Man Shoots Himself In Head At Bush Intercontinental Airport

Houston authorities say a man shot himself at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport Thursday afternoon.

KHOU-TV reports the man walked into the airport’s Terminal B, fired at least two shots into the air with an AR-15 rifle and then shot himself in the head with a pistol.

Houston police spokesman John Cannon tells The Associated Press a call came in at 1:35 p.m. on Thursday that there had been a “discharge of firearms” near the ticket counter at Terminal B

Cannon says one armed man has been transported to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries.

KHOU reports that an air marshal fired at the shooter before he shot himself. No one else was injured in the shooting.

The terminal has been shut down.

The George Bush Intercontinental Airport is the city’s largest international airport.

Source: http://houston.cbslocal.com/2013/05/02/man-shoots-himself-inside-bush-international-airport/

I would hate to see something like this used to assault our 2nd amendment rights further.

2 Comments

  1. david on May 2, 2013 at 3:30 pm

    I would hate to see something like this used to assault our 2nd amendment rights further.

    Since concourse security is so tight, I have always been concerned that some jihadist will walk a gun into a terminal lobby, on the non-sterile side of security, and have at the passengers queued up at the ticket counters.

    I hope this doesn’t give anybody any ideas, and feel free not to post this for that reason.



  2. S Andrew Nicol on May 3, 2013 at 3:32 pm

    You don’t have to worry about the media or the gun grabbers playing this one up. The shooter was black.