Woman kicks Southwest employee, punches computer monitors in violent airport meltdown
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Video shows the moment a woman appeared to have a violent meltdown in the Southwest Airlines concourse at Orlando International Airport last week.

The woman—later identified as 45-year-old Selomit Velez-Rodriguez—is seen in passenger Peyton Turbeville’s video yelling at Southwest employees.

“Motherf- – – -r, are you kidding me?” Velez-Rodriguez is heard saying on the video. “Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me?”

Donning a sizeable backpack, shorts, a red long-sleeved t-shirt, and a baseball cap, the woman shouts at a staff member, stating her urgency to reach her location for her brother’s funeral.

Woman has meltdown at Orlando International Airport

A woman had a meltdown at Orlando International Airport on August 14, 2025. (Peyton Turbeville via Storyful)

Turbeville also said the woman tried to get in through the gate after it closed and staffers asked her to stop.

FOX 35 learned from Orlando Police that officers responded to the airport at about 9:30 p.m. that night.

Witnesses told police Velez-Rodriguez tried to disrupt boarding, struck an employee and damaged more than $1,000 in computer equipment.

She was ultimately arrested and booked on charges of battery, criminal mischief and resisting an officer without violence.

Police told the station she tried to pull away from officers while being taken into custody.

Court records show Velez-Rodriguez posted $5,000 bond and was allowed to return home to Illinois.

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