CAROLINAS ALSO DEALING WITH
PROBLEMS FROM THERE WINTER
WEATHER.
AND NOW BACK TO THE BIG
STORY THAT AFFECTED PEOPLE ALL
AROUND THE COUNTRY TODAY A
GUNMAN OPENED FIRE INSIDE A
CROWDED AIRPORT.
IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 1:00
THIS AFTERNOON IN FORT
LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA.
VIDEO SHOWS PASSENGERS RUNNING
IN FEAR AND HIDING ANYWHERE
THEY CAN, MAINTENANCE ROOMS,
EVEN BEHIND COUNTERS.
OTHERS WERE TRAPPED ON PLANES.
THE AIRPORT WAS LOCKED DOWN FOR
MORE THAN SIX HOURS AS THE
POLICE AND THE FBI VEHICLED
THOSE GUNSHOTS RESPONSIBLE FOR
KILLING FIVE PEOPLE AND
INJURING EIGHT OTHERS.
TONIGHT AUTHORITIES ARE SAYING
DOZENS OF OTHER PEOPLE WERE
INJURED AS THEY ALSO TRIED TO
SEEK SHELTER.
PEOPLE WHO SAW THIS UNFOLD
SAY THE SUSPECT LAID ON THE
FLOOR AS THE POLICE APPROACHED
HIM TO ARREST HIM SO WHO IS
ESTEBAN SANTIAGO.
AND BRIAN ROSS ON THE SEARCH
FOR HIS IDENTITY AND HIS
MOTIVE.
Reporter: ESTEBAN SANTIAGO
REMAIN AS MYSTERY TONIGHT TO
FEDERAL AUTHORITIES, STILL NOT
SURE WHAT LED THIS 26-YEAR-OLD
ARMY VETERAN TO ALLEGEDLY GO ON
HIS MURDEROUS RAMPAGE.
BUT SOME OF HIS SOCIAL MEDIA
ACCOUNTS ARE NOW RAWING --
RAISING CONCERNS.
HE WAS BORN IN NEW JERSEY BUT
GREW UP IN PUERTO RICO.
HIS PROFILE PAGE HAS PHOTOS OF
HIM IN UNIFORM AS A MEMBER OF
THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD IN
PUERTO RICO AND ALASKA.
HE WAS DEPLOYED TO IRAQ FOR A
YEAR AND HOHNABLY DISCHARGED
FOUR MONTH -- HONORABLY
DISCHARGED FOUR MONTHS AGO.
HERE IS TO FINDING WHETHER OR
NOT YOUR MISSION ON EARTH IS
FINISHED.
IF YOU'RE STILL ALIVE, IT
ISN'T.
THE FEDERAL AUTHORITIES TONIGHT
TELL ABC NEWS THAT SANTIAGO
RECENTLY RECEIVED MENTAL HEALTH
TREATMENT AFTER HE SHOWED UP AT
THE ANCHORAGE, ALASKA FBI
OFFICE CLAIMING THE GOVERNMENT
WAS FORCING HIM TO WATCH ISIS
VIDEOS.
AGENTS DESCRIBED HIM AS
INCOHERENT.
TONIGHT THE FBI AGENTS AND
POLICE ARE AT SANTIAGO'S LAST
KNOWN ADDRESS AT THIS TRAILER
PARK IN ANCHORAGE, AND OUTSIDE
THE HOME OF HIS RELATIVES IN
UNION CITY, NEW JERSEY, TRYING
TO DESURVEILLANCE TEAR TROUBLED
LIFE OF -- DECIPHER THE
TROUBLED LIFE OF ESTEBAN
SANTIAGO AND WHAT BROUGHT HIM
TO THE FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT
WITH A GUN.
THE SHOOTING IS SENDING
RIPPLES.
AND AUTHORITY ALSO BE LIKELY
LOOKING AT DETAILS AND
PROTOCOL.
AT BWI, WE HAVE ABC NEWS WITH
PASSENGERS.
JAKARRY?
Reporter: WELL, KELLY, NOT A
WHOLE LOT OF ACTION HERE AT THE
AIRPORT, BUT IF YOU TAKE A LOOK
AT THE BIG BOARD, WHAT YOU'LL
SEE IS STILL A WHOLE LOT OF
CANCELED FLIGHTS.
NOTHING COMING IN FROM FORT
LAUDERDALE AND DEFINITELY
NOTHING GOING OUT, BUT THE
TRANSLATION IS THERE IS A LOT
OF IMPACT BEING FELT HERE.
GOT OFF THE PLANE AND CNN
WITH ALL OF THE NEWS.
Reporter: AS PANIC AND FEAR
GRIPPED THE TRAVELERS AT THE
FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT,
BARBARA WAS STEPPING OFF HER
FLIGHT TO BWI.
IT WAS TO BE A SHORT LAY OVER
BEFORE CONTINUING TO THAT
AIRPORT TO CATCH A CRUISE.
WHAT KIND OF FEELING DOES
THAT BRING TO MIND?
SCARY.
Reporter: HER STORY, NOT
UNLIKE OTHERS WE SPOKE TO.
NO FLIGHTS FROM BWI OR OTHER
AIRPORTS GETTING INTO FORT
LAUDERDALE AND NOTHING COMING
OUT EITHER.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO OUR
GRANDSON'S FOURTH BIRTHDAY AND
WE HAVE TO GET THERE, SO THERE
ARE NO FLIGHTS.
WE WERE PLANNING A CRUISE
OUT OF MIAMI AND WE WERE GOING
TO FLY OUT OF FORT LAUDERDALE
AND DRIVE TO MIAMI AND THE NEWS
CAME OUT TODAY AND SO WE HAVE
BEEN HERE EVER SINCE.
Reporter: THE SHOOTING
HAPPENED WHEN THE DEPUTIES SAY
A MAN IDENTIFIED AS ESTEBAN
SANTIAGO, A NATIVE OF NEW
JERSEY, PULLED A HANDGUN FROM
HIS CHECKED LUGGAGE.
THE BAGGAGE CLAIM AREA IS WHERE
WE SAW MBTA POLICE, THOUGH
AUTHORITIES SAY NO THREAT IS
IMMINENT.
WE TAKE EVERY SITUATION
SERIOUSLY.
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY
SOMETHING.
IF YOU -- DID YOU EVER
CONSIDER SOMETHING LIKE THIS
WOULD HAPPEN AT AN AIRPORT?
IT HAPPENED AT CHURCH.
I'M A CHRISTIAN.
IT SCARES ME.
AT A MOVIE THEATRE.
Reporter: YOU CAN'T ESCAPE
THE VIOLENCE.
IT HAPPENS AT SCHOOLS.
I'M A SCHOOLTEACHER.
Reporter: TAKING A GLANCE AT
THE BOARD TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA
HOW FAR THE RIPPLES GO, THE
EARLIEST FLIGHT TOMORROW THAT
WAS CANCELED 7:00 IN THE
MORNING, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE