Air Marshal Kills Passenger, Citing Threat
A passenger who claimed to have a bomb in a carry-on bag was shot and killed by a federal air marshal Wednesday on a jetway to an American Airlines plane that had arrived from Colombia, officials said. No bomb was found in the bag, a U.S. official said.
Homeland Security Department spokesman Brian Doyle said the dead man was a 44-year-old U.S. citizen. It was the first time since the Sept. 11 attacks that an air marshal had shot at anyone, he said.
The Air Marshall service doesn't have a reputation for being trigger-happy - quite the opposite. I hope the press gives 'em the benefit of the doubt until some facts start coming in from the investigation.
