Person in custody after police investigate vehicle at BWI-Marshall Airport
Delays are extensive after airport terminal roadways reopen; travelers directed to exit from upper level
Updated: 6:32 PM EDT Oct 11, 2023
ROY, WHAT IS THE LATEST THAT YOU CAN TELL US? WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS THEY HAVE THE UPPER AND THE LOWER LEVEL INTO BWI NOW OPEN. SO THAT’S HELPED RELIEVE A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC ISSUES. 195 IS PRETTY MUCH CLEARED OUT AND 170 STILL HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKUP, BUT NOT BAD. AND THAT’S CLEARED UP. SO THINGS ARE STARTING TO GET BACK TO NORMAL HERE. AS FAR AS PEOPLE TRYING TO GET TO THE AIRPORT OR GET FROM THE AIRPORT, THE ISSUES THAT THEY’RE GOING TO RUN INTO. OBVIOUSLY, HE IS GOING TO BE FLIGHT DELAYS. YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHECK YOUR FLIGHT BOARD AS FAR AS ANY DELAYS OR MAKE SURE YOUR FLIGHT IS STILL OPERATIONAL. WE CAN TELL YOU THAT THE POLICE OPENED UP THE SCENE AND THEY WERE DEALING WITH IT FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS WITH A VEHICLE THAT WAS SUSPICIOUS IN NATURE. AND THEY WERE CONCERNED AS FAR AS HAVING SOME TYPE OF SUSPICIOUS DEVICE ON IT. SO RIGHT NOW, WE CAN TELL YOU THAT THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. THERE IS AN OPEN UNDER ARREST, BUT WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THE REST WAS ALL ABOUT. IF IT WAS IN REFERENCE TO THE SUSPICIOUS CAR OR SOMETHING ELSE. BUT WE BELIEVE IT WAS DUE TO THE SUSPICIOUS CAR WITH HIM MAKING A STATEMENT. WE’RE STILL TRYING TO GET MORE. AND AS WE DO, WE’LL UPDATE YOU. REPORTING LIVE IN SKY TEAM 11, I’M CAPTAIN ROY TAYLOR. ALL RIGHT, ROY, THANK YOU. 11 NEWS REPORTER KHIREE STEWART IS JOINING US NOW. AND KHIREE, YOU’VE BEEN OUT THERE FOR A WHILE AND YOU JUST SPOKE TO AUTHORITIES WITH AN UPDATE, RIGHT? YEAH, I SPOKE TO CAPTAIN KEVIN AID. HE’S WITH MTA. THIS IS WHAT HE TOLD ME. I LITERALLY SPOKE TO HIM MAYBE LIKE 15 MINUTES AGO. HE SAID THAT THE SUSPECT IN CUSTODY MADE SOME STATEMENTS THAT WERE CONCERNING TO POLICE. AND OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, POLICE TOOK THAT MAN INTO CUSTODY. NOW THAT CAR THAT THAT CAPTAIN ROY WAS TALKING ABOUT, THAT WAS ALSO PART OF THE INVESTIGATION. I ASKED THE CAPTAIN, I SAID, OKAY, DOES THAT CAR BELONG TO THE SUSPECT? AND HE SAID, THAT’S STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. HE COULDN’T SAY WHETHER IT BELONGED TO HIM OR NOT. AND THEN I ALSO ASKED HIM WHETHER THE THE CAR HAD ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS IN THERE, AND HE COULDN’T TELL ME WHAT WAS IN THE CAR YET EITHER. BUT HE DID SAY THAT THEY DO HAVE A SUSPECT IN CUSTODY. THEY SAID THAT SUSPECT MADE SOME STATEMENTS THAT WERE CONCERNING AND ASKED ABOUT WHAT THOSE STATEMENTS WERE AS WELL. HE COULDN’T TELL ME, BUT HE DID SAY THAT THEY WERE CONCERNING TO POLICE AND THAT’S WHY THEY TOOK THAT SUSPECT INTO CUSTODY. THEY DIDN’T IDENTIFY HIM YET AND THEY DIDN’T SAY WHERE THAT SUSPECT WAS FROM. EXACTLY. BUT, OF COURSE, ALL OF THAT’S UNDER INVESTIGATION NOW. I DO WANT TO STEP OUT OF THE WAY AND JUST SHOW YOU TRAFFIC OUT THERE IN THE DISTANCE. TRAFFIC IS MOVING NEAR THE TERMINAL. WE SHOWED YOU IT FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE RIGHT NEAR TERMINAL ROAD A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. IT JUST SHOWS YOU JUST HOW BACKED UP THINGS WERE WHEN WE GOT OUT HERE. PROBABLY AROUND, I WANT TO SAY MAYBE LIKE 4:00. THERE WERE LOTS OF CARS HERE. THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE ARRIVING AT THE AIRPORT THAT COULDN’T GET IN. AND ONCE THEY REOPENED IT, ONCE THEY CLEARED THAT VEHICLE, TRAFFIC WAS JUST SO BACKED UP THAT SOME PEOPLE HAD TO BE DROPPED OFF A DISTANCE AWAY AND THEY HAD TO WALK TO THE TERMINAL AS WELL. BUT AGAIN, THE CAPTAIN TELLING ME THAT THEY DO HAVE A SUSPECT IN CUSTODY. TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAD TO SAY EARLIER. IS CURRENTLY IT’S STILL AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION, BUT CURRENTLY AT THIS TIME, THERE IS NO THREAT TO BWI, THURGOOD MARSHALL AIRPORT AND AIRPORT IS CURRENTLY WITHIN THE LAST TEN MINUTES, HAS BEEN REOPENED. ALL ROADWAYS ARE OPENED BACK, OPEN AND GOING BACK, HOPING TO GO BACK TO NORMAL OPERATIONS. ALL RIGHT. SO JUST TO RECAP, WE HAVE TRAFFIC MOVING HERE RIGHT NOW. POLICE CLEARED A VEHICLE HERE. THEY HAVE A SUSPECT IN CUSTODY. THEY SAID HE MADE STATEMENTS THAT WERE CONCERNING. SO THEY TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY. AND THEN THAT CAR, WHICH HE SAID WAS A SEDAN, THAT’S ALL PART OF THE INVESTIGATION. SO, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE’RE STILL WORKING TO GET MORE INFORMATION, MORE UPDATES ON THIS, ABOUT THE IDENTITY OF THAT PERSON THAT THEY HAVE IN CUSTODY. AND PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THAT SUSPECT AND THE CAR. WE’RE GOING TO WORK TO GET THAT AND WE’LL HAVE MORE TONIGHT ON THE NEWS AT TEN AND 11. REPORTING LIVE HERE AT BWI, KHIREE STEWART WBAL-TV 11 NEWS KHIREE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CLEARING UP A LOT OF STUFF FOR US. APPARENTLY POLICE HAVE A SUSPECT IN CUSTODY WHO MADE SOME DISTURBING STATEMENTS. AND THAT PERSON TIED TO A CAR. WE’LL HAVE THE LATEST ON THIS COMING UP TONIGHT AT 10:00 AND 11:00. AND YOU CAN FOLLOW THE LATE BREAKING UPDATES ON THIS STORY HERE ON TV 11, AS WELL AS OUR APP. TURN O
Person in custody after police investigate vehicle at BWI-Marshall Airport
Delays are extensive after airport terminal roadways reopen; travelers directed to exit from upper level
Updated: 6:32 PM EDT Oct 11, 2023
A person is in custody Wednesday afternoon after a police investigation into a vehicle that closed the terminal roadway at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.Maryland Transportation Authority police Capt. Kevin Ayde told 11 News that a man made some statements that were concerning to officers, and, out of an abundance of caution, they took the person into custody.The terminal roadway was closed around 3 p.m. and those in the terminal were advised to remain in place as police, the fire marshal and bomb technicians investigated a vehicle on the lower level roadway.Video from SkyTeam 11, Baltimore’s only news helicopter, showed no one was being allowed to enter airport property, and a portion of Aviation Boulevard was blocked off as well.An 11 News source at the airport described the airport as shutdown and said he saw MDTA police officers take a person into custody.Police cleared the vehicle and crews reopened the upper level roadway around 4:17 p.m., at which time, travelers were only allowed to exit the terminal from the upper level, and taxi services were made available near upper level door No. 5.SkyTeam 11 video showed the entrance to the lower level roadway and the hourly parking garage was blocked by police until that reopened around 5:08 p.m., and there were no longer any restrictions to approach or leave the terminal.”Currently, it’s still an active investigation, but at this time, there is no threat to BWI-Thurgood Marshall Airport and the airport is currently, within the last 10 minutes, back open, the roadways are back open and we’re hoping to go back to normal operations,” Ayde said.The Baltimore offices of the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said its agents were responding to assist the MDTA and the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office in the investigation.As the investigation got underway, SkyTeam 11 video showed some planes were allowed to take flight and land. Additionally, the Maryland Transit Administration suspended Light Rail service at the airport and terminated southbound trains at Cromwell Station. Service to the airport has since resumed. The airport said anyone who has vehicles parked in the hourly garage could access the garage via the underground tunnel in the middle of the main terminal or via Skywalk D.
A person is in custody Wednesday afternoon after a police investigation into a vehicle that closed the terminal roadway at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
Maryland Transportation Authority police Capt. Kevin Ayde told 11 News that a man made some statements that were concerning to officers, and, out of an abundance of caution, they took the person into custody.
The terminal roadway was closed around 3 p.m. and those in the terminal were advised to remain in place as police, the fire marshal and bomb technicians investigated a vehicle on the lower level roadway.
Video from SkyTeam 11, Baltimore’s only news helicopter, showed no one was being allowed to enter airport property, and a portion of Aviation Boulevard was blocked off as well.
An 11 News source at the airport described the airport as shutdown and said he saw MDTA police officers take a person into custody.
Police cleared the vehicle and crews reopened the upper level roadway around 4:17 p.m., at which time, travelers were only allowed to exit the terminal from the upper level, and taxi services were made available near upper level door No. 5.
SkyTeam 11 video showed the entrance to the lower level roadway and the hourly parking garage was blocked by police until that reopened around 5:08 p.m., and there were no longer any restrictions to approach or leave the terminal.
“Currently, it’s still an active investigation, but at this time, there is no threat to BWI-Thurgood Marshall Airport and the airport is currently, within the last 10 minutes, back open, the roadways are back open and we’re hoping to go back to normal operations,” Ayde said.
The Baltimore offices of the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said its agents were responding to assist the MDTA and the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office in the investigation.
As the investigation got underway, SkyTeam 11 video showed some planes were allowed to take flight and land. Additionally, the Maryland Transit Administration suspended Light Rail service at the airport and terminated southbound trains at Cromwell Station. Service to the airport has since resumed.
The airport said anyone who has vehicles parked in the hourly garage could access the garage via the underground tunnel in the middle of the main terminal or via Skywalk D.