I heard about it this morning but did not have time to post - I heard that he had been aprehended but nothing else. Turns out he was known to have had serious mental issues and was travelling with a gun in his checked luggage. From the Miami CBS affiliate:
Police: Suspected Gunman Got Into An Argument During Flight
Federal law enforcement sources said the suspected gunman in a deadly attack at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport got into an argument during his flight from Alaska to Florida.
They’re now investigating whether that’s what set off a shooting rampage that left 5 dead and 8 others wounded.
And waaaaay down almost at the end of this article:
His aunt, according to nj.com, said after a tour of duty in Iraq, he “lost his mind” and was hospitalized at one point for mental health issues.
According to the Associated Press, the Pentagon said he went AWOL several times as a specialist during a stint with the Alaska National Guard and was demoted to private first class. He was given a general discharge, which is different from an honorable discharge.
In November 2016, he walked into an FBI office in Anchorage claiming that he was being forced to fight for ISIS and was sent to a psychiatric hospital, officials revealed.
In 2011 or 2012, he was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations for child porn. Three weapons and a computer were seized, but there was not enough evidence to prosecute, according to law enforcement sources.
So he was known to be unstable and was investigated previously by Homeland Security.
That was the shot - here is the chaser from Bridget Johnson at PJ Media:
DHS Secretary: Obama Leaving Homeland Security 'Much Stronger'
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said in his term-end memo that despite remaining work to be done "to remove bureaucratic stove pipes and improve the effectiveness of headquarters functions," President Obama "will leave a much stronger DHS than the one we inherited eight years ago."
Johnson is probably a nice enough guy but he is just not that bright. Obama likes to think that he is the smartest person in the room and to maintain that illusion, he surrounds himself with incompetents - Kerry, Hillary, Johnson, Holder... I rest my case.
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