“TODAY” present
Safety guard fired after intruder hits Craig Melvin
Revealed
NBC fired safety guard after stunning ‘TODAY’ present safety breach that ended with intruder confronted Craig Melvin … TMZ confirmed it.
Sources with direct information inform TMZ…the guard was fired Thursday after allegedly permitting the suspect to slide into Studio 1A, inflicting the scary incident.
Safety footage reportedly reveals two guards stationed on the entrance when the breach occurred, in keeping with Web page six. The outlet reviews that one guard briefly walked away whereas the opposite didn’t discover the person coming into the restricted space.
We reached out to a consultant for the “TODAY” present, who declined to touch upon the firing.
As TMZ first reported, Andrew True Love entered 30 Rockefeller Plaza within the “TODAY” sq. after asking the workers the place he may discover Al Roker. Regulation enforcement sources inform us he by no means discovered Roker and as a substitute lunged at Craig whereas yelling the N-word at him.
Truelove was rapidly detained till the New York Police Division arrived. Regardless of this alarming encounter, nobody was injured and Craig and Al had been again on air about quarter-hour later.
Our cameras then captured a heavy police presence outdoors 30 Rock as investigators seemed into how the suspect managed to get so deep contained in the constructing.
Truelove was charged with hate crime housebreaking, hate crime menacing, hate crime felony trespass and harassment.