Dallas police shoot man who charged officer at airport
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A screenshot of the incident from a video posted to Instagram.
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In a social media video played on several broadcasters, five shots could be heard, followed by a volley of several more. Shouts of "get down" were heard and an officer with a pistol could be seen.
Due to confusion, some people entered secure areas without proper screening, Blankenbaker said. "The airport decided to pull everyone back out of the secure area and recheck them for security purposes," he said.
This created massive lines and the incident led to problems with flight schedules at the airport where budget carrier Southwest Airlines Co controls 18 of Love Field's 20 airport gates.
As of Friday afternoon, Love Field had the second-largest number of flights delayed of any US airport after Los Angeles International, at 50 or 14 per cent of its departures, according to flight tracking website FlightAware.com.
Southwest temporarily grounded its flights at the airport for about two hours, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Bryan Armstrong, a witness, told CNN the man who was shot had a rock in his hand and police ordered him to drop it as he walked toward them. Police shot the man when he did not comply, Armstrong said.
