The Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City was placed on lockdown Tuesday afternoon following a shooting that left one victim dead, police said.
The victim has been identified as Michael Winchester, a 52-year-old employee of Southwest Airlines. The Kansas City Star reports he was the father of Kansas City Chiefs long snapper James Winchester.
The suspected shooter was later found dead inside a pickup truck with an apparent gunshot wound to the head, according to Capt. Paco Balderrama of the Oklahoma City Police Department. The white male suspect has not yet been identified “partly because of his injuries,” Balderrama said.
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Police closed the airport around 1:30 p.m. local time and asked people inside the building to shelter in place. All flights to and from the airport were suspended for hours.
In a pair of videos posted to the police department’s Facebook page, Balderrama said officers had responded to a report of shots fired in the airport parking lot. Initially, he said, police were searching for a possible second victim.
In the later video, Balderrama said police had confirmed they were not dealing with an active shooter situation and there was no second victim, but that the lone suspect was still missing at that time.
Southwest Airlines released a statement to CNN about Winchester, who was believed to be working when he was shot.
“The Southwest Airlines family is deeply saddened by the passing of our Southwest family member, and we extend our heartfelt sympathies and support to his family and Southwest co-workers at this time,” the airline said.
The Kansas City Chiefs and the University of Oklahoma Sooners, for whom Michael Winchester played in the 1980s, also sent their condolences to his family.
At around 4 p.m. local time, authorities started moving people out of the airport. Airport operations began to slowly resume around 6:30 p.m.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story reported the wrong age for Michael Winchester.