Suspected Love Field shooter indicted

DALLAS — The girl suspected of firing a number of rounds from a handgun at Dallas Love Field Airport was indicted Wednesday by a Dallas County grand jury. 

Portia Odufuwa, the 37-year-old suspect, was indicted on the cost of aggravated assault in opposition to a public servant. Police mentioned one of many rounds she fired off in Love Field was aimed towards a police officer. 

Aggravated assault in opposition to a public servant is a first-degree felony within the State of Texas, that means if Odufuwa is discovered responsible, she might be sentenced to serve anyplace from 20 years to life in jail. 

The affidavit initially charging Odufuwa said she had threatened to explode the airport earlier than firing two photographs into the ceiling. Police additionally later discovered a spherical “with a trajectory that was located in the kiosk near where” the officer was taking cowl, “confirming that she was shooting at the officer during the encounter,” the affidavit mentioned. 

Security footage confirmed a lady in a hoodie and a masks stroll to an space close to the Southwest ticket counter.

Several dozen individuals have been standing within the space with their suitcases at ticket kiosks. The space is adjoining to the safety checkpoint at Love Field.

The suspect then raised a gun into the air and fired three photographs within the air, in accordance with Garcia. The vacationers within the space scattered and took cowl; the officer took a place behind a ticket kiosk.

The suspect then pointed towards the officer, and police mentioned in an affidavit that she fired towards the officer, in accordance with proof of rounds collected on the scene.

The officer returned fireplace and the suspect went down and started to crawl, earlier than coming to a cease.

It was not initially clear the place the lady was aiming along with her photographs, or what her motive may need been, Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia mentioned, noting that the lady’s photographs didn’t strike anybody else within the airport.

The taking pictures triggered widespread flight and safety delays, because the airport needed to be evacuated and all vacationers needed to be re-screened.