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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kate Brumback

Federal prosecutors charge man accused of threatening to shoot up Atlanta airport

Atlanta Airport Gun Arrest - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday brought charges against a Georgia man who was arrested a day earlier by police after his family contacted authorities saying he planned a shooting at Atlanta's international airport.

Billy Joe Cagle, 49, threatened to “shoot up” the world’s busiest airport on a FaceTime call while driving, abruptly ending the call after saying, “I’m at the airport, and I’m gonna go rat-a-tat-tat,” prosecutors said in a news release.

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