4 injured in shooting at Phoenix airport food court on Christmas

PHOENIX (TCN) — Two people are in custody after a shooting incident involving a family at the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport left four people injured.

On the evening of Dec. 25, Phoenix Police announced they were investigating a shooting in Terminal 4 at the city’s Sky Harbor Airport, but there were no active threats to the rest of the area.

According to KSAZ-TV, when officers responded to the airport, they reportedly located one adult female with life-threatening injuries and two other injured adult males. They were all transported to area hospitals. The men are reportedly in stable condition.

Sgt. Mayra Reeson reportedly said there were five people involved in the fight, and they all knew each other.

Reeson said, “No community members or visitors were hurt outside of this group of individuals. They did not go through TSA yet. I do not recommend bringing guns to an airport.”

She believes “this was a family dispute that escalated.”

Police located another adult male and juvenile female who they suspect were involved. The man in the parking lot reportedly sustained a stab wound, and he was hospitalized in stable condition.

Incidents continued in Terminal 4 that evening. KTVK-TV reports that about two hours after the food court situation unfolded, 21-year-old Cole Nenon arrived at the airport with guns because, according to Reeson, he “received a text message that he believed there was an active shooter at Sky Harbor.”

Reeson said there was “not an active shooter. There never was.”

Nenon reportedly gave his firearms up to an airport employee before police arrived. When officers approached, he allegedly told them to “arrest me” and then said, “Kill me, kill me.”

An officer pushed Nenon to the ground after he started “acting irate.” Nenon reportedly punched the officer and tried pushing him off, but a bystander stepped in and helped. The officer was not injured in the scuffle.

Reeson said Nenon’s actions were not connected to the earlier shooting. Nenon was arrested on a charge of aggravated assault on a police officer.

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