"Police arrested a man at Atlanta's bustling airport on Monday after getting a tip from his family that he was planning to shoot up the place and found an assault rifle and ammunition in his truck outside, the city's police chief said. Billy Joe Cagle, of Cartersville, Georgia, had described his plan to shoot up the world's busiest airport on a social media livestream, said Darin Schierbaum, the chief of police, during a news conference."
"When police went to the vehicle, they found an AR-15 with 27 rounds of ammunition, Schierbaum said. We're here today briefing you on a success and not a tragedy because a family saw something and said something, the chief said. Greg Sparacio, the Cartersville police captain whose department received the initial tip from family members, said Cagle had the intention to inflict harm to as many people as he could."
Billy Joe Cagle, 49, of Cartersville, Georgia, livestreamed a plan to shoot up Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and was reported to police by family members. Cartersville police alerted Atlanta officers after the family said Cagle was headed to the airport and possessed an assault rifle. Cagle arrived in a Chevrolet pickup parked curbside and entered the terminal near the TSA checkpoint. Officers approached using a photo provided by family, detained him, and took him into custody. Police found an AR-15 and 27 rounds of ammunition in the vehicle and called the outcome a prevented tragedy.
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