Officials probe motive in Florida shooting
By Reuters
08 January 2017 |
5:11 am
Federal investigators are trying determining the motives behind a mass shooting in which an attacker opened fire in a crowded baggage claim at a Fort Lauderdale airport, killing five people.
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