A gunman opened fire inside Florida’s Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, shooting at least nine people. Five people were killed in the shooting, the Washington Post reports.

Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer was there at the time of the shooting.

“The Fort Lauderdale airport tweeted the incident occurred at a baggage claim inside Terminal 2. Passengers and workers were evacuated onto a tarmac,” NBC reports.

The suspected gunman is now in police custody, law enforcement officers told the news station.

UPDATE 11:50 a.m.: Five people have been reported dead and eight others were wouneed, NBC reports.

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Mark Lea, a] 53-year-old financial adviser from Minneapolis was in the baggage claim when, he said, a man came in and started shooting.

“At first we thought it was firecrackers,” he said. “Everyone started screaming and running. The shooter made his way down through baggage claim. He had what looked like a 9mm and emptied his entire clip. People were trying to run.”

This is a developing story. We will add updates to this post.

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