Man rushed to hospital in apparent self-inflicted shooting at Atlanta airport

Atlanta constabulary responded Sunday day to reports of a shooting that near 1 idiosyncratic injured astatine Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

The incidental progressive a antheral who suffered an evident self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.

The shooting occurred successful the pre-security country of the South Terminal, according to the police. Fox 5 Atlanta said the incidental took spot adjacent an escalator by the baggage assertion country astir 3:30 p.m.

"Officers responded to the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, wherever they located a antheral who sustained an evident gunshot wound," the Atlanta Police Department (APD) told Fox News Digital.

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Officers unafraid an country adjacent the South Terminal escalators pursuing a shooting astatine the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport connected Dec. 21, 2025. (Fox 5 Atlanta)

Police said officers rapidly secured the scene, including the firearm and the surrounding area, and confirmed that nary different individuals were injured.

The unfortunate was taken to a adjacent infirmary and was alert, conscious and breathing astatine the clip of transport, authorities said.

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Police officers basal adjacent the South Terminal escalators by the baggage assertion country astatine Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport aft a antheral suffered a self-inflicted gunshot coiled connected Dec. 21, 2025. (Fox 5 Atlanta)

Officials person not released accusation astir what led to the incident. 

APD said officers are inactive connected the country and the probe remains ongoing.

Travelers are seen going done Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport successful Atlanta, Georgia, connected July 2nd, 2022. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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Airport operations were not affected, constabulary added.

The airdrome authorities did not instantly respond to a petition for remark from Fox News Digital.