The neighborhood of 10,000 folks over there. Broward county staff and red cross over there to assist those passengers and get to destinations, assisting with hotel accommodations, providing food and shelter. Through this evening continue to work with Law Enforcement partners here to continue to try to get the airport back into operational status, working with all the airlines, Transportation Safety administration and others to get ft. Lauderdalehollywood airport back in operation tomorrow morning. Goal is to have Us Operational at 5 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning, but encouraging all travelers to check with individual airlines as some may not be operating right away. Clearly this incident has caused a loot of disruption in their individual schedules and other schedules around the country. We encourage everybody to contact their airlines. We will continue to provide information through social media, through 2003 fllflier, at our web page and contact those sources for information. Thats all i
Security can secure. Five People Killed at the baggage claim area in ft. Lau r lauderdale airport. Were waiting for a News Conference and will bring it to you as soon as it happens. What do we know about how this happened . The suspect flew from anchorage to ft. Lauderdale today. There were initial reports that there could have been an altercation on the plane. So far, Law Enforcement has not been able to corroborate that that actually happened. And then we know that after the passengers deplaned, the suspect apparently got his checked bag from bag and claim, and according to witnesses came back out of the restroom and started fearing in the baggage claim area, killing five people. He then surrendered to authorities, were told and was not injured. And apparently, he filled out all the proper paperwork to be able to put his gun in that checked bag and, anderson. And the shooter himself, what do we know about his past . He was apparently in the Alaska National guard and received a discha
go over what they said in the press conference, and they said not ruling out possibility of terrorism. that was special agent in charge there, george pierrot. what do you know about that? at this point we know that law enforcement doesn t have him on their radar as far as being radicalized. you know, they had that incident, encounter with him in which he showed up at fbi office in anchorage, alaska, checked out background and saw military background and referred him to local hospital under the guidance of local police. but it ended there. at this point we don t have any indication that he was on their rad radar for anything more than that. they were aware he had mental issues. name not on the no-fly list. at this point don t have
about what may have been the motive but at this point, seems to be focused on mental health issues and looks like authorities now are heading towards the us in conference area, let s just listen in as they begin this news conference we ve been waiting for. it s important to recap the events of the day. then i ll turn the conference over to the airport director mark gail and conclude with fbi george pierrot and three of us will take questions. day began around 12:55 when american suspect named esteban ant yauggo landed in ft. lauderdale on delta flight from minnesota. he retrieved a firearm and began indiscriminately shooting.