Man accused of making false report of shootout at Fort Lauderdale airport

A little after midnight Tuesday, a man called 911 to report an imminent shootout at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Soon after, he was arrested.

“I believe there’s going to be a big guns fight shootout at the airport,” the man had told the dispatcher, according to the arrest report. “Got a lot of guns out here. Call everybody.”

When the dispatcher called him back to inquire about the shootout, the man said, “There’s about to be. There’s gonna be a lot of gun fire, call everybody. A lot of Haitians,” and then hung up.

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Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies and Threat Management Unit detectives arrived at the airport, where they said they found no threat. But they did find the man who reported it, Datron Devonne Roscoe, in Terminal 4, and detained him.

Roscoe, who has previously served prison sentences for unrelated offenses, now faces charges of false reporting concerning the use of a firearm and misuse of 911. He confessed, according to the arrest report, though the content of his confession was redacted because the case remains active. He was booked into Broward Sheriff’s Office Main Jail.