ATLANTA — Things are back to normal at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport after chaos erupted inside.

New video shared with Channel 2 Action News shows the intense moments as officers tried to arrest a woman accused of stabbing three people at Hartsfield Wednesday evening.

Atlanta Police identified the suspect as 44-year-old Damaris Milton.

Our partners at Channel 2 were at Grady Memorial Hospital where those victims, including an Atlanta Police Lieutenant, are recovering.

Travelers looked on in shock and captured a video Wednesday around 4:45 p.m. as police were heard trying to keep people away from a woman with a knife in her hand.

It happened before the security checkpoint in what police say is the west crossover where passengers wait in security lines. The woman with the knife was blocked off from passengers who were just on the other side of the glass.

Officers drew their tasers moments after she stabbed a man. After that, she stabbed two more people.

Sgt. John Chafee with the Atlanta Police Department described the moments leading up to the incident.

Chafee said that as officers approached her, they “began to talk her into dropping the knife, limited her movement, she moved into the south terminal and there she stabbed another female and then she stabbed an APD Lt. who was trying to take her into custody.”

Seconds later, Milton was tackled to the ground.

Several videos from people in the terminal show them crouched down while officers worked to ensure the situation was under control.

“Tons of commotion, people running by talking about what happened,” said Eric Laramie, a witness. “Not good you know, not what I was hoping to see in Atlanta,” said Laramie.

Police said they were able to take Milton into custody unharmed and she is now being held in the Clayton County Jail.

According to jail records, she is facing four charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

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