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Law enforcement officers walk around Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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U.S. veteran arrested in airport shooting; 5 dead, 8 wounded

DAVID FISCHER by authorities as 26-year- Agents questioned him and One witness said the at- screaming and trying to get
Associated Press old Esteban Santiago, who called police, who took tacker gunned down his out of any door they could
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) served in Iraq with the Na- him for a mental health victims without a word and or hide under the chairs,” a
— An Army veteran who tional Guard but was de- evaluation, according to kept shooting until he ran witness, Mark Lea, told MS-
complained that the gov- moted and discharged the official, who was not out of ammunition for his NBC. “He just kind of con-
ernment was controlling his last year for unsatisfactory authorized to discuss the handgun, sending pan- tinued coming in, just ran-
mind drew a gun from his performance. His brother investigation and spoke on icked travelers running out domly shooting at people,
checked luggage on ar- said he had been receiving condition of anonymity. of the terminal and spilling no rhyme or reason to it.”
rival at the Fort Lauderdale psychological treatment Authorities said the motive onto the tarmac, baggage It is legal for airline pas-
airport and opened fire in recently. for the attack was under in hand. sengers to travel with guns
the baggage claim area A law enforcement official investigation. Shortly after Others crouched behind and ammunition as long
Friday, killing five people told The Associated Press the shooting, and before cars or anything else they as the firearms are put in a
and wounding eight, au- that Santiago had walked details of Santiago’s men- could find to shield them- checked bag — not a car-
thorities said. into the FBI office in his tal health became public, selves as police and para- ry-on — and are unloaded
He was taken into custody hometown of Anchorage, Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida medics rushed in to help and locked in a hard-sided
after throwing his empty Alaska, in November to say said that it remained to be the wounded and establish container. Guns must be
weapon down and ly- that the U.S. government seen whether it was terror- whether there were any declared to the airline at
ing spread-eagle on the was controlling his mind ism or the work of “some- other gunmen. The airport check-in.
ground, one witness said. and making him watch Is- one who is mentally de- was shut down.
The gunman was identified lamic State videos. ranged.” “People started kind of Continued on Page 3