Man Claiming To Be "God" Live Tweets Crashing Truck Into MD TV Station

Man Claiming To Be “God” Live Tweets Crashing Truck Into MD TV Station

Mental illness is real…

Via CNN:

A man who smashed a truck through the lobby of a Maryland TV news station and proclaimed himself God watched the ordeal play out on local news and tweeted while he was barricaded. Baltimore County Police Chief Jim Johnson told reporters that SWAT team officers closed in on the suspect as he was “watching different channels” in a station editing room — “watching you report this story as this incident unfolded.”

Aware that the suspect was watching on TV, Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz said, authorities decided against releasing any information publicly until after the incident. But the 29-year-old suspect, described by police as mentally ill, gave a running commentary of the situation during the hours he was barricaded.

“chillin @ abc2 news waiting and yawning,” the suspect tweeted from CNN affiliate WMAR. “can you all see me the days of the negative energies hurting you are OVER!” he added.

Obviously this guy was a certified crazy person, right??

The first call from WMAR came in at 11:45 a.m., Baltimore County Public Safety said. There was a report of a disturbance, with a man banging on the door trying to get in. Within minutes, authorities said, there was another call about a truck crashing into the station lobby. Police said the suspect made “contact” with a security guard before making his way to the second-floor editing room.

“The individual was ranting and raving incoherent statements,” Johnson said. “It was clear from the very beginning that we were dealing with an emotionally disturbed subject.”

All the while, WMAR journalists could relay information only via Twitter and the station’s website. By mid-afternoon, a makeshift newsroom had been set up about a mile north of the station — but the reporters still had no way to broadcast. Inside the station, police found sheaths for machetes believed to have been used by workers in the highway truck. They also recovered a satchel with unknown contents. The suspect had a golf club but no firearms, police said.

A dog was used to subdue the suspect, who was taken for a psychiatric evaluation before facing criminal charges, police said. The man was taken into custody without incident, and no one was seriously injured in the ordeal. The motive remains a mystery.

SMH. Freakin Twitter!!!

NDN