VIDEO: Details Into Friday’s Deadly Shooting Rampage At Fort Lauderdale’s Airport, Suspect ID’d

5 Dead, 8 Wounded

ABOVE VIDEO: Five people were shot dead and eight wounded in a baggage claim area at Fort Lauderdale’s airport, and law enforcement sources tell CNN the suspect, identified as Esteban Santiago, had brought the firearm in his checked luggage.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA (CNN) – Five people were shot dead and eight wounded in a baggage claim area at Fort Lauderdale’s airport, and law enforcement sources tell CNN the suspect, identified as Esteban Santiago, had brought the firearm in his checked luggage.

Authorities said it was too early to understand why the suspect, who was taken into custody without incident, opened fire at the Florida airport.

Santiago, who lived in Alaska, is being interviewed by local and federal authorities.

They are looking into witness reports that the suspect got into an altercation on board his flight to Florida, law enforcement officials said.

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