America - Mentally unstable man shot dead by air marshals

Blares the headline from al Guardian. Just one problem, there's no facts to back that up.

It's still too early to know all the facts about the incident but that doesn't stop al Guardian from jumping the gun.

"An investigation was under way last night into the fatal shooting of a mentally unstable passenger by federal air marshals at Miami airport. Officials said the passenger, a 44-year-old American man, Rigoberto Alpizar, had claimed he had a bomb in his hand luggage and was asked to leave the plane, an American Airlines flight to Orlando, while it was still at the gate."

The Guardian's "evidence"?

"An eyewitness told a local television station that the man's wife had warned he was mentally ill. "He was frantic, his arms flailing in the air," the passenger, Mary Gardner, said. Ms Gardner said the man had run down the aisle from the back of the plane, followed by a woman shouting "My husband! My husband!" She also heard the woman say her husband was bipolar and had not taken his medication."

So, an unnamed eyewitness says they heard the man's wife made these statements. Did the Air Marshalls hear them? Even if they did, how would they know if she was part of the plot or not? How would they know if there were others involved or not?

Maybe it will turn out the man was mentally unstable but at the moment the Guardian doens't have any facts to make that claim.
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