Police kill man who opened fire outside San Antonio airport
Source: Associated Press
1 hr ago
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) A handgun-wielding man who opened fire outside the San Antonio airport was fatally shot by police Thursday, hours after he'd shot at vehicles from a highway overpass in the northern part of the Texas city, officials said.
The city's airport was placed on lockdown after police got a call around 2:30 p.m. about a car driving the wrong way on a road at the airport, police Chief William McManus said during a news conference. An officer stopped the car at Terminal B and the man jumped out and began shooting, he said.
Police returned fire, hitting the man, McManus said. The man was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
No one else was hit by gunfire.
McManus applauded the officer who shot the man, saying the action saved many lives.
The shooter had a lot of ammunition and a big handgun that he was shooting indiscriminately toward people, the chief said.
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JPK
(644 posts)Isn't that what Texass wants? Guys with a gun and lots of ammo wandering around on the loose? Sounds like they have just exactly what they want.
hamsterjill
(15,198 posts)Thats what all Texans want, right?
Good grief. Before this mad man went to the airport, he was shooting from the Loop 1604/Highway 281 overpass. From that vantage point, it is amazing that no one was killed. Theres a shopping center with a huge HEB grocery store in the area and shoppers reported seeing the man atop the overpass.
Not all Texans are gun nuts. Please dont lump everyone together.
oneshooter
(8,614 posts)DBoon
(22,256 posts)JohnnyRingo
(18,563 posts)I'm sure he had a death wish, but he had to put others in danger.
How about bungee jumping while holding an anvil, or Niagara Falls in a cardboard Amazon box? He'd be just as much a spectacle and hurt no one else.
This isn't a case of a bad gun, but a fucking moron with a bad gun.