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Alex Brizzi, the 25-year-old suspect in Thursday’s in WBFF-TV Bomb Scare

Security Guard Praised for ‘Grace Under Pressure’ in WBFF-TV Bomb Scare

NBCNews.com – ‎6 hours ago‎
The quick-thinking security guard who stopped a disturbed man claiming to have a bomb from barging into a Baltimore TV newsroom was hailed Friday as a hero. Jourael Apostolides’ “grace under pressure” was applauded while 25-year-old Alex Brizzi was …
 

FOX45 security guard describes interaction with bomb threat suspect

Fox Baltimore – ‎6 hours ago‎
When a 25-year-old man walked through the front doors of FOX45 Thursday afternoon security guard Jay Apostolides sprang into action. To keep the man calm until the building could be evacuated and police could arrive on the scene, Apostolides engaged …
 

Surveillance video: Man dressed in animal “onesie” walks into FOX45

Fox Baltimore – ‎22 hours ago‎
The man walked through the front doors of the building around 1:20 p.m. Thursday afternoon and told a security guard he wanted to air a story he brought with him on a flash drive. According to security guard Jay Apostolides, the content on the flash
 

Baltimore Police ID bomb threat suspect, announce charges

Fox Baltimore – ‎5 hours ago‎
On Friday Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis praised the actions of FOX45 security guardJay Apostolides, calling him a “hero.” “He stayed engaged with this person and simultaneously evacuated the building,” Davis said. “That’s impressive.”.
 

Alex Brizzi: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Heavy.com – ‎58 minutes ago‎
After a 2 hour standoff, Alex Brizzi emerged and walked towards officers. A Baltimore Police Department spokesman said that Brizzi refused orders to surrender. He was then shot four times by three police snipers. Brizzi is listed as being in serious
 

Baltimore TV station standoff: Wounded suspect charged with felonies

CNN – ‎5 hours ago‎
After the security contractor saw what appeared to be an explosive device strapped on the man, he alerted staff and they began to evacuate the building. At the same time, the guard engaged the suspect in conversation. “Brizzi said he wanted to air the …
 

Suspect faces felony charges in FOX 45 bomb threat

ABC2 News – ‎3 hours ago‎
Police said Brizzi entered the building wearing a hedgehog onesie, a surgical mask and a red flotation device strapped to his body, and spoke to a security officer through glass in the building’s vestibule. The security officer observed what appeared
 

Man in ‘panda outfit’ who walked into Baltimore Fox station wearing fake explosive device faces charges

Washington Post – ‎5 hours ago‎
Brizzi was carrying a flash drive with statements he wanted aired by the station when he approached a security guard who was able to discreetly alert police while engaging Brizzi in conversation, police said. The device with wires and a seeming
 

Baltimore Bomb Threat Suspect’s Device Was Made of Candy

CBS Local – ‎Apr 28, 2016‎
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A man claiming to have a bomb strapped to his chest threatened a Baltimore TV station Thursday afternoon, and was later shot by police after walking out of the building. At around 10:30 p.m. WJZ spoke with a man who identified the …
 

Man wearing animal outfit shot by police outside Baltimore TV station

Baltimore Sun – ‎22 hours ago‎
Security guard Jourael Apostolides said the man walked into the news station’s vestibule, insisting he had information to share. He was dressed in what appeared to be a full-body hedgehog jumpsuit and boots, Apostolides said. The man also was wearing a …
 

Police shoot man claiming to have a bomb at FOX Baltimore

BNO News – ‎Apr 28, 2016‎
“He walked in, opened up his hedgehog outfit that he had on, and he pretty much said he had a bomb on him, and he had a message that he needed to be heard,” the security guard said. “He had a flash drive with him, he handed me the flash drive.”
 

Man who threatened to bomb TV station was actually wearing chocolate bars wired together

FOX 29 News Philadelphia – ‎6 hours ago‎
He handed the flash drive to the security guard and said he needed the station to broadcast its contents, “and then displayed what appeared to be wires and some other things inside of his jacket that appeared to be some type of explosive device,” Smith
 
 

WATCH: Suspect Wearing Fake Bomb Walks Into Baltimore TV Station

CBS Local – ‎5 hours ago‎
“He didn’t have the ability to hurt anyone in hindsight with what he had, but it appears from some evidence we’re collecting this is something he thought about.” A security guard with Fox 45 told WJZ reporter George Solis Thursday that Brizzi walked
 
WBAL Baltimore – ‎4 hours ago‎
THE SECURITY GUARD WAS ABLE TO ALERT THE STEPHANIE WAITING THE BUILDING. ALL THE WHILE, THE SECURITY CONTRACTOR CONTINUED TO SPEAK FLASH DRIVE. CONTENTS OF THAT FLASH DRIVE ON TELEVISION. WHAT WE …
 

Man in animal costume shot after making bomb threat at Baltimore TV station

fox2now.com – ‎Apr 28, 2016‎
The intruder said he had a bomb and “a message he wanted to be heard” before handing a flash drive tosecurity guard Joural Apostolides, according to the guard. Apostolides told the station he checked the content of the drive on a computer and it had
 

Cops reveal what man with fake bomb wanted on TV

CBS News – ‎6 hours ago‎
Alex Brizzi, wearing what Davis said was a hedgehog onesie, gave the flash drive to a security guard and told him he wanted the station to broadcast its contents. Police later determined that what the man claimed to be a bomb consisted of aluminum
 

Man Shot at Md. TV Station Charged With Arson, Malicious Burning

NBC4 Washington – ‎6 hours ago‎
The security guard, a contractor for the station, talked to Brizzi for about 45 minutes and was able to evacuate the station and contact 911 during that time. He then was able escape through a back door. Davis praised the guard for keeping calm and
 

Man in ‘panda outfit’ who stormed Baltimore Fox station shot by police

Washington Post – ‎Apr 28, 2016‎
… the security guard, said the man showed him a flash drive that contained a message about the composition of the sun that the man said he needed to transmit. Apostolides later told reporters outside the station that the man had a “hedgehog onesie
 

Man shot at TV station charged with arson, other charges

Cherokee Tribune Ledger News – ‎2 hours ago‎
Alex Brizzi gave a flash drive to a security guard and told him he wanted the station to broadcast its contents. Police later determined that what Brizzi claimed to be a bomb consisted of aluminum-wrapped chocolate bars duct-taped to a flotation device.
 

‘Bomb’ hooked to man in animal suit really flotation device

6abc.com – ‎11 hours ago‎
The man, wearing what Smith said was a panda suit and what employees described as a hedgehog costume, gave a flash drive to a security guard and told him he wanted the station to broadcast its contents. Smith said police don’t know what was on the …
 

Baltimore police charge 25-year-old who strode into TV station wearing animal costume

Baltimore Sun – ‎6 hours ago‎
Security guard Jourael Apostolides said a man, later identified as Brizzi, walked into the news station’s vestibule, insisting he had information to share. He was dressed in what appeared to be a full-body hedgehog jumpsuit and boots, Apostolides said.
 

The Latest: Dad: Son with fake bomb thought world was ending

Fox News – ‎6 hours ago‎
The man, wearing what police spokesman T. J. Smith said was a panda suit and what employees described as a hedgehog costume, gave a flash drive to a security guard and told him he wanted the station to broadcast its contents. Police later determined …
 

Suspect In WBFF Incident Faces Felony Charges

WBAL Radio – ‎6 hours ago‎
He told a security guard he had material he wanted the Fox affiliate to air in its newscast. On Friday, WBFF released surveillance video of Brizzi’s alleged entry. “This outfit appears to be something associated with the Japanese anime culture,” Davis
 

Police: Man in ‘panda’ outfit had fake candy bar bomb, wanted something aired on TV

ABC10.com – ‎8 hours ago‎
He also had a flash drive containing his warning message. As officers arrived at the scene, all employees at the television station were able to escape the building and police say all employees are accounted for. The station’s security guard would not
 

Police ID man in ‘hedgehog’ onesie with fake bomb

WUSA9.com – ‎6 hours ago‎
Brizzi handed his flash-drive to the security guard which had a rant of some sort discussing the end of the world. The investigation shows that he planned this incident and it was not related to any sort of terrorism organization. It still remains
 

Police ID Man in Hedgehog Outfit, Fox 45 Bomb Scare

Patch.com – ‎3 hours ago‎
On Thursday afternoon, a security guard who spoke with Brizzi alerted authorities, and the station was evacuated; Brizzi remained inside the vestibule, determined to get on the air to broadcast the contents of his flash drive, which the commissioner
 

Man in hedgehog onesie who threatened to blow up Baltimore TV station wanted channel to broadcast his theories

New York Daily News – ‎5 hours ago‎
Police said that after the onesie-wearing Brizzi handed his flash drive to a security guard in the station’s lobby Thursday, he threatened to blow himself up. The wannabe bomber wore what looked like a suicide vest — but the “lethal” device turned out
 

Man in furry suit shot after making bomb threat at Baltimore Fox station

Business Insider – ‎Apr 28, 2016‎
The man handed a security guard a flash drive, claiming he had “a message that he needed to be heard,” a security guard for the station told CBS Baltimore. The guard said that the message had to do with astronomy and the government. WBFF news director …
 

Bomb suspect shot wearing panda onesie ‘wanted to tell TV station world was going to end’

Mirror.co.uk – ‎7 hours ago‎
Alex Brizzi, 25, is believed to have walked into the offices of Fox 45 in Baltimore, Maryland, and told a security guard he had a device strapped to his chest. One witness said the man gave a flash drive with video to staff, saying he wanted to tell
 

Alex Brizzi who burst into Baltimore TV station wearing fake explosives pictured

Daily Mail – ‎17 hours ago‎
A security guard who spoke to Brizzi said he carried a flash drive containing a video that he wanted the network to broadcast. ‘[The video was of] him talking to the camera. He’s pretty much saying the government is hiding the truth behind black holes
 

 

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