Crime & Safety

Video Of Attack On Phoenix TSA Agents Released: Watch

The Phoenix Aviation Department released video showing a Lubbock, Texas, man brawling with TSA agents at Sky Harbor International Airport.

PHOENIX, AZ — Authorities say they are still trying to determine what provoked a Lubbock, Texas, man to attack several TSA agents this week at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport. The city’s Aviation Department released video of the brawl Thursday.

Authorities think 19-year-old Tyrese Garner may have been under the influence of alcohol or drugs Tuesday pushed through the security checkpoint Tuesday morning, knocked down one agent and took a swing at another.

The video shows a man identified as Garner punching another agent at least twice until several others tackled him and held him to the ground.

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Garner was “kicking and writhing” when the agents took him down, news station KPHO reported.

Garner faces multiple charges in the brawl with TSA agents: five counts of assault, one count of criminal trespassing and one count of resisting arrest, the Arizona Republic reported after reviewing court records. He is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday, the newspaper said.

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