Man Killed After Bomb Scare at Airport

44-year-old U.S. citizen who claimed to have a bomb was shot and killed when air marshals opened fire on a boarding bridge at the Miami airport. American Airlines Flight 924 was in Miami on a stopover during a flight from Medellin, Colombia, to Orlando, Florida, when the man, identified as Rigoberto Alpizar, said there was a bomb in his carry-on backpack. Alpizar was confronted by a team of federal air marshals, who followed him down the boarding bridge and ordered him to get on the ground. When Alpizar appeared to reach into his backpack, he was shot and wounded. The man later died from those injuries.

One passenger claims that the man ran frantically down the aisle from the rear of the plane, arms flailing, and that the woman accompanying him said that Alpizar was bipolar and had not taken his medication.

Investigators removed the carry-on bag belonging to the man, from the airport, and an explosives team detonated several pieces of luggage on the tarmac.