Woman Shot After Opening Fire Inside Dallas Love Field Airport: Dallas Police

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: NBC5 DFW

A woman pulled out a gun inside Dallas Love Field Airport late Monday morning and began shooting toward the ceiling, Dallas police say. The woman was confronted and shot by officers. No other injuries have been reported. Dallas Chief of Police Eddie Garcia said the woman was dropped off at the airport just before 11 a.m. and that once inside she went into a restroom and changed clothes.

Garcia said the woman exited the restroom wearing what a hoody, pulled out a gun and started firing several shots. Most of the shots, Garcia said, appeared to be directed toward the ceiling.

Officers inside the airport confronted the woman and shot her in her lower extremities. The woman was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital in an unknown condition. No further information about her or the motivation behind the shooting is known.

Cell phone video shared with NBC 5 showed travelers on the ground, behind chairs at the gates and sheltering in place. The investigation is ongoing. Agents with the Dallas FBI's field office were seen at the airport along with Dallas Police.

Read more: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/gunshots-reported-at-dallas-love-field-dallas-police/3030817/

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Updated to local source in OP.

Previous update and headline -

Shooting Reported at Dallas Love Field, 1 Hospitalized: Dallas Police

Dallas Police say there are reports of shots fired at Dallas Love Field airport but that no other information has been confirmed. Dallas Fire-Rescue confirmed to NBC 5 that one person was transported from the airport to a hospital. The extent of that person's injuries is not yet known and we don't yet know who that person is.

It's not immediately clear where the shots were fired, but Dallas Police were seen blocking off two entrances to the airport. Max Geron, Chief of Police in Rockwall, told NBC 5 in a phone interview Monday morning that he and his family were going through security when they heard gunshots.

Geron said a number of shots were heard near a baggage or ticket counter area. He said he grabbed his kids and that the TSA agents responded quickly by shuffling travelers into secure areas.

He said the TSA then got word that "the shooter was down" and they were evacuated out of the airport and sequestered in an outdoor location.

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12:41 PM · Jul 25, 2022

Not sure how this will play out but those media outlets that use CNN's news feed are throwing this out there too.

FAA has a ground stop in place now. (link updates) -

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Original article and headline -

Police investigating reports of shots fired at Dallas Love Field Airport

(CNN)Police say they are investigating a report of shots fired at the Dallas Love Field Airport in Texas.

"Dallas police are investigating, and will update media when information becomes available," police said.

Dallas Love Field Airport is located about six miles northwest of downtown Dallas and primarily serves Southwest Airlines, its website states.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/25/us/dallas-airport-shooting-reports/index.html

[Sky Jewels]

1. Sigh.

Another day in Shithole Guntopia USA.

[padah513]

2. I know. This is madness.

And the politicians who can do something to change it, won't.

[Sky Jewels]

5. Infuriating and frustrating.

It's like a nightmarish Groundhog Day ... the same thing over and over and over ...

[DFW]

3. Great. That is about 15 minutes from the house in Dallas

I often fly out of Love Field.

[Torchlight]

4. Dallas Police said they were called to an "officer-assist" at the airport at about 11:10 a.m

Dallas Fire-Rescue confirmed to NBC 5 that one person was transported from the airport to a hospital. That person was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital in an unknown condition. No further information about the person is known.

It's not immediately clear where the shots were fired, but Dallas Police were seen blocking off two entrances to the airport.

Max Geron, Chief of Police in Rockwall, told NBC 5 in a phone interview Monday morning that he and his family were going through security when they heard gunshots.

Geron said a number of shots were heard near a baggage or ticket counter area. He said he grabbed his kids and that the TSA agents responded quickly by shuffling travelers into secure areas.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/gunshots-reported-at-dallas-love-field-dallas-police/3030817/



On edit: not much commotion about the airport from a visual view (watching from across Bachman Lake) but it's weird not seeing/hearing/feeling the take-offs or landing (my office building is directly underneath a flight path)

[BumRushDaShow]

6. I had just added that source to replace the CNN one before I saw your post

It provided more info!

[IronLionZion]

7. Daily occurrence in America

that's the price of freedom

[Jilly_in_VA]

8. Your "well-organized militia" at work /s

Just shooting 'em up wherever they want to.

[groundloop]

9. It's certainly not well regulated.

[Jilly_in_VA]

10. I meant well-regulated

Brain not in gear. I plead Monday.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. Posts and titles are editable and if done in thirty minutes or so they don't get that red tag. . .nt

[Crowman2009]

11. Apparently it never occured to those GOPers in charge of the Texas state govt. that one of those...

...supposed good guys with a gun would snap.

[IronLionZion]

29. Texas must be a gun free zone

since they have so many shootings

[Harker]

12. Living under the constant threat of gun violence isn't my idea of freedom.

An armed society is a deadly society.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

13. "You've come a long way, baby." NT

[OldStory]

14. WHY

What's the purpose or benefit of this person's actions?

She goes into a crowded public place and fires a firearm into the air.

If she was going for "Death by Cop" she failed.

Is this an overreaction to a disagreement with Airlines?

She secretly worked for a company that fixes bullet holes in roofs.

Is she mentally ill?

I guess we'll have to wait and see.

[SouthBayDem]

37. Husband cheated on her

From the article:

...the woman said she had an announcement to make and said something about her husband cheating.

[FailureToCommunicate]

15. "Shot in the lower extremities..." Hmmm so cops DON'T have to always aim to kill...

as they keep saying every time they murder a Black man during a traffic stop?

[oldsoftie]

19. Well, we don't know her condition or WHAT "extremities" were hit.

Anyone who thinks a cop can just "shoot them in the legs" has never fired a weapon at a range before.

[FailureToCommunicate]

24. Right. But it's worth a try, before firing the rest of the 60 bullets. In this case...

since she's Black...I'd guess the cop just plain missed where he was aiming: center body mass.

[oldsoftie]

31. Thats generally the only way you're going to hit an arm or leg; aim for the body.

And thats the way you train; center mass.
Except when you're on a guys back; then I apparently you go for the back of the head

[Deep State Witch]

16. Sounds Like Karen's Flight Was Delayed

So she went postal.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. White? "shot her in her lower extremities": real writers write "shot her in her legs" (include feet)

She lived. Does that mean she is white?

And what is "wearing what a hoodie"? If was exceptional ("what a hoodie&quot real writers explain that.

[IronLionZion]

23. Are there are many real writers left in journalism?

These people don't even bother with basic spelling/grammar checks anymore.

[Jilly_in_VA]

20. Reckon she was white?

Cops shot her in the legs, not in the back or the head. And not after she was cuffed. Great big /S

[Major Nikon]

30. She wasn't

Starting to sound a lot like suicide by cop

[Jilly_in_VA]

32. Well, I AM surprised!

[IronLionZion]

35. There are better ways to commit suicide

[LudwigPastorius]

21. The NRA released a statement saying...

she was just being helpful, providing the terminal with much needed ventilation in the 103 degree heat.

Just another conscientious gun owner!

[IronLionZion]

22. 37-year-old Portia Odufuwa

Sounds like someone who shouldn't have a gun. I googled her name and got this news of her robbing a bank in Texas 3 years ago.

https://www.fox4news.com/news/woman-accused-of-robbing-wylie-bank-arrested-while-trying-to-flee-on-foot

[IcyPeas]

26. she robbed a bank 3 years ago? I would've thought she'd still be in jail for that.

[IronLionZion]

27. Police confirmed it's the same person

https://www.newsweek.com/love-field-shooting-suspect-portia-odufuwa-busted-robbing-bank-3-years-ago-1727766

[Jilly_in_VA]

33. So how come

she was running around loose if she robbed a bank 3 years ago? They sure have a funny court system down there in Texas.

[IronLionZion]

34. Texas is a strange and dangerous state

[hack89]

40. She was deemed incompent to stand trial due to mental health issues. nt

[hack89]

39. Apparantly she has a long history of mental illness

The woman who police said fired shots inside Dallas Love Field airport on Monday was charged three years ago with robbery after an encounter with a bank teller in Collin County. A judge dismissed the charge against Portia Odufuwa on May 31, 2019. A mental competency evaluation report was filed in the case also on that date, according to a court record. The report’s conclusions are not described in the online record.

Read more at: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/dallas/article263813158.html#storylink=cpy

[paulkienitz]

25. at the ceiling? what was this, "Yee ha I'm a rootin tootin cowpoke"?

At first I was going "sigh, I guess with enough mass shooters one would eventually be a woman", then I see she didn't shoot anyone and still got shot herself.

[IronLionZion]

28. More mass shooters should shoot themselves first

and they should do it from home to avoid a commute.

[brooklynite]

36. Video of police shooting, apprehending Love Field shooter (gunshots, not visual)

Link to tweet

[LudwigPastorius]

38. You know, I was going to rag on the cops for just hitting her in the leg, but...

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that was a loooong shot.

The cops showed great restraint and good training to only fire once and stop her.

(on edit: The cop in the above video was not the one who shot her, so it wasn't that incredible of a shot. However, the one who did reacted very quickly...like in 2 seconds.)

This woman had a criminal background and a history of mental health issues, and she was still able to purchase a pistol. Unbelievable.