by Donald Wood
Last updated: 2:48 PM ET, Thu October 26, 2017
A man was arrested at Miami International Airport Wednesday after screaming at passengers and attacking a police officer.
According to NBCMiami.com, the man arrived at the Concourse D check-in area and started yelling at customers waiting to be served. After remaining relatively peaceful, he began screaming threatening remarks at around 12:30 p.m. local time.
As the man made his way past a ticketing area and toward a security checkpoint, he was confronted by a Miami-Dade police officer. The man verbally challenged the officer and attacked him with a series of punches.
The two men fought to the floor as Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents helped wrestle him to the ground. It is believed that the officer used a stun gun on the suspect in order to take him into custody.
Twitter user Andrea L. Pino shared a video of the incident.
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Once in handcuffs, the man was placed in the back of a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue ambulance outside the airport. While the suspect's identity was not revealed, officials are asking travelers to allow additional time if they are driving to the airport due to traffic from police activity.
The official Twitter account of Miami International Airport shared more details about the incident.
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