THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 400.
>> BREAKING RIGHT NOW.
TRAGEDY AT THE FT. LAUDERDALE
AIRPORT.
>> AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE ARE
DEAD, EIGHT MORE WOUNDED AFTER A
GUNMAN STARTED SHOOTING.
>> THAT GUNMAN IS NOW IN CUSTODY
BUT HIS MOTIVE IS STILL UNCLEAR.
WE HAVE VID PROFROM THE AIRPORT
WHICH IS SHUT DOWN AT THE
MOMENT.
THERE'S A SHELTER IN PLACE ORDER
THERE RIGHT NOW AND TRAVELERS
ARE SCATTERED ACROSS THE
AIRPORT.
MANY OF THEM ON T TARMAC RIGHT
NOW.
OTHERS HAVE BEEN SEEN WALKING
AWAY WITH THEIR HANDS UP.
WE WANT TO GET STRAIGHT TO LEWIS
BOLDEN.
WHAT'SED THE BAITEST?
>> Reporter: THIS IS CHANGING
BY THE MINUTE.
WOAR HEARING THIS HAPPENED AT A
BAGGAGE CLAIM WHERE PEOPLE WERE
BUNCHED UP.
AT THIS POINT FIVE PEOPLE ARE
DEAD, EIGHT WOUNDED, AND THE
GUNMAN IN CUSTODY.
THESE ARE PICTURES IN FROM THE
BAGGAGE CLAIM YOU CAN SEE A
VICTIM COVERED IN A TARP.
OTHER PICTURES SHOW THE ENTIRE
BAGGAGE AREA CLOCKED OFF WITH
CRIME SCENE TAPE AS DEPUTY SIS
INVESTIGATE.
ANOTHER PICTURE SHOWS A GUN ON
THE GROUND.
NOW, IT IS NOT CLEAR AT THIS
POINT IF THAT IS THE GUN USED IN
THE SHOOTING.
THE SCENE OUTSIDE WAS
TERRIFYING TO WATCH.
THIS VIDEO IN FROM OUTSIDE THE
AIRPORT.
YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE CROUCHING HIP
A CAR, DUCKING FOR COVER
OTHERS COULD BE SEEN CAN YOU
REMEMBERYING ACROSS T TARMAC
OR NEAR THE TRACKS.
WE'R HEARING MORE ABOUT THE
GUNMAN FROM TH FLORIDA SENATOR
BILL NELSON.
>> HE WAS CARRYING A MILITARY
ID.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ACTIVE,
IF IF THAT'S ANOTHER FAMILY
MEMBER'S ID.
WE'LL HAVE TO DETERMINE THAT.
OF COURSE, WE DON'T KNOW A
MOTIVE AT THIS POINT.
BUT YOU'VE HEARD THE REPORTS
THAT FROM THE EYE WITNESSES WHEN
HE FINISHED LEE MAGAZINES HE
JUST SAT DOWN AND THEN LAW
ENFORCEMENT APPREHENDED HIM.
>> THE FEELING NOW IS THAT IT
WAS TOTALLY RANDOM.
>> WE DON'T KNOW.
THIS COULD WELL BE SOMEONE WHO
IS MENTALLY DERANGED OR, IN
FACT, IT COULD BE SOMEONE WHO
HAD A MUCH MORE SINISTER MOTIVE
THAT WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
EVERY DAY.
>> NOW, LISTEN TO THIS, A SHORT
TIME A GROW A BROWARD COUNTY
COMMISSIONER POSTED ON FACEBOOK
THAT THE GUNMAN CHECKED A GUN
FOR AN AIR CANADA FLIGHT THEN
PICKED IT UP FROM THE BAGGAGE
THAT ICLAIM.
THAT COMMISSIONER SAYS THE
GUNMAN WENT TO THE PACT. R
BATHROOM TO LOAD HIS WEAPON AND
CAME OUT FIRING.
A MOTIVE REMAINS UNKNOWN.
FOR NOW THE FLAWED THAT YOU HAD
AIRPORT REMAINS CLOSED AND A
SHELTER IN PLACE REMAINS IN
EFFECT.
>> LEWIS, QUICKLY, I KNOW YOU'VE
BEEN FOLLOWING THIS.
CBS NEWS REPORTING THE NAME OF
THIS GUNMAN 26-YEAR-OLD ESTAVAN
SANTIAGO WHO WAS BORN IN NEW
JERSEY AND HAS A MILITARY ID.
THERE WERE CONCERNS THERE MAY BE
A SECOND SITUATION GOING ON AT
THE AIRPORT, BUT AT THIS POINT
IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE HAPPENING,
CORRECT?
>> YES.
WE DID HEAR THERE COULD BE A
SECOND SITUATION.
WE DIDN'T KNOW IF PEOPLE WERE
CONCERNED AFTER THE FIRST
SITUATION AND THEN ON HIGH
ALERT.
AND THAT PEOPLE OVERREACTED.
WE HAVEN'T HEARD THAT THERE WAS
AN ACTIVE SECOND LOCATION TO
WORRY ABOUT IT.
AT THIS POINT WE'RE HEARING
THERE WAS JUST ONE PERSON
INVOLVED IN THIS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LEWIS BOLDEN REPORTING LIVE FOR
US.
CBS NEWS REPORTING IT AS 26 ERLD
ESTEVAN SANTIAGO.
AND SECURITY IS BEING INCREASED
AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AND
AIRPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THESE ARE LIVE PICTURES FROM
WHERE AIRPORT LEADERS SAY
THEY'RE INCREASING SECURITY,
INDIVIDUAL HENCE, AND MONITORING
AS PASSENGERS CONTINUE TO MOVE
THROUGH.
>> JOINING US ON THE PHONE IS
LARRY DALE A FORMER CEO OF THE
ORLANDO SANFORD INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT.
LARRY, CAN YOU HEAR US?
>> I CAN HEAR YOU FINE, YES.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
FIRST QUESTION THIS HAS TO BE A
NIGHTMARE IS HE THEY'ROR
CONTINUE IN YOUR FORMER
POSITION.
TELL US HOW VULNERABLE THE
BAGGAGE CLAIM AIR OF YAIRP
REALLY -- AIRPORTS REALLY ARE?
>> WELL, IT'S NOT WHAT'S INSIDE
WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE SECURITY
AREA.
IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR
THOSE THAT ARE FLYING SCPN
FLYING TO PICK PEOPLE UP AND
HELP THEM WITH THE BAGGAGE.
WE HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT AROUND
THE AIRPORT A THE TIME.
>> MR. DALE, WE'RE HEARI THAT
FROM A BROWARD COUNTY
COMMISSIONER, WHO IS TELLING CBS
NEWS THAT THIS MAN ACTUALLY
BOARDED AN AIR CANADA FLIGHT,
CHECKED A GUN, AND THEN WHEN HE
ARRIVED IN FT. LAUDERDALE
POSSIBLY WENT INTO A BATHROOM
AND LOADED HIS GUN.
PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO CHECK GUNS
IN THEIR LUGGAGE, CORRECT?
>> THEY HAVE TO DECLARE THE
WEAPON AND SIGN A STATEMENT THAT
THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT IT
HAS TO BE UNLOADED AND
AMMUNITION HAS TO BE SEPARATE.
IT HAS TO BE IN A LOCKED HARD
CASE.
NOW, ONCE WE GETS TO HIS
DESTINATION, HE PICKS THAT UP
AND TAKES IT OUT.
BUT THAT WOULDN'T BE ANY
DIFFERENT THAN SOMEONE BREAKING
OUT A SUIT CASE THAT HASN'T BEEN
CHECKED YET OR HAS A GUN IN IT.
>> WHEN YOU WERE CEO AT SANFORD
INTERNATIONAL, DID YOU GUYS HAVE
TO HAVE DRILLS WHERE A SCENARIO
LIKE THIS ONE WOULD PLAY OUT?
AND WHAT WAS THE PROTOCOL FOR
THAT?
BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING THE
AIMAGES OF PEOPLE BEING CENTS
OUTSIDE.
THEY'RE GOING TO THE TARMAC.
WHAT WAS THE SITUATION IF
SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAD HAPPENED
WHILE YOU WERE CEO?
>> WELL, AS FAR AS TRAINING,
YES, WE HAVE ALL IN AIRPORT AS
CROSS THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS HAVE
NORMAL, ROUTINE TRAINING DRILLS
BOTH LIVES AND TABLETOP DRILLS
ON A RECOGNIZE BASIS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE AT AIRPORTS
THAT HAVE SECURITY CLEARANCE AND
WE GET INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS ON
A NORMAL BASIS.
ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS AROUND THE
WORLD THAT MIGHT POSSIBLY BE SI
SCENARIO AT THE AIRPORT WE GET
BRIEFED ON.
WE TRAIN FOR THOSE THINGS
CONSTANTLY.
NOT ONLY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
BUT FIRE AND RESCUE AND
VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE
RED CROSS.
OF COURSE AT THE STATE LEVEL,
YOU KNOW, THE F.B.I. GETS
INVOLVED IN THESE THINGS AS WELL
AS TSA AND HOMELAND SECURITY.
WE WOULD IMMEDIATELY OPEN A
JOINT COMMAND CENTER WITH A
COMMANDER.
WHAT WAS THE SECOND PART OF THAT
QUESTION?
>> WELL, WE SEE THE PEOPLE GOING
OUT TO THE TARMAC.
IS THAT THE BEST PLACE FOR THEM
TO BE?
BECAUSE THEY SEEM VERY EXPOSED
OUT THERE AS WELL.
>> WELL, THAT'S A QUESTION FOR
AIRPORT OPERATIONS AND THE JOINT
COMMAND AND THE INCIDENT
COMMANDER.
THEY HAVE TO MAKE A CALL ABOUT,
NUMBER ONE, HOW QUICKLY AN AREA
CAN THEY GET THEM TO?
AND HOW SAFE WILL IT BE FOR
THEM?
SO LAWMAKER LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE
OUT THERE WITH THEM AS WELL AS
AIRPORT OPERATIONS, TRAINED
PERSONNEL, AND T PERSONNEL.
WE HAVE AN F.B.I. AGENT IN
CHARGE ASSIGNED TO EACH AIRPORT.
THEY'RE IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT INTO
IT.
SO IMMEDIATELY AN INDENT
COMMANDER IS SET UP BECAUSE
THERE ARE MULTIPLE AGENCIES
INVOLVED NOT ONLY FOR EVACUATION
BY TRAFFIC CONTROL,
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTING THE
AIRPORT DOWN, MAKING SURE
NOTHING GOES OUT OR COMES IN AND
KEEPING PEOPLE AROUND THAT THE
LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE GOING TO
NEED TO INTERROGATE.
>> MR. DALE, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US.
WE PROBABLY WILL KEEP IN TOUCH
WITH Y THROUGHOUT O TONIGHT AS
THE SITUATION CONTINUES TO
UNFOLD.
LARRY DALE FORMER CEO OF THE
SANFORD INERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON
THE TON.
IF WE HAVE LIVE PICTURES
AVAILABLE WE'LL GO BACK OUT TO
THE AIRPORT.
VERY TENSE SITUATION.
YOU SEE THE PEOPLE FROM THE
BAGGAGE CLAIM ON THE TARMAC.
THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW.
THERE ARE FIVE PEOPLE DEAD.
EIGHT PEOPLE BOUND.
THE GUNMAN HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED
OZ 26-YEAR-OLD ESTAVAN SANTIAGO
FROM NEW JERSEY.
HE UNDERSTAND FROM AN EYE
WITNESS THAT HE LOADED HIS
PISTOL AT LEAST THREE TIMES AND
SOMEONE SAID HE STOPPED SHOOTING
WHEN HE RAN OUT OF BULLETS AND
JUST EVENTUALLY SU RUN DERRED.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP A CLOSEIZE
ON THIS NEWS 6 REPORTER.
WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO FT.
LAUDERDALE RIGHT NOW.
AS SOON AS SHE ARRIVES, WE'LL
CHECK IN WITH HER ABOUT THE
SITUATION.
>> SAD SITUATION HAPPENING THERE
TODAY.
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