A man is suspected of assaulting a traveler in what police are calling an unprovoked attack Saturday at Salt Lake City International Airport, where he managed to enter a concourse despite having no ticket.
According to arrest documents, the victim reported that the man, 42, went into Concourse G and began punching him “for no reason.” The man then took the victim’s cellphone and walked away, police wrote.
The man did pass through a security screening, despite not having a ticket for a flight, the TSA confirmed on Monday.
"TSA’s travel document verification procedures were not properly followed at Salt Lake City International Airport on Saturday, March 30," TSA officials wrote in a prepared statement.