Reports: Multiple people shot, 3 killed at Ft. Lauderdale airport

Published 12:53 pm Friday, January 6, 2017

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — News media outlets are reporting that at least nine people have been shot at Fort Lauderdale international airport.

CBS News is reporting three have been killed.

On its official Twitter account, airport officials said there was an “ongoing incident” in the Terminal 2 baggage claim area. They did not elaborate.

News helicopters hovering over the scene showed hundreds of people standing on the tarmac early Friday afternoon as an ambulance drove by and numerous law enforcement officers rushed to the scene.

Former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer tweeted that he was at the airport when shots were fired and “everyone is running.”

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Calls to the Broward Sheriff’s Office and the Fort Lauderdale Police Department were not immediately returned.