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The woman accused of firing shots inside Dallas Love Field on Monday has a long criminal history.
Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia says Portia Odufuwa first tried to buy a gun in 2016 but was denied because of an outstanding traffic warrant. In 2019 she was arrested for a bank robbery in Wylie and Mesquite for arson. In 2020 she was arrested at Love Field and taken for a mental health evaluation.
No passengers were hurt during the shooting. Odufuwa was shot and wounded by a dallas police officer.
UPDATED 4:33 P.M. (WBAP/KLIF) – Normal operations began to resume around 4 p.m. on Monday at Love Field Airport.
The suspected shooter remains hospitalized and Police continue to investigate the shooting.
UPDATED: WBAP/KLIF) – Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia this morning updated the situation at Dallas Love Field where he says a 37-year old woman entered the facility around 10:59AM, walked into a restroom and started firing a gun after exiting the restroom wearing a hoodie.
Garcia said multiple officers encountered the woman; one officer shot and wounded the suspect in her lower extremities. She was transported to Parkland Hospital in an unknown condition.
As of 12:33 our Clayton Neville said that TSA was in the process of rescreening all passengers who had been evacuated from the airport. The process will take time. Clayton also said that, according to witnesses the woman was screaming that she’s going to “shoot this place up,” and saying something about her cheating husband.
Stay with updates about the breaking story.
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Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A chaotic scene at Dallas Love Field this morning amid reports of possible active shooter.
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