Suspect in Oklahoma City airport shooting found dead in pickup

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Wednesday, November 16, 2016
VIDEO: Police: 1 person shot at Oklahoma City airport
At least one person was shot at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport on Tuesday, prompting city officials to close the airport and order people inside to seek shelter.

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Police say a suspect in the fatal shooting of a Southwest Airlines employee at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City has been found dead in a pickup truck in an airport parking garage.

Police Capt. Paco Balderrama says the suspect appears to have died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Fifty-two-year-old Michael Winchester was shot shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday. Winchester died after being taken to a hospital.

Balderrama said the suspect was found with a gunshot wound to the head and has not been positively identified.

Balderrama said police believe the shooting was a premeditated attack.