Update: A video capturing the moment an officer took down the shooter at Dallas Love Field was released by CBS yesterday evening.
Emerson Clarridge
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
The woman who police said fired shots inside Dallas Love Field airport on Monday was charged three years ago with robbery after an encounter with a bank teller in Collin County.
A judge dismissed the charge against Portia Odufuwa on May 31, 2019. A mental competency evaluation report was filed in the case also on that date, according to a court record. The report’s conclusions are not described in the online record.
Odufuwa entered a Bank of America in Wylie on April 5, 2019, and displayed a note demanding money, police said. Officers said they found Odufuwa in an adjacent area as she attempted to walk or run. After a short pursuit, police took Odufuwa into custody.
Odufuwa fired shots from a gun toward the airport ceiling at midday Monday before a police officer shot her. She was taken to a hospital.
We have video from inside Love Field Airport in Dallas that captures the moment officers shot and wounded a woman who was firing a gun in the air. It shows panicked passengers on the ground. A warning that the video also recorded the woman yelling after she was shot in the leg pic.twitter.com/EAxPXew6se
— J.D. Miles (@jdmiles11) July 25, 2022
Odufuwa is 37. Public records indicate she lives in Wylie and previously had residences in other North Texas cities and in California.
In September 2020, a person applied to a court for an order protecting the person from Odufuwa. A judge denied the application, according to a court record.
In October 2019, police arrested Odufuwa in Mesquite on suspicion of arson in connection with a house fire, according to the Dallas Morning News.
Odufuwa was standing outside the burning house when she indicated to a police officer that she started the fire intentionally, according to an arrest warrant affidavit included in the newspaper’s report.
“I am God’s prophet, and I need an attorney, but I’m basically letting you all know that I am the cause of this fire,” she said, according to the affidavit.
A grand jury declined to indict Odufuwa in the case, according to the Dallas Morning News.
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