Law enforcement shoots woman who fired gun at Dallas Love Field Airport
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Dallas Police Sgt. Warren Mitchell confirmed an investigation is underway into a report of shots fired at Love Field Airport.
Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia told reporters that 37-year-old Portia Odufuwa fired several rounds into the air in the Southwest ticketing counter area and was shot by responding law enforcement.
A witness told CBS 11, "She basically came toward the middle of the area and was like, 'I have an announcement to make.' And then she just basically had a hood and she pulled the gun from underneath the hood, fired the first shot up, and then it just kind of scattered after that."
Chief Garcia confirmed that Odufuwa is at Parkland Hospital. Chief Garcia also said no one else was injured during the incident.
Odufuwa was arrested in April 2019 in connection to a Bank of America robbery in Wylie. Police said she gave a note to the teller demanding money, then fled on foot but was eventually caught.
During the incident, several travelers took to Twitter to share their experience after security took protective measures, ushering many of them outside.
One of them, Rockwall Police Chief Max Geron was at the airport with his family at the time of the shooting and tweeted, "Just got evacuated out of Love Field after an apparent shooting. Family is safe. TSA did a great job."
Another traveler, Michael Loewinson tweeted that he was taken outside in between the building and the tarmac by security who told him someone had a gun. Eventually, he was allowed back inside and tweeted, "We are now back inside, seems as if security is shut down right now and people are waiting around the TSA area to be let back into the terminal. Assuming if you're already in the terminal you're being told to stay there."
The Transportation Security Administration recommended travelers check with airlines prior to departing since flight schedules were impacted by the shooting. But by late afternoon, operations had resumed.
