Disturbed Man Rams WMAR Building With Truck, Enters

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

A man was detained by police in Baltimore after ramming into and hiding inside the WMAR Baltimore building on Tuesday.

Law enforcement officials said the suspect was apprehended at about 4:30 p.m. by SWAT.

According to witnesses, a screaming man repeatedly tried to get inside the WMAR building around 11:45 a.m.

Investigative reporter Brian Kuebler tweeted, "suspect tried to get in building screaming LET ME IN and said he was God."

Employees of the Scripps-owned station were evacuated and have been broadcasting remotely.

“There is now a truck in the lobby,” tweeted news director Kelly Groft.

Police said the man was wearing a backpack, which heightened alerts that he could have been armed, according to ABC2News.com, though no shots were reported fired and he was arrested without incident.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.