Can you update us on the status
of negotiations? >> We are still following that
>> We are still following that
breaking news alert. We brought
to you at the top of our show.
This afternoon. Shots were
fired inside of Dallas. Love Field Airport. We’re getting
Field Airport. We’re getting
a lot is actually a map of the
area. We’re going to get now to
a live look here. Investigators
say one person has been shot and has been taken to a nearby
and has been taken to a nearby
hospital for treatment. We do
not know the condition of the
person who was shot or why
exactly they were targeted.
Love Field is currently under a ground stop until 12, 30 that
ground stop until 12, 30 that
went into effect just within
the past 20 minutes or so.
And that’s going to be the
ground stop taking place for
another at least 20 minutes. That’s according to the Federal
That’s according to the Federal
Aviation Administration.
Now, Dallas police, our scene
blocking off 2 entrances to the airport at this point. We do
airport at this point. We do
know that we are awaiting a
press conference scheduled by
authorities there on the ground
to provide an update on what
exactly has taken place at this
hour. There still is a lot of unknown questions to be
unknown questions to be
answered. We know this is a
very busy airport, especially
on a Monday afternoon. But again, we do know that one
again, we do know that one
person was shot. We do not know
who pulled the trigger and why
exactly This act of violence
has taken place. We we don’t know if this was just an
know if this was just an
isolated incident or if the
shooting was was random.
But we do know that one person
has been taken to the hospital for
been taken to the hospital for
We are hearing from our sister
KXAN asked near and out of
Dallas that the police chief of
a nearby town of Rockwall was traveling with his family and
traveling with his family and
said that he heard a shot rang
out near the baggage and ticket
area. He said that his family
is OK, but again, don’t really know exactly why this took
know exactly why this took
place or where this took place.
We’re getting a live look what
is happening at Dallas Love
Field Airport. You can see that
there are law enforcement getting ready to gather to
getting ready to gather to
provide an update to the media
as to what took place here?
Again, there is a ground stop announced by the FAA at Dallas
announced by the FAA at Dallas
Love Field Airport, which is
likely resulting in a delay in
flights going out of the
airport. Again, we know that
this is a very busy airport. You know, a lot of Houston
You know, a lot of Houston
travelers.
Just hearing that the airport
was evacuated at 11 20. So that
was just under an hour ago. So this is greatly going to
So this is greatly going to
impact people who are traveling
in and out of Dallas Love
Field. And if you are planning
on flying out of any Houston
airport, whether it’s Javier Bush are going want to check
Bush are going want to check
your your flight because we do
know there’s a lot of flights
that the into We are awaiting
again, that press conference
just to give you a quick recap, real quick before we get an
real quick before we get an
update from a law enforcement
on the field that one person
was shot receiving treatment and one
and one
not sure if they’ve been taken
into custody. Let’s not.
Let’s listen in to we’re going
to act as we know it to get an
update here.
>> Not only might they change,
they probably will. As we look
into this investigation even
further. But I’m going to tell
you what I know what the
current time. The second part
about it is at this time, we
will not be taking any
questions until we get all the
facts of the case. But today
this morning at about 10, 59,
a 37 year-old woman gets
dropped off, goes inside near the ticket counters in front
the ticket counters in front
of southwest. Goes at one point
into a restroom exits. The
restroom. Now that she’s either
put up some sort of putting on or some other different type of
or some other different type of
clothing that you have to walk
in. At some point
simultaneously. One of our
officers in the area she
produces a handgun and begins
firing. Well, at this point, we don’t
Well, at this point, we don’t
know where exactly the
individual was aiming. We’re
the we’re seeing now. She was a at the ceiling. Ed, but there
at the ceiling. Ed, but there
is a several rounds are found.
She’s doing that. Our officer
engages the suspect strikes are
in the lower extremities. She’s taken into custody and is
She’s taken into custody and is
currently apartment hospital.
No other individuals were
injured in this event other
than the suspect who again is
apartment. That’s all we have right now. We want to ensure
right now. We want to ensure
that our community knows that
this is not an active
situation. We want to make sure
our community knows that there are no other passengers
are no other passengers
family members are are are
people in the airport that have
that are victims? And that’s what we’ve got at this time.
what we’ve got at this time.
Thank you very
>> If I know I think with the
way, but Diana.
You are listening live to a press conference from Dallas PD
press conference from Dallas PD
on the situation that has
unfolded at Dallas Love Field
Airport. So what we have
learned is that is 37 year-old
woman walked into the airport. She went to the bathroom.
She went to the bathroom.
She changed her clothes and
then came out and started
randomly shooting at what that
officials said was at the ceiling. So nobody was actually
ceiling. So nobody was actually
a direct target and nobody was
hit based on that gunfire.
What we have learned is as soon
as that woman started shooting
at the ceiling, a nearby officer.
Shot the suspect and she is
expected to survive her
injuries. She was taken to a
hospital for treatment, but
that is the only person that
was struck by gunfire. Was that suspect we will continue to
suspect we will continue to
monitor this situation out of