Alleged Dallas Airport Shooter Once Claimed To Be Married To Chris Brown
Dallas police are providing more details about the shooting that erupted inside Dallas Love Field Airport late Monday morning (July 25), including who opened fire – a woman who was once found incompetent to stand trial and said she was married to R&B singer Chris Brown.
According to NBC Dallas-Fort Worth, Dallas Chief of Police Eddie Garcia identified the woman who pulled out a gun inside the airport and began shooting toward the ceiling as 37-year-old Portia Odufuwa. She was reportedly dropped off at the airport just before 11 a.m. and then once inside, went into a restroom and changed clothes.
Garcia says the women then left the restroom in a hoodie, pulled out a gun and began firing several shots, most of which were directed at the ceiling. It isn’t clear as to why Odufuwa allegedly discharged a weapon, but witnesses claim she was complaining about her marriage and threatened to blow up the airport.
"At this point, we don't know where exactly the individual was aiming. From what we are seeing she was aiming at the ceiling," Garcia said. " There are several rounds that were found."
She has been known to local law enforcement in the past. According to the Dallas Morning News, Odufuwa was found incompetent to stand trial in a June 2021 misdemeanor case in which she pulled a fire alarm although there was no fire. She was referred to outpatient mental health services.
She also has arrest records for arson, criminal trespass, bank robbery and false reporting all filed in several cities in northern Texas over the past few years. Several of the cases have been dismissed, while the decisions on others are unclear. She also reportedly claimed to be “God’s prophet.”
In the fire alarm incident, court records show she was staying at a Mesquite, Tex., hotel when managers refused to extend her stay. She was arrested after she pulled the alarm and gave the address to Brown’s home as her own.
In the arson incident, which took place October 2019, she was found standing outside of a house fire and claimed to be responsible for it. When an officer asked why, she said she was “God’s prophet.” She also refused to give any more information about herself until she could speak with her husband, which she falsely claimed was Brown.
However, she was arrested in connection, but no Dallas County District Attorney charge was filed due to lack of evidence that it was she who started the fire.
An arrest warrant affidavit obtained by NBC Dallas-Fort Worth reveals Odufuwa fired two shots into the air at the airport and was quickly confronted by a uniformed Dallas police officer. Additionally, surveillance footage shows the woman pointing her weapon at the officer, who then fired several shots at Odufuwa, striking her at least once in the lower body area.
Odufuwa was later taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital in an unknown condition, however no other information about her motivation behind the shooting was provided by authorities.
The Dallas FBI and ATF are reportedly assisting Dallas Police in the investigation. The Morning News says it is unclear if she has an attorney. Her family declined to comment.
