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The accused female shooter at Dallas Love Field Airport has a long criminal record and previously told police she was a “prophet of God” and was married to R&B singer-songwriter Chris Brown.
Over the past several years, 37-year-old Portia Odufuwa Cities in North Texas have faced charges including arson, robbery, criminal trespass and false reporting.
But in many of those incidents, judges deemed him incompetent to prosecute him, referred him to either inpatient or outpatient mental health services, and the cases were dismissed, The Dallas Morning News reported. has done. And as recently as last summer, a Dallas County judge ruled that he was not a threat to others.
Before allegedly changing clothes in the airport bathroom, he pulled out a gun near a ticket counter and set fire to the roof At around 11 a.m. Monday, court records show that Odufuwa allegedly pulled a gun at a hotel front desk clerk in April 2021, when she was homeless.
Dallas police fire female shooter from airport ticket counter
This mugshot shows accused Dallas Love Field airport shooter Portia Odufuwa.
(Dallas County Sheriff’s Office)
The woman provided the address of rapper Chris Brown’s mansion to police after the incident, but Dallas County Judge Kristin Wade dismissed the false report case until November, even though Odufuwa “didn’t successfully complete the program” when she was asked. Deemed incompetent to prosecute according to the county. Court records reviewed by the newspaper. he had to continue mental health services elsewhere.
In October 2019, Odufuwa was arrested in Mesquite, Texas, after officers responded to a house fire, And the woman, who was found standing outside watching the flames, reportedly told the police that she intentionally set it on fire and returned without burning down the house completely after doing so several times in the past. where she once lived on the ground.
Passengers walk in a parking area outside Dallas Love Field Airport on Monday, July 25, 2022, after a woman opened fire, apparently on the roof.
(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
According to court records, she told responding officers, “I am God’s prophet, and I need a lawyer, but I am basically telling you all that I am the cause of this fire.”
Odufuwa also reportedly told police that she would not give more information until she spoke to her husband, whom she identified as Brown. She was not married to a rapper.
In April 2019, Odufuwa was accused of bank robbery in Willie, Texas, After barging into a Bank of America and displaying a note demanding an undisclosed amount.
A Crime Scene Response Vehicle arrives at Dallas Love Field on Monday, July 25, 2022, after a woman allegedly opened fire inside a ticket counter.
(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
customers were transported to a safe location, and officers caught With Odufuwa nearby as he attempted to flee the scene.
The woman was found incapacitated for testing and underwent inpatient and outpatient treatment.
According to reports, Odufuwa opened fire at the airport on Monday when a crowd of passengers either fled or hid.
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An officer surrounded the suspect by a ticket counter in an already unsecured area, shooting him in the lower extremities, Dallas police said. Odufuwa was taken into custody and taken to a nearby hospital.
No passengers or police officers were injured in the incident, as a result of which TSA had to evacuate all passengers from the terminals and recheck all of them late, causing major delays.