Man brings gun into Atlanta airport and shoots himself
A 59-year-old man is accused of bringing a firearm into Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport before shooting himself at the baggage claim, police say.
About 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 21, a man later identified as Douglas E. Smith, entered the Atlanta airport with a handgun, according to the Atlanta Police Department.
Smith went up the escalators to the upper level of the baggage claim area, police said, before firing the weapon at himself.
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He suffered a gunshot wound in the upper right torso, according to police.
Smith “fell to the ground,” and another airport patron was able to kick the gun out of his hands while calling police.
When officers arrived, Smith was “alert, conscious, breathing and was transported to the hospital for treatment,” police said. He was in stable condition as of Sunday evening.
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