Miami airport stabbing: Woman stabbed, almost thrown off fourth-floor railing

A woman was stabbed multiple times at Miami International Airport late Saturday night creating a chaotic scene as airport operations were disrupted and there was initially a fear of an active shooter, according to reports from officials.

The woman was hospitalized in critical condition and a man, who allegedly tried to throw the woman off a railing, is in custody, according to multiple reports. According to airport officials, the airport was back to normal operations on Sunday.

“In the midst of the chaos, officers received reports of a possible active shooter,” Detective Angel Rodriguez, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade Police Department, said in a statement released Sunday morning, according to Local 10 News.

Rodriguez said in the statement the stabbing happened shortly after 11:30 p.m., at the airport’s Terminal J, on the fourth floor. The man tried to throw her off a railing.

According to a police statement released to Boca News Now, the victim “was able to escape the attack and ran down the stairs to the 3rd floor level, which is where the officers found her.”

The statement said responding officers took the suspect into custody and recovered the knife. The victim was taken to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Rodriguez told Local 10 News that the incident disrupted airport operations and Boca News reported the airport was on temporary lockdown.