Airport shooter admits he was ‘mind controlled’ by intelligence agency, eyewitness claims there were at least three other “sleepers,” shooters, with high-powered rifles shooting into crowd
Eyewitness: “There was like at least three people in there still shooting” after the first guy was caught
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (INTELLIHUB)
— Demoted and discharged Alaska National Guard private first class and
alleged killer of 5 people at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood
International Airport, Esteban Santiago, 26, may have been mind
controlled or mentally ill, according to FBI officials.
Santiago told the F.B.I. he thought he was being mind controlled, possibly by the U.S. government or the C.I.A. and admitted hearing voices, which Santiago said told him to study “extremist materials on the Internet,” the New York Times reports.
Despite the fact that Santiago himself, his girlfriend, and even co-workers warned authorities of his experiences the F.B.I. failed to detain him before his travels to Florida.
“Records show Santiago had three driver’s licenses from Alaska, New York and Puerto Rico,” along with his military I.D., which were all on his person during Friday’s shooting, as reported by a local ABC news affiliate.
Just like a Manchurian candidate, Santiago “walked to the baggage claim area, where witnesses said he pulled the trigger and appeared to be aiming at victims’ heads. Witnesses said Santiago didn’t say a word. He shot his weapon until he ran out of ammunition. He threw the gun down and laid spread-eagle on the ground until a Broward Sheriffs’ Office deputy came up to him.”
USA Today reports:
Yet the troubling episode is now part of an emerging profile of a deeply disturbed man described by his aunt Friday as someone who had “lost his mind.”Maria Luisa Ruiz of Union City, N.J., said her nephew, who had moved to Alaska for work as a security guard, only recently began to show signs of instability.“Like a month ago, it was like he lost his mind,” she said “He said he saw things.”
Additionally, it is also important to point
out that Former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer was present
at the airport during the shooting and was live-tweeting details about
the situation.
Moreover, an eyewitness to the actual event
maintains that after they caught the first guy “there had to be three
sleepers [three other shooters].”
“[…] we could see inside literally where
the windows — you could see the fire coming from the barrels. There was
like at least three people in there still shooting. Like it was like a
high-powered rifle, like an AR or something […]. They was non-stop
shooting. Like they just started hitting different people inside the
crowd. We had to leave. We had to get on the roof.”
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Ft. Lauderdale shooting suspect made confused visit to FBI, said US intelligence forced him to watch ISIS videos
Travelers and airport workers are evacuated out
of the terminal after airport shooting at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood
International Airport in Florida, U.S., January 6, 2017.
REUTERS/Andrew Innerarity - RTX2XT74
The visit took place last November. The sources said Santiago told agents that US intelligence had infiltrated his mind and were forcing him to watch ISIS propaganda videos.
In addition, the sources told Fox that Santiago appeared agitated and incoherent during that interview, clearly indicating he was suffering from some kind of mental condition.
After the contact with Santiago, the FBI called local authorities who took custody of him and brought him to a local hospital for a welfare check.
His brother said he had been receiving psychological treatment recently, according to the Associated Press.
The sources also said the November interaction with Santiago prompted the FBI to open an investigation on him that led to interviews with family members, database checks and an interagency review. The sources told Fox that the FBI found no connections to foreign terror organizations.
However, he has had a series of run-ins with the law in recent years.
Almost exactly a year ago, he was charged with fourth-degree assault and damage of property in Anchorage, Alaska where he lived from 2014 to 2016. One of the charges was dismissed by the local prosecutor two months later, according to records found by Foxnews.com.
Details surrounding the incident were not immediately clear but authorities in Anchorage told the Daily Beast it was related to domestic violence. The case was resolved after Santiago agreed to enter an agreement of deferred prosecution. The charges were dismissed by the state prosecutor in exchange for completion of requirements.
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