Francisco Ivan Mendiola has been charged after four shots were fired towards a Miami International Airport terminal , striking a trash can and an unoccupied vehicle.
MIA further clarified that all passengers and employees were safe. Meanwhile, here’s everything to know about Francisco Ivan Mendiola, the man charged over the MIA shooting incident. He was later taken into custody while seated on a bench in the short-term parking area. They found a firearm in his backpack and four spent shell casings were found near the area where he was present. people at the Miami International Airport reacted to the shooting incident While the investigation remains underway. When Mendiola opened fire, there were several people nearby and flights were operating normally as well.
The incident on Wednesday, September 23, prompted large law enforcement response at the the ninth busiest airport in the US (as per 2025 numbers). Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office noted that deputies responded to the airport around 4:05pm after reports of shots fired. The firearm Mendiola was carrying had two 16-round-capacity magazines containing 12 rounds each.
Detective Joseph Peguero Rivera said that it was an isolated incident and authorities later clarified that there was no active shooter threat and no injuries that had come from the shooting.
A Tennessee family at the scene recounted what it was like. “I heard a loud pop, and I look at my father, and we both agree that it’s not a tire.
It’s a pistol,” tourist Joshua Miller told WSVN .
