Airplane passenger threatens he has bomb, shot by federal air marshal |
Wow, might want to turn on CNN. A suspicious man aboard a plane was fired upon by a federal air marshal who was believed to have a bomb in a carry-on bag.

The incident happened after the plane taxied to the gate and passengers had started to deplane.

Another network reports, according to CNN, that the man was running up and down the aisles inside the plane and there might have been mental issues.

No report yet if anybody else was injured in the shooting or the identity of the man who was shot. CNN just reported from a source that there was no bomb in the carry-on bag.
CNN just aired that the man who was shot has died.
Update 12:37pm PST: There are at least 2 air marshals aboard every domestic flight (later CNN would report this differently that not every domestic flight has air marshals) and as many as 6-8 aboard international flights. The reporting so far also indicates the man was warned multiple times to get down and not reach for his bag, and after he did was when the marshal fired.
12:50pm PST: Passenger shot is being reported as a 44 year old American man. Officials are not confirming that this man is, in fact, dead.
1:05pm PST: officials have now confirmed that the suspect was killed. This is the first time since 9/11 that a federal air marshal has fired his weapon in the line of duty. The man allegedly was running from the airplane and pursued by at least two air marshalls, one of which fired upon the suspect after several warnings. Wolf Blitzer in The Situation Room reminds viewers that first reports are often wrong.
1:25pm PST: now CNN is reporting that this 44 year old man deplaned, went through customs, then got back onto the plane and got in an argument with his wife and said he had a bomb. Next, the air marshals asked him to deplane which he did do, and then in the jetway he was told to go to the ground and drop the bag and he approached the marshals “aggressively” and reaching for his bag and 2-3 shots were fired.
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