A woman allegedly fired several shots into the air at the Dallas Love Field airport in Texas on Monday before police shot her and took her into custody, Dallas police said.
The incident began around 11 am, when a 37-year-old woman arrived at the airport and entered near the ticket counters, Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia said. She went to the bathroom and came out wearing a hooded sweatshirt, pulled out a firearm and started shooting, apparently aiming at the ceiling, he said.
A police officer at the scene shot a lower end and she was taken into custody and is in the hospital. No one else was hurt, Garcia said.
The incident caused chaos as people fled. Michael Loewinsohn had just arrived at the airport on a flight from Denver and was walking toward the baggage claim when the chaos began.
“I saw a lot of people running from the security checkpoint and shouting ‘Sniper’,” Loewisohn told CNN in a direct message on Twitter. “TSA officials rushed us out of a side door and started running away from the building.”
Loewinsohn recorded a video showing several people sitting on the ground between the building and the runway. “We’ve just been told there was a sniper and we’re going to need to stay outside for a while,” Loewinsohn said.
Johnny Mojica told CNN who was waiting for a flight at gate 12 when he saw people running.
“A group of people were running and shouting ‘run’, and those who were sitting (including me) hid near the end of our seats,” he told CNN.
He said that “everything is calm and safe inside the airport”. Mojica said he was now waiting to board a Southwest flight to San Antonio, Texas. He said airport officials are making announcements to help people recover items that were lost in the commotion. People around him were shaken but safe, he said.
The Federal Aviation Administration made a stop at the airport due to security concerns.
Dallas Love Field Airport is located about 10 kilometers northwest of downtown Dallas and primarily serves Southwest Airlines, its website states.
*Ashley Killough of CNN contributed to this story.
Source: CNN Brasil
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