A Baltimore-area TV station has been evacuated after a person rammed the building with a dump truck and ran inside, ABC Action News reports.
The suspect, who police say may be armed, is believed to be barricaded inside the building.
Anchors, reporters and station staff at ABC 2 WMAR News immediately began tweeting the incident Tuesday morning as they were held safely outside the building. All of them are "safe and accounted for," the channel's Brian Kuebler tweets.
A guy has slammed his truck 7 times into our building and is in our building..we've been evacuated.. pic.twitter.com/OZ66bmwjPj— Mike Masco (@MascoFromABC2) May 13, 2014
This is so insane. Police are in the building. Helicopters up. #breaking— KellyfromABC2 (@KellyfromABC2) May 13, 2014
Don’t much other than some guy drove a dump truck through our frot door. Waiting on more info from police on scene. @ABC2News— Jeff Herman (@JeffABC2News) May 13, 2014
The guy is holed up in the building police found weapons in his vehicle.. we remain evacuated pic.twitter.com/0jq0nSrAkm— Mike Masco (@MascoFromABC2) May 13, 2014
Kuebler tweeted that the "suspect tried to get in building screaming LET ME IN and said he was God." The suspect then "got into a landscaping truck and rammed the building like 3 times. I saw last 3 as he broke through into lobby," Kuebler tweeted.
Baltimore police have closed roads in the area, and are asking anyone involved in the incident "use social media with caution."
If involved in the incident, please follow instructions of officers on scene. Use social media with caution. ^CB— BACO Public Safety (@BACOPoliceFire) May 13, 2014