There was a shooting at the airport in Florida

At the Fort Lleoderdale Internaryzhnaya Airport in Florida there was a shooting, CNN reports .

According to NBC News, at least three people died. The sheriff of the district Broward confirmed the death of five people. Eight more victims are hospitalized, he reports.

“Everything seemed to stop, but the police have not yet released anyone from the airport, at least from the zone in which I am,” wrote the former press secretary of the White House Ari Fleisher, an eyewitness of events on his twitter.

The incident occurred in the baggage issuing zone in terminal No. 2. The suspect was arrested, reports the TV channel with reference to official sources. This is the 26-year-old Esteban Santiago. The weapon that he drove in the baggage was declared. The motives of the shooter are not yet known.

Eyewitnesses interviewed by NBC News said that on the alleged criminal there was a T -shirt with Star Wars. His relatives informed the media representatives that the suspect had previously served in Iraq, after which he had mental health problems.

The US Transport Security Administration reported that there is another shooter at the airport. The sheriff of the district wrote that "according to unconfirmed data, shooting continues in the building." Later, the state police rejected information about the second shooter and new shots.