{"id":6068,"date":"2017-01-07T14:12:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-07T14:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=6068"},"modified":"2017-01-07T14:12:03","modified_gmt":"2017-01-07T14:12:03","slug":"what-we-know-about-florida-airport-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=6068","title":{"rendered":"What we know about Florida airport suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 id=\"modal-header\" class=\"H-n Fw-n Fw-br Headline Reset\">What We Know About Esteban Santiago, Suspect in Fort Lauderdale Attack<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_18_0_4_1483798130405_2726\">He is the alleged perpetrator of a shooting spree that left five people dead and more injured in the Fort Lauderdale airport this afternoon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"box shadow  \"><div class=\"box-inner-block\"><i class=\"fa tie-shortcode-boxicon\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/gma.yahoo.com\/video\/fort-lauderdale-suspects-motive-remains-005238035.html?format=embed\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p id=\"yui_3_18_0_4_1483798130405_2776\">But tonight, Esteban Santiago remains a mystery for federal authorities who are trying to piece together just what led a 26-year-old Army veteran with an intense gaze to go on a murderous rampage.<\/p>\n<p>As he sits in detention \u2013 after apparently turning himself over to police without a fight \u2013 his social media accounts are providing authorities with early clues.<\/p>\n<h3>Military Man<\/h3>\n<p>On Instagram \u2013 beneath a profile statement that reads \u201cHere&#8217;s to finding whether or not your mission on earth is finished ; if your still alive &#8230; It isn&#8217;t.\u201d \u2013 Santiago is seen in uniform as part of the Army National Guard.<\/p>\n<p>From Dec. 14, 2007 until this past August, the suspected gunman served in the Puerto Rican and Alaskan components of the force, according to Lt. Col. Candis Olmstead, a spokesperson for the Alaskan service.<\/p>\n<p>During his tenure, he was deployed to Iraq from April 2010 until February 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The combat engineer received a discharge for unsatisfactory performance at the rank of E3 \u2013 or Private First Class \u2013 on Aug. 16.<\/p>\n<p>What he did for work since then remains a mystery.<\/p>\n<p>But federal authorities told ABC News tonight that Santiago recently received mental health treatment after he showed up at the FBI\u2019s Anchorage, Alaska office claiming that the government was forcing him to watch videos produced by the ISIS terror group.<\/p>\n<p>The agents described him as incoherent.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, FBI agents are at Santiago\u2019s last known location: a mobile home park in Anchorage.<\/p>\n<p>Their colleagues on the opposite side of the country are outside the home of his relatives in New Jersey, where records suggest he may have been born.<\/p>\n<p>Two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation told ABC News that the agents are interviewing Santiago\u2019s family members, but noted that there was no indication that the family members were aware of the attack before it took place.<\/p>\n<h3>Airport Arrival<\/h3>\n<p>Meanwhile, there is some clarity on how Santiago arrived in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Senior officials confirm that Santiago arrived at the Fort Lauderdale airport on a flight from Minneapolis, where he had connected from a flight from Anchorage that he boarded last night.<\/p>\n<p>Some media reports suggested that he had flown to Fort Lauderdale from Canada, however the Canadian Embassy said in a statement that \u201cthe suspect did not fly from Canada and was not on a Canadian flight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The embassy confirmed that he had flown from Anchorage via Minneapolis and reiterated that, \u201cthere is no Canadian connection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was in the baggage claim in Fort Lauderdale that he began his shooting spree, with a gun that a federal law enforcement official tells ABC News was checked legally in his luggage.<\/p>\n<p>Witness Mark Lea, who phoned into this afternoon\u2019s ABC News\u2019 Special Report, said that Santiago \u201cwent through a couple dozen rounds\u201d before tossing his weapon and \u201clying face down and spread eagle\u201d awaiting officers to arrest him.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_18_0_4_1483798130405_2814\"><em>ABC News\u2019 Paul Blake wrote this story, while ABC News\u2019 Josh Margolin, Pierre Thomas, Megan Christie, Cindy Galli, Elizabeth Mclaughlin, Alex Hosenball and Cho Park contributed reporting.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What We Know About Esteban Santiago, Suspect in Fort Lauderdale Attack &nbsp; He is the alleged perpetrator of a shooting spree that left five people dead and more injured in the Fort Lauderdale airport this afternoon. 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