3 shot, 1 stabbed at Phoenix airport in apparent family dispute, police say

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Three people were shot and another person was stabbed at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Arizona during a family dispute in one of the terminals on Christmas Eve, police said.

The incident happened outside a restaurant at Terminal 4, outside the security area, where responding officers found three people with gunshot wounds around 10 p.m. 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, Phoenix Police Sgt. Mayra Reeson told reporters early Thursday.

Officers later also found two more people in the parking garage, one of them with at least one stab wound, Reeson said.

A young female was detained, the police say, and no charges have been laid.

Police believe all five people involved know each other and that “the argument escalated when someone produced a gun,” Reeson said.

It is not clear if the group planned to leave or were at the airport for another reason.

The shot that was fired forced the temporary closure of Terminal 4’s security checkpoint, a spokesman for Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport told CNN in an email.

– The incident has been resolved and operations are returning to normal, said the airport’s spokesman early Thursday.

Police said there are “no active threats at the airport” and no planes are affected as detectives work to piece together what led to the shooting.

This is a developing story and will be updated.