Details on Atlanta airport shooting suspect

Yeah, Mugo, good to see you. Social media. It turns out that Cagle was alleged to have been on a livestream, where they felt as if he was going to, A, either harm someone or harm himself, and so they notified the Cartersville Police Department, which then notified the Atlanta Police Department, obviously sending out officers here to the airport as quickly as possible. Keep in mind in terms of a timeline, this is something that happened in less than an hour in terms of when APD got the call. They responded in less than 15 minutes, not only spotting Cagle but confronting him and, ultimately, arresting him. He is expected to be in court tomorrow, where he is facing a series of charges, including terroristic threats. As you pointed out, they say that he left his flatbed pickup truck right outside of the departure area here at the airport, came inside to this TSA checkpoint right behind me and, quote, unquote, "scouted the area." The police chief yesterday said that he feels as if he was then planning on going back to that truck to then get his hands on that loaded semiautomatic rifle. We should point out that it had at least 27 rounds of ammunition inside. Police across the board saying that a crisis was averted, a tragedy was averted, and it really was due to people seeing something and saying something. That's something that you hear here at the airport all the time. But because of Cagle's family really stepping in, it allowed officers to respond quickly and allowed them to step in just in the nick of time.

Yeah, and glad his family spoke up as well. Skyler, from what you mentioned, this will happen very quickly. So have authorities told you how they were able to find Cagle so quickly and also arrest him? Well, the first thing that they spotted was his truck. After they were notified that he may be up to something, they didn't exactly know where he was going. But because of cameras and other law-enforcement measures, they were able to pinpoint his truck. That is when they were able to spot him on the cameras here at the airport where we actually saw some of the surveillance video where it looked as if he was scouting this area. He walked back and forth in this area behind me. And we should point out it was relatively packed yesterday because of the government shutdown. The TSA warning just yesterday to expect long lines for travelers because of staffing shortages due to the shutdown. So there was a significant amount of people here anyway and the busiest airport in the world. And so when you take that into consideration, it is already a lot of moving parts. And so that is when those two officers that you pointed out stepped in and decided to ask Cagle what he was doing here and then ultimately saying, you are now under arrest. Now, some other things that we are looking to figure out as the days move on-- for one, how he was able to get his hands on a firearm in the first place because not only does he have a convicted felony or a felony on his record but he also, according to his family and police, has a series of mental challenges, and that should exclude you from being able to have your hands on a firearm in the first place in this state. Those are questions that still remain to be answered. In addition to that, a motive in general. There was no real indication, based off of what we've heard from police, as to why he was here at the airport to begin with. But again, a lot of law enforcement coming in, a lot of communication working together to make sure that everyone here is as safe as possible.

Oh yeah, for sure. Glad things ended the way they did. Skyler Henry in Atlanta for us today, thank you so much.