FAA lifts ground stop at Dallas Love Field after shooting - The Dallas Morning News

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Flights at Dalla Love Field were allowed to resume Monday after a shooting at the Dallas airport stopped traffic for more than three hours while police investigated.

Nearly half of Love Field’s arriving and departing flights were canceled Monday and dozens more delayed until the early afternoon after a woman opened fire towards the ceiling at Dallas Love Field and was quickly shot by a Dallas Police officer on site.

The FAA stopped arriving and departing for the shooting for several hours, finally lifting a ground stop at 2:30 p.m. after hundreds of passengers were sent out of the terminal and went home. Others had to go through security again before they could get back in the terminal.

According to Dallas police Chief Eddie García, a 37-year-old woman was dropped off at the airport about 11 a.m., where she went inside the bathroom and came out wearing a hoodie. According to García, she then pulled out a gun, aimed it toward the ceiling and fired several shots. Only the shooter was injured, according to police.

Dallas Love Field is dominated by Southwest Airlines, and it is the smaller of two airports that serve North Texas. The airport was scheduled to handle 366 commercial flights Monday with more than 56,000 passengers.

Southwest Airlines spokesman Chris Perry confirmed the airline has paused all departures and arrivals at the airport. “There’s no greater priority for us than the safety of our Employees and Customers, all of which are reportedly safe, and we’re deeply saddened for all involved and impacted,” he said.

The airport evacuated the building and began shelter-in-place operations as police responded to the active shooter. A spokesperson for the airport said no other injuries have been reported. Passengers will be rescreened by the Transportation Security Administration, the airport said, and operations will resume once police have concluded the investigation.

Joan and Roger Chamberlain were sitting at a gate waiting for their flight to Las Vegas on Southwest Airlines when they saw a rush of people headed from the security area.

“People just started running like crazy,” said Roger Chamberlain of Dallas.

Their flight was delayed shortly after as the FAA and the airline halted operations. About an hour later, they were told to leave the airport. With no updates on when the airport might fully reopen and no chance of making their connecting flight in Las Vegas, they decided to leave and go home.

“I think we’re not going to catch that flight or the connecting flight,” Joan Chamberlain said nearly two hours after the shooting as she was leaving the airport. “It’s just people solid. No one’s going anywhere.”

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