This image made from an Oct. 20, 2025, police body camera footage shows Billy Joe Cagle, of Cartersville, Ga., right, talks to police officers before he was arrested inside the domestic terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. (Atlanta Police Department via AP)
Atlanta Police have arrested a man at the city’s airport after getting a tip from his family that he was planning to shoot up the place, and found an assault rifle and ammunition in his truck outside, the police chief said.
Billy Joe Cagle, of Cartersville, Georgia, had described his plan to shoot up Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the world’s busiest airport, on a social media livestream, Chief Darin Schierbaum said during a news conference.
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