his gun and reloaded shot after shot after shot. according to senator bill nelson, reloaded for a third round. according to john schlicher that witnessed this, the man began walking away. authorities screamed at him to get down on the ground. he did get down. he was taken into custody. he was interviewed by authorities. we learned from authorities five people are dead. another eight people wounded and taken to what used to be called broward health now. and then i d say 2:20 this afternoon, 40 minutes ago, a second eruption of emotion, this time in the parking garage, which is across the street, if you will, from this baggage area. a second terminal, terminal one was evacuated where they allowed planes to land. now there s a full ground stop. people scattering like ants. hundreds and hundreds of people running across the tarmac. some going across the railroad tracks. now ambulances screaming through. this is broward fire rescue coming through in one of the familiar to everyone
reported gunshots almost an hour after the first incident. you just don t know. once again, the lack of information that appears to be coming out to the public, let alone whatever is being shared among law enforcement at the moment. to be clear for folks who just might be joining us here at the top of the hour, our justice correspondent pete williams telling us a short time ago that there is a suspect in custody. at this point, the suspect s name, 26-year-old esteban santiago. he had a military i.d. on him at the time. we heard from two eyewitnesss here during the hour, two people who saw the shooting up close. one of them one of the eyewitnesss telling us that the person to his right and the person to his left were both shot and that they heard the shooter say absolutely nothing. he was wearing, according to accounts, dark blue star wars t-shirt. he appeared to be acting alone when he walked into the baggage claim area of terminal two near starbucks and started opening f
as esteban santiago. former army national guard member who according to officials showed up at an fbi office in alaska a few months ago and said he was hearing voices. we should note the mayor of broward county, florida, has raised doubt about whether that is, in fact, the suspect s name. we ll speak with her more more information in a moment. first our boris sanchez has been reporting outside the airport and joins me now. a horrific day at ft. lauderdale. what s the latest tonight? reporter: we re watching passengers finally being allowed to leave. there are dozens of them now being loaded onto these buses you see here just to the left. so finally they re being allowed to go home after several hours of being stuck inside that terminal with hundreds of heavily armed law enforcement present and all around canva canvassing the scene. we are learning more about the shooter. a few moments ago we got confirmation that in the past the shooter had purchased two glock pistols, one
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. lauderdale-hollywood 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.
his gun and reloaded shot after shot after shot. according to senator bill nelson, reloaded for a third round. according to john schlicher that witnessed this, the man began walking away. authorities screamed at him to get down on the ground. he did get down. he was taken into custody. he was interviewed by authorities. we learned from authorities five people are dead. another eight people wounded and taken to what used to be called broward health now. and then i d say 2:20 this afternoon, 40 minutes ago, a second eruption of emotion, this time in the parking garage, which is across the street, if you will, from this baggage area. a second terminal, terminal one was evacuated where they allowed planes to land. now there s a full ground stop. people scattering like ants. hundreds and hundreds of people running across the tarmac. some going across the railroad tracks. now ambulances screaming through. this is broward fire rescue coming through in one of the familiar to everyone