Officers respond to armed man at Orlando International Airport
May 30, 2017, 5:53 PM | Updated: 8:34 pm
(Twitter Photo/@OrlandoPolice)
(Twitter Photo/@OrlandoPolice)
PHOENIX — An incident involving an armed man had the police on scene at the Orlando International Airport Tuesday night.
Incident ongoing involving man w/ weapon in terminal – Level 1 A-side, rental car area. Police on scene, area contained. Min impact to ops.
— Orlando Intl Airport (@MCO) May 31, 2017
Spokeswoman Carolyn Fennell told the Orlando Sentinel that the incident took place on the first floor in a rental-car area, while Fox 35 reported that no one was harmed.
According to the Orlando Police Department, there were no shots fired, and the incident is over.
Gunman in custody. Everyone is safe. We will brief ASAP at media briefing location.
— Orlando Police (@OrlandoPolice) May 31, 2017
Police said they had a nearly three-hour standoff with the armed man, but still, no shots were fired.
The incident at the Orlando airport was first reported about 7:24 p.m. Officers responded and cleared the first floor of Terminal A, airport spokeswoman Carolyn Fennell told the Sentinel. The entire terminal was eventually closed.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
