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Christmas family dispute leads to 3 shot, 1 stabbed at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport: police
Police in Phoenix say they detained two individuals after three people were shot and one was stabbed following a “family dispute that escalated” at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Christmas.
Officers received an alert about the incident, which took place outside a restaurant in Terminal 4, around 9:45 p.m., a Phoenix Police Department sergeant said at the scene.
“Preliminary information suggests a group of known individuals engaged in a physical altercation that escalated to one subject retrieving a handgun from their person,” a police media advisory said.
Following the incident, three people had gunshot wounds, with one adult female listed as having “life-threatening” injuries, and two adult males in stable condition with injuries that were non-life-threatening.
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Police tape can be seen at Terminal 4 in Sky Harbor International Airport following a shooting on Christmas night. (FOX 10 Phoenix)
Two people involved were located and detained in the parking garage, police said, identifying them only as “an adult male and a juvenile female.” Police said the man had a stab wound and was brought to a hospital, where he was said to be in stable condition.
“There are no active threats at the airport, Detectives are on scene and completing an initial review to learn what led to this incident,” Phoenix Police posted to X at 11:58 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. “No flights are affected by this ongoing investigation.”
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A police officer enters Terminal 4 at Sky Harbor International Airport on Dec. 25, 2024, following a family dispute that escalated to a shooting and stabbing. (FOX 10 Phoenix)
A shelter-in-place for the airport was lifted around 10:30 p.m., local FOX 10 reported. Terminal operations and the Phoenix Sky Train were briefly paused as precautions, an airport statement obtained by the TV station said.
Thursday morning, a FOX 10 reporter said the entrance to B and C gates in Terminal 4 were still blocked off.
The sergeant at the scene Wednesday night said that in a separate incident, another man was falsely told of an active shooter situation at the airport and arrived armed. He got into an altercation with an officer and was detained prior to being booked into jail. No injuries were reported in the second incident.
Weapons were recovered from both incidents, police said.
Phoenix police officers gather at an eatery in Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport following a shooting on Dec. 25, 2024. (FOX 10 Phoenix)
No identities have been released by police. Fox News Digital has reached out to police for the latest in the investigation.
The two major airlines that operate out of Sky Harbor’s Terminal 4 are American and Southwest, according to the airport’s website.
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Jurors deliberating the fate of the man accused of starting the Palisades Fire, one of the most destructive wildfires in California’s history, failed to reach a verdict Thursday afternoon, telling the judge they were deadlocked.
A spokesperson from the United States Attorney’s Office told KTLA that jurors will continue to deliberate until they reach a verdict or give up.
Jonathan Rinderknecht, 30, a former Uber driver and one-time Pacific Palisades resident, is accused of starting the Lachman Fire on New Year’s Eve. The fire continued to smolder underground for about a week, even after Los Angeles firefighters believed it had been extinguished.
Flames reignited on Jan. 7, erupting into the deadly Palisades Fire that killed 12 people and destroyed thousands of homes in the upscale community, authorities said.
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A courtroom sketch of Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, during his initial court appearance on Oct. 23, 2025. (Bill Robles) -
The U.S. Dept. of Justice booking photo of Jonathan Rinderknecht over the Palisades Fire devastation in Malibu, California in January 2025 (AP).
Prosecutors argued that Rinderknecht deliberately set the fire, claiming he had grown increasingly resentful of wealthy residents and viewed Pacific Palisades as a symbol of that frustration.
“Their case, though circumstantial, is strong,” KTLA legal analyst Alison Triessl said. “The defense is relying on, can they (prosecutors) show beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Rinderknecht actually started this fire and it wasn’t the result of fireworks or some intervening cause.”
The defense argued there is no direct physical evidence tying Rinderknecht to the fire and said the prosecution’s case relies entirely on circumstantial evidence. Rinderknecht did not testify during the trial.
Defense attorney Steve Haney spoke outside the courthouse Wednesday about why he believes it will be difficult for prosecutors to prove how the fire started.
“The lack of scene preservation. The fact that they got there after a lot of the evidence was missing. Not a lot of direct evidence. This is a circumstantial case, which is always difficult as a prosecutor to prove,” Haney said.
Rinderknecht, who was arrested and indicted last October, faces up to 45 years in prison if found guilty of three arson counts, including destruction of property by means of fire, arson affecting property used in interstate commerce and timber set afire.
Tony Kurzweil contributed to this report
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