY TONIGHT.

THE FBI SAYS ESTEBAN SANTIAGO

FLEW TO FLORIDA SPECIFICALLY TO

CARRY OUT THE ATTACK THAT

KILLED FIVE PEOPLE BUT HIS

MOTIVE REMAINS UNCLEAR.

SARAH BEGINS OUR TEAM COVERAGE.

Reporter: THE IMAGES, THE

SOUNDS.

THE BLOODCURDLING SCREAM.

Reporter: WIDESPREAD PANIC

AS PASSENGERS AT THE FORT

LAUDERDALE AIRPORT RUN FOR

THEIR LIVES.

HE'S POINT AND SHOOT, POINT

AND SHOOT, ANYONE IN HIS LINE

OF FIRE.

Reporter: THE BULLETS KILLED

FIVE PEOPLE AND INJURED SIX

OTHERS BEFORE ALLEGED GUNMAN

ESTEBAN SANTIAGO RAN OUT OF

AMMUNITION AND SURRENDERED TO

POLICE.

WE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED ANY

TRIGGERS THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED

THIS ATTACK, BUT AGAIN, IT'S

VERY EARLY IN THE INVESTIGATION

AND WE'RE PURSUING ALL ANGLES.

EVERYTHING FROM MENTAL

INSTABILITY TO AN ACT OF

TERROR.

HIS FAMILY MEMBERS TOLD POLICE

HE WAS GETTING MENTAL HEALTH

TREATMENT IN ALASKA AFTER

REPORTEDLY HEARING VOICES.

IN NOVEMBER HE WALKED INTO AN

FBI OFFICE SAYING THE

GOVERNMENT WAS RECRUITING HIM

TO ISIS.

THERE HAVE BEEN CONCERNS

RAISED WHY HE WAS NOT PLACED ON

A NO FLY LIST.

WE WANT TO BE CLEAR, DURING OUR

INITIAL INVESTIGATION WE FOUND

NO TIES TO TERRORISM.

Reporter: IT ALSO CAUSED A

QUESTION, GUNS ON PLANES.

THE LAW APLOWS CHECKED GUNS AND

AMMUNITION AS LONG AS IT'S

UNLOADED AND LOCKED IN A

CONTAINER.

THE FOCUS NOW IS SAFETY AND

BUILDING TRUST.

WE'RE A STRONG RESILIENT

STATE.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET ATTACKS

LIKE THIS TEAR US APART.

Reporter: AFTER ANOTHER MASS

SHOOTING, DISTURBINGLY BECOMING

ALL TOO COMMON.

SARAH ROSARIO, NBC NEWS.

AN INDIANA COUPLE IS SAFE

AFTER WITNESSING THE CHAOS IN

FORT LAUDERDALE.

SAM AND KELLY CAROL OF

NOBLESVILLE WERE HEADING TOWARD

THE BAGGAGE CLAIM WHEN THE

FIRST SHOTS RANG OUT.

THIS IS WHERE WE'VE BEEN FOR

THE LAST HOUR.

WE'RE WAITING FOR DIRECTION.

Reporter: THEY WAIT WITH

HUNDREDS OF OTHERS CAUGHT UP IN

THE BAGGAGE CLAIM AT THE FORT

LAUDERDALE AIRPORT.

SAM WAS STANDING TOO CLOSE FOR

COMFORT WHEN A GUNMAN STARTED

FIRING.

WE WERE WALKING TOWARDS THE

BAGGAGE CLAIM AND WE HEARD

THREE GUNSHOTS, VERY LOUD

GUNSHOTS, AND THEN

SIMULTANEOUSLY EVERYONE STARTED

RUNNING TOWARD US AND SAYING

SHOOTER, SHOOTER.

SO AT THAT TIME, WE TURNED

AROUND AND RAN.

Reporter: WHEN THEY GOT FAR

ENOUGH AWAY.

WE TOOK COVER AND AGAIN TO

PRAY TOGETHER, AND ASKED GOD

FOR DIRECTION AND TO HELP US.

Reporter: HE SAYS THE

THOUGHT THEN CAME TO HIM, GET

OUT OF THE BUILDING.

THESE GUYS ARE TELLING US TO

SIT DOWN.

Reporter: THAT'S WHERE THEY

WOULD STAY FOR HOURS MORE.

THE AIRPORT SHUT DOWN AS POLICE

SEARCHED THE CRIME SCENE.

I'M JUST THANKFUL TO BE

ALIVE.

JUST THANK GOD FOR THE FACT

THAT WE'RE SAFE.

Reporter: SAM SAYS IF THEY

HAD BEEN WALKING A LITTLE

FASTER, IT MAY HAVE BEEN A

DIFFERENT STORY.

IF MY WIFE HADN'T NEEDED TO

USE THE RESTROOM, I WOULD HAVE

-- WE WOULD HAVE BEEN RIGHT

THERE WHERE THE SHOOTER WAS

SHOOTING.

MY FAITH HAS BEEN STRENGTHENED

EVEN MORE AND I JUST FEEL GOD

HAS A PLAN AND A PURPOSE FOR

US.

SO WE'RE JUST HAPPY TO BE ALIVE

AND MAYBE I CAN BE USED FOR

For more infomation >> FBI: Fort Lauderdale airport gunman traveled to Florida for massacre - Duration: 3:38.

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First News Weather Update - Duration: 2:58.

toward our neighbors to our

north but we will see some of

that as well. Expect trace

amounts in the southern

counties and up to an inch and a

half in the northern snow belt

overnight. Lows will be back

down to single

digits. For tomorrow our high

will be in the upper teens with

partly cloudy skies. The chance

of snow showers are

sticking around for mainly the

snow belt. Only expect trace

amounts up to an half an inch.

The next system

that could dumb snow in the

Valley will come Monday

overnight.

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News 18 Weekend Report Weather - Duration: 3:31.

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#@ TONIGHT

MOSTLY CLEAR, WITH A LOW

AROUND 1. WIND CHILL VALUES AS

LOW AS -9. WEST NORTHWEST WIND

6 TO 8 MPH.SUNDAYSUNNY, WITH A

HIGH NEAR 19. WIND CHILL

VALUES AS LOW AS -9. LIGHT AND

VARIABLE WIND BECOMING SOUTH 5

TO 8 MPH IN THE MORNING.SUNDAY

NIGHTMOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A

TEMPERATURE RISING TO AROUND

21 BY 4AM. SOUTH WIND 7 TO 13

MPH.MONDAYPARTLY SUNNY, WITH A

HIGH NEAR 32. SOUTH SOUTHWEST

WIND 11 TO 13 MPH, WITH GUSTS

AS HIGH AS 18 MPH.MONDAY NIGHT

A CHANCE OF SNOW AND FREEZING

RAIN BEFORE 1AM, THEN A CHANCE

OF RAIN, SNOW, AND SLEET

BETWEEN 1AM AND 3AM, THEN A

CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER 3AM.

CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 31.

SOUTH WIND 11 TO 16 MPH, WITH

GUSTS AS HIGH AS 23 MPH.

CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS

50%. NEW PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS

OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN

INCH POSSIBLE.TUESDAYRAIN

LIKELY. CLOUDY, WITH A HIGH

NEAR 48. BREEZY. CHANCE OF

PRECIPITATION IS 70%. NEW

PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS BETWEEN

A QUARTER AND HALF OF AN INCH

POSSIBLE.TUESDAY NIGHTA 40

PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN BEFORE

1AM. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW

AROUND 28.WEDNESDAYA 20

PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER

1PM. PARTLY SUNNY, WITH A HIGH

NEAR 40.WEDNESDAY NIGHTA

CHANCE OF SNOW BEFORE 1AM,

THEN RAIN LIKELY BETWEEN 1AM

AND 2AM, THEN RAIN AND SNOW

LIKELY AFTER 2AM. CLOUDY, WITH

A LOW AROUND 33. CHANCE OF

PRECIPITATION IS 60%.THURSDAY

RAIN LIKELY, MAINLY BEFORE

1PM. CLOUDY, WITH A HIGH NEAR

48. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS

60%.@#

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For more infomation >> News 18 Weekend Report Weather - Duration: 3:31.

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Richard Pitino: P.J. Fleck Is A 'Home Run' - Duration: 2:22.

I HEARD THIS GUY REFERRED

TO AS HURRICANE FLECK, WHICH I

THOUGHT WAS A BIT FITTING.

I GOT TO TELL YOU, WHEN I'M

OUT AND ABOUT TODAY, A LOT OF

PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT WHERE IT

WAS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER,

EITHER HE RESONATED WITH HIM OR

HE DID NOT.

THERE WASN'T MUCH IN BETWEEN

TODAY.

IT'S INTERESTING, HE'S A YOUNG

COACH, AND YOUNG COACHES ARE

EVALUATED DIFFERENTLY.

THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

INTRODUCED PJ FLECK TO POMP AND

CIRCUMSTANCE PROVIDED BY THE

COACH HIMSELF.

NOW COMES THE HARD PART, HE HAS

TO WIN.

THE RESUME IS CERTAINLY THERE.

HE LED WESTERN MICHIGAN TO A 13-

0 RECORD BEFORE LOSING TO

WISCONSIN IN THE COTTON BOWL.

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME

COMPETING IN A MAJOR

CONFERENCE.

HE IS YOUNGEST HEAD COACH IN

THE POWER 5 CONFERENCE.

IF FLECK IS WONDERING AT ALL HA

THAT ADJUSTMENT WILL BE LIKE,

HE DOESN'T HAVE TO LOOK VERY

FAR.

IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO KNOWS

WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A HEAD

COACH IN HIS 30s ABOUT TO TAKE

OVER HIS FIRST EVER MAJOR

CONFERENCE JOB AT THE

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, IT

WOULD BE RICHARD PATINO WHO

PRETTY MUCH DID THE EXACT SAME

THING FOUR YEARS AGO.

SO WHAT ADVICE WOULD HE GIVE.

TELL HIM TO FILL UP HIS GAS

TANK.

IT WAS A JOKE.

I WOULD SAY I THINK HE'S GOING

TO BE TERRIFIC.

HE HAS UNBELIEVABLE ENERGY AND

ENTHUSIASM.

YOU CAN TELL HIS PLAYERS LOVE

HIM.

THAT'S PROBABLY FIRST AND

FOREMOST THE MOST IMPORTANT

THING.

I THINK HE'S GOING TO DO

RIDICULOUSLY WELL.

I THINK HE'S A HOME RUN.

I DON'T THINK HE NEEDS ADVICE

FROM ME.

I THINK HE'S A PRETTY DARN GOOD

COACH AND DESERVING OF THE

REPUTATION.

AT 34 AND 36 RESPECTIVELY,

PATINO AND FLECK ARE BOTH THE

YOUNGEST AT THEIR JOBS IN A

MAJOR CONFERENCE AND PATINO

CONCEDED THERE'S NO BLUEPRINT

FOR MAKING THE TRANSITION.

IT'S AN ADJUSTMENT,

DEFINITELY AN ADJUSTMENT THAT

TAKES TIME.

THE ONE THING WHEN YOU'RE

YOUNGER, EXPERIENCE, THE MORE

YOU'RE IN IT, THE MORE WEIRD

THINGS POP UP, YOU KNOW, THAT

THERE MAY NOT BE A MANUAL FOR.

YOU KNOW, SO I'M SURE HE'LL

SURROUND HIMSELF WITH A GREAT

STAFF, YOU KNOW, WHO COULD HELP

HIM WITH THOSE THINGS.

TO DO WHAT HE DID AT WESTERN

MICHIGAN THAT WAS TERRIFIC.