New York Daily News

Friday, January 6, 2017, 5:19 PM

New Jersey-born Iraq veteran Esteban Santiago has been identified as the gunman who killed five people and wounded eight others at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

Santiago "lost his mind" after his overseas service, according to his aunt Maria Ruiz told NJ.com.

She said that the shooter was raised in Puerto Rico, and returned to the island when he returned from the Middle East and was hospitalized for mental problems.

Ruiz told the newspaper that he had recently been working a security job in Alaska, became a father last year and "seemed fine" when he spent time in Union City over the holidays.

Santiago was honorably discharged from the Army National Guard four months ago, the Army confirmed to ABC.[More]