Terminals at JFK airport resume operations after shooting scare
Reports of gunshots in the departures area prompted a mass evacuation and flights to be grounded
Two terminals at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport are resuming normal operations after reports of shots fired prompted evacuations and grounded and diverted flights.
The reports, which led to some frightening moments for fliers Sunday night, were later determined to be unfounded and the airport was given the all-clear.
“At this time, no firearm, rounds or shell casings or other evidence of shots fired has been found,” said Joe Pentangelo, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department.
Police evacuated Terminal 8 around 9:30 pm Sunday as a precaution after receiving 911 calls about shots fired near the departures area.
Port Authority police called in officers from the New York Police Department to assist with the investigation.