Five killed, 8 injured in shooting at Florida airport

TIL Desk World/ Florida/ At least five persons have been shot dead and eight others injured when a gunman opened fire at United States’s Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida, the latest mass shooting incident to rock the country.

The 26-year-old suspect, identified as Esteban Santiago, was taken into custody. His motive was not immediately known. A Iraq war veteran, Santiago was discharged from the Alaska Army National Guard last year due to unsatisfactory performance.

Florida’s Broward County Sheriff’s office said five people were dead and eight had been taken to a nearby hospital. The shooting took place on Friday in Terminal 2 in the baggage claim area, outside the TSA checkpoint, police said. Air Canada and Delta Airlines operate out of Terminal 2.

“The President (Barack Obama), on behalf of the American people, extended his sincere condolences to the families and other loved ones of those killed and noted that his thoughts and prayers are with the wounded,” said Ned Price, Spokesman of National Security Council, the White House.