BREAKING: 5 Dead, 8 Injured In Mass Shooting At Ft. Lauderdale Airport

Colin Taylor is the editor-in-chief of Occupy Democrats. He graduated…
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It hasn’t been a full week into 2017 and American already has had its first mass major shooting. Thirteen people were shot at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport by a single attacker. Five innocents are dead and a suspect is in custody.
Officials say 5 people have been killed in the shooting at Fort Lauderdale Airport in the US State of Florida.
— LBC Breaking (@lbcbreaking) January 6, 2017
“He was a lone shooter and we have no evidence at this time that he was acting with anyone else” said former Broward County Mayor Barbara Sharief. There is no indication as to motive as of yet. The shooter has been identified as Esteban Santiago from his military ID.
Shooter named as Esteban Santiago from military ID. Reports of a second shooter.
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) January 6, 2017
I have 2 very dear friends in the #FtLauderdale Airport #FLL terminal 2 where the shoots are right now. Please #pray for them!
— Bruce Van Horn (@BruceVH) January 6, 2017
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Shots have been reported fired in the Delta Terminal 2, meaning there may be a second shooter.
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So far in 2017, six days in, nearly 200 Americans have died from gun violence in 820 shooting incidents. But with the election of Donald Trump and a Republican majority in both houses of Congress, any hope for any comprehensive reform or the imposition of common-sense gun laws is long gone.
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Welcome to the new normal, where the slaughter of innocents with their families is accepted at face value while conservatives salivate over their hopes that it was a Muslim perpetrator:
'Multiple dead,' many injured in shooting Fort Lauderdale airport
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Wanna bet the shooter was a #Muslim or #MexicanRapist#trump— AJA (@ajamazing) January 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/WowWows/status/817446501257449472
Fort Lauderdale another Muslim psycho on a shooting rampage
— Jon Aime (@JohnnyAime) January 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/ReillocNaes/status/817451134231203841
https://twitter.com/GripKnife/status/817449544413806592
Colin Taylor is the editor-in-chief of Occupy Democrats. He graduated from Bennington College with a Bachelor's degree in history and political science. He now focuses on advancing the cause of social justice and equality in America.