Critical pieces of information, that we have the shooter in custody. He is unharmed. No Law Enforcement fired any shots. The subject is being interviewed by a team of fbi agents and homicide detectives. There has been incredible cohesiveness and cooperation between brownshirts, the fbi, f dle and local Law Enforcement. We will a nswer local Law Enforcement. We will answer your questions at the end. At this point i will put the director of the airport on to tell you about what is going on at the airport then you will hear from the bureau and then i can come back and answer questions. Thank you, sheriff. I am the director here at the Fort Lauderdale airport. When the incident occurred we responded. Many of you know we have suspended operations at the airport for the time being and we are working with older Law Enforcement to address all the needs of the passengers inside the needs of the passengers inside the building and an aeroplanes right 110w. The building and an aeroplanes right now
Security officials in the us state of florida say five people have been have been killed in a shooting at Fort Lauderdale International Airport. The local sheriff said eight people were also wounded. The gunman is understood to be in Police Custody and is believed to have acted alone. This scene is considered fluid and active. One of the more critical pieces of information is we have the shooter in custody. He is unharmed, nose or enforcement fired any shots. The subject is being interviewed by a team of fbi agents and Sheriffs Office homicide detectives. That was the local sheriff. Lets get the latest from Barbara Plett usher in washington. Some interesting details have come out, including details on how the shooter may have got hold of a gun. Yes, the sheriff you just heard they didnt reveal how the shooter got the gun over where he came from, but the County Commissioner has said that the shooter was a passenger on a flight that came from canada and that he had checked his gun, he cl
here again, you may have a shooter in custody but still very early in this investigation, we don t know who else may or may not been involved in some type of way, so this is still early. that airport is probably going to shut down for some considerable amount of time, it s going to affect flights across the country, but quite frankly that is very minor in termless of what just occurred at that airport. so, yes, to your point, you re absolutely right, wolf. we are getting more information from the broward county sheriff, he tweeted moments ago that shots were fired. a caller on 12:55 about shots fired at 100 terminal drive at the ft. lauderdale-hollywood international airport. we also got a statement from the governor of florida. rick scott s office, we have additional reports of a shooting