What prompted the Phoenix Sky Harbor shooting?
Phoenix police said the incident was a domestic argument turned violent."I do believe that this was a family dispute that escalated," Phoenix police Sgt. Mayra Reeson said at a press conference Thursday morning.
Phoenix police said in a press release that the group of people who were involved in the incident all knew each other and that a physical altercation escalated to a person taking out a gun and then shooting a woman and a teenage boy. Concealed weapons are permitted outside of airport security checkpoints in Arizona.
Was anybody hurt in the Phoenix Sky Harbor shooting?
Two men and one woman were shot, while the man who allegedly fired the gun was stabbed by the teenage boy during the incident. Later, the man who allegedly fired was found with a young girl in the airport’s parking lot.The people who suffered gunshot wounds were taken to a local hospital. The woman is in critical but stabilized condition, according to police. The three men had non-life-threatening injuries and were released and interviewed by detectives.
Four people have been hospitalized following a shooting at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Christmas night.
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Was anyone arrested for the Phoenix Sky Harbor shooting?
Police said they detained two people, though the department declined to release their names to Phoenix New Times. However, arrests have not yet been made.“After consultation with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, no arrests have been made as the investigation remains active,” said Phoenix police spokesperson Sgt. Phil Krynsky. “A charging decision will be made once the investigation is complete.”
The X account @itsallphoenix2, which crowdsources video submissions, posted a video at 10:30 p.m. of a shirtless man sitting on the ground, presumably detained, while police officers speak with each other.
4 people shot, 1 stabbed and suspect in custody at Skyharbor Airport pic.twitter.com/j8t0aNIAt0
— itsallphoenix (@itsallphoenix2) December 26, 2024
How long was Phoenix Sky Harbor shut down?
A shelter-in-place order was issued immediately after the shooting, though it was lifted around 10:30 p.m., according to FOX10. At 11:18 p.m., Phoenix police posted on X that operations at Sky Harbor had “resumed to normal business.” Shortly after, the department added that there were no active threats at the airport.Did anything else odd happen at Phoenix Sky Harbor?
Weirdly, yes.Around 11:25 p.m., a 21-year-old man named Cole Nenon showed up carrying multiple guns, according to police. Nenon was apparently told by a relative, erroneously, that there was an active shooter at the airport, prompting him to come with weapons to the airport. Police said he “handed his firearms to other individuals at the airport before he approached an officer who was posted just outside the shooting scene.”
After an altercation with officers in which police said he struck and spat on one, Nenon was wrestled to the ground and arrested. The Arizona Republic published pictures of Nenon being escorted by police while he is shirtless, barefoot and handcuffed. Police said they recovered three firearms.
Police have charged him with aggravated assault on an officer.
