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 …

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 …

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.”.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 (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 …

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 …

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 …

“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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

… 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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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