Man Fires Shots, Then Shoots And Kills Himself At Bush Intercontinental Airport

The suspect fired at least two shots in the air in the ticket area before shooting himself.

An HPD source said he had an AR-15 rifle, but an HPD spokesman would not confirm that in a later news conference. He said they are not commenting on the type of weapon used.

A McDonald’s employee who works at the airport saw the whole thing.

“As soon as he walked in, he just automatically started shooting quickly,” said the employee named Kendra Carrizales. “And we hear two shots and we just automatically started running. We ran all the way to the back.”

A Homeland Security special agent heard the gunfire and confronted the suspect. He fired at the suspect at the same time the man shot himself in the head, according to HPD.

“We just saw the dude walking in, and he was already suicidal because he put the gun to his head,” Carrizales said.

The suspect was taken away in an ambulance, but he didn’t survive.

By: Cheston Catalano

Cheston Catalano is a Kentucky-based journalist whose work has been featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press and the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle. He is a long-time contributor to Liberaland.