Esteban Santiago is severely mentally ill and feels remorseful for killing five people and injuring six others in the January 2017 mass shooting at Fort Lauderdale’s main airport, his defense team said Friday before he was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in federal prison.
But federal prosecutors, who agreed the punishment was appropriate, said the 28-year-old military veteran may have contributed to his psychiatric problems by abusing hallucinogenic drugs — including the street drug Spice — after he returned from serving in the Iraq War. Read more>>
