police had to fire on 25-year- old alex brizzy of he can ridge, maryland -- elk ridge, maryland. chough blamed he had a bomb but it was fake. investigators say he came to the tv station because he claimed he had information on a thumb drive that they needed to put on the air. the suspect's father says his son had some sort of breakdown two weeks ago. he says he thought his son thought the wo and police could announce charges in the case later this afternoon. >>> the sheriff of anne arundel county is not getting his gun back soon. any of his guns. sheriff ron bateman had guns confiscated this month after he was arrested on an assault charge involving his wife. the capital gazette reports the days after his arrest bateman sent a text message to the anne arundel county police chief asking to return his shotguns so he could go hunting with his son. the chief didn't respond to the text. bateman's attorney says the sheriff is not seeking the return of his guns until that assault case is resolved. >>> to campaign 2016 -- a donald trump rally in southern california was the scene of some

the suspect is identified as alex brizzi walking into the local fox affiliate.his top and threatened to blow up the station and flashing a device. his dad says his son has been having problems recently. >> when he had his problem a week or two ago, he said that he had a vision from god and that the world was going to end. he thought on june 3rd. i think that's probably on the flash drive. something about the end of the world if i had to guess. >> police robot was used to remove the suspect's clothing. authorities say the explosive device was bogus made of chocolate bars wrapped in foil and wires. brizzi is expected to recover. >>> the ncaa adding a new requirement from the bidding process that may put north carolina and other states in the crosshairs. the measure requires sites hosting ncaa events to provide an environment free of discrimination. the board of governors said the policy applies to all ncaa events from final fours to educational conferences. the ncaa statement mentions states that recently passed lgbt laws, but doesn't say how the new policy will b

his name is alex brizzi. he walked into the fox station in baltimore yesterday wearing an animal-like costume, a onesie, and a life preserver designed to look like an explosive vest. the man's father said his son thought the world was coming to an end and was trying to get the message out. >> we're getting some new pictures of that phony bomb that br brizzi had strapped to his chest. take a look. this is gives you an idea of what police they dealing with. those are chocolate bars wrap pd in foil and connected by wires. when they saw a motherboard, they got very concerned. >> these wires, none of it had the capacity to cause any type of explosion, but it certainly had the look that it could cause an explosion. >> although what alex brizzi eventually had was a fake explosive device or replica sploesexplosive device, the fea down an entire community. >> police say about 45 minutes later he walked out of the building on his own. they ordered him to stop, but he just kept coming towards the officers and a police s

horace: the man is alex brizzi of baltimore. a young man with no former trouble with police, but a young man his family tells us has been troubled with mental illness. what was in the mind of alex brizzi as he walked up to the front d in baltimore 1:30 wearing a full body hedgehog costume, red vest to his chest and what appeared to be a trigger in his hand? >> did he have suicidal tendencies where he wanted police to shoot him? we don't know. horace: we do know what unfolded there in the next seven hours was terrifying, not only to the people who work at wbff. >> this doesn't look like a joke. horace: but also to brizzi's troubled father who fears the worst for a young man he says battled mental illness. the night before brizzi's mother noticed something odd. >> she went to his room and there is something with a bunch of wires and everything. horace: they say he came with a plan. he parked his car and tried to set it on fire before walking up to the station's front door. computer flash drive in one hand. he told the security gua

they say he's 25 year old alex brizzi of elk ridge, maryland. it does not appear he has any ties to terrorism. yesterday, demands dollars the station air the content after thumb drive he was caring. police say that drive contained rants brizzi made about the ends of the worlds. investigators say it -- he appears to have some mental health issues. his father appeared to confirm when he spoke with fox5 marina last night. >> brizzi's family has been very cooperative as we continue to investigate the situation. although what alex brizzi eventually had was a fake explosive device or replica explosive device, the fear of what he had shutdown an entire community and scared a whole lot of people. >> about two weeks ago, my son came up to me and said i have had a revelation from god, in jesus, that he gave me the message that the world is going to ends in june the third, and i need to get this message to people. and that is when we figur wrong. >> his father right there, he said days earlier his son wands neared someone's backyard, and police arrested hi

leon: the suspect alex brizzi recovering from the gunshots. john rydell who works at the evacuated station, our sister station wbff spoke with brizzi's best friend. you have to tell us what did he have to say? >> well, alex brizzi is well known in howard county where he grew up. in fact, friends describe him as being intelligent and creative but they say he decided to drop out of high school in the 11th grade and he wanted to become a barista. they comic book conventions, which could possibly explain the costume he was wearing when he entered the tv station yesterday. but lucas, who lives in silver spring says even in high school he knew that alex was struggling with mental illness. >> he always said he was crazy. nobody actually believed him. i think i was 19. he is two years younger than me. he asked me to take him to the doctor because his dad couldn't take him and he was afraid to go by himself. i said okay. i'll take you to doctor. we went to baltimore and agreed to see the psychiatrist. that's the day it hit me. okay. he wasn't lying. jo

information now about the man who threatened to bomb the sister station in baltimore. 25-year-old alex brizzi of baltimore is now facing several felony charges after yesterday's standoff. he entered the station and demanded that the information from the usb flash drive be says that brizzi had been battling mental illness. >> she went down to his room. she said there is something with wires. leon: brizzi is recovering in a baltimore hospital. the wounds reported to be non-life threatening. maureen: the man accused of falsely claiming to be a c.i.a. operative for 27 years pleaded guilty to fraud charges today. wayne simmons of annapolis falsely claimed he worked as an outside paramilitary special operations officer for the c.i.a. from 1973-2000. simmons' claims helped him announce -- advanced his military career. questions about what is in the water plagued d.c. for years. today major environmental gr home with a dramatic demonstration to the council. members of the sierra club environmental justice committee walked the hall of the wilson building today. they are concerned about martin luther k

police say that alex brizzi walked into the fox station on thursday wearing an animal costume and life preserver disguised to look like an explosive vest. his father says his son thought the world was ending and was trying to get the message out. what police thought were explosives were this -- chocolate bars wrapped in foil and connected by wires. after leaving the tv station, police ordered brizzi to stop, but he kept heading towards the officers, and that is when a police sniper shot him. >>> eight members of the same family shot and killed last remember them. funeral services for members of the rhoden family got underway this past week. one of the victims will be laid to rest today. the remaining family members will be buried together on tuesday. investigators have not said if drugs played any sort of role in the piketon county killing. right now, no suspect or motive. >>> a new battle in decision 2016 is shaping up in virginia. gop candidates charles hernick and michael webb are fighting to challenge incumbent democratic congressman don beyer. that's vap 8th congressional district

seen here on facebook, the suspect is identified as 25-year-old alex brizzi. a grieving father says in recent days his son's mental state had >> he just broke up with his girlfriend. it looked like he just had a mental breakdown. >> reporter: the apparent motive, suicide. but tonight, he's recovering in the hospital and facing several charges. david? >> pierre thomas, thank you. >>> next tonight, the first confirmed death tied to zika in puerto rico. a man in his 70s. meantime, the mosquito season just around the corner. more than 400 confirmed cases across all 50 states now. >>> next to an abc news exclusive. a rare look inside the powerful church of scientology and its his father speaking out about his own son. here's dan harris. >> reporter: when tom cruise celebrated his 41st birthday, the man next to him was the undisputed leader of scientology, david miscavige. but playing the horn, ron miscavige, his dad. what's the relationship? >> tom cruise thinks that david is the top spiritual being on the planet. >> reporter: he's speaking out about why he decided

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learning more about the man accused of causing bomb threat at baltimore tv station, 25 year old alex brizzi from elk ridge, maryland, investigators confirmed his actions were not related to terrorism, but, rather, he may have other mental health issues, police say he walked into wbff tv and demanded the station air the information, he had on the thumb drive. they say that thumb drive contained rants that he made about the end of the world. last night, fox5's marina morocco talked to brizzi's father. >> was there any sort of sign in the days leading to up today, that something may be wrong with your son? >> about two weeks ago my son came to up my i had a revelation from god, in jesus, that he gave me the message that the world is going to ends in june the third. and i need to get this message to people. and that's -- that's when we figured out that there was something wrong. >> they thought their son was doing bet nerve recent days. they searched the family home, they didn't find anything suspicious, officers shot and wounded him when he failed to follow their commands. necessary serious bu

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family members have identified this man as 25-year-old alex brizzi. he dressed in a hedgehog onesie and what appeared to be a bomb vest, set his car on fire before he walked into a fox television station in baltimore yesterday afternoon. once he was inside he demanded to go on tv to expose what he called a government conspiracy. as employees were evacuated the man walked out of the building. he ignored police orders to stop. at that point they opened fire. >> when he walked out on the street, he posed a threat to the community, a threat to the officers, they were forced to use their real guns to shoot the suspect. >> brizzi was hit at least three times. he's in serious but stable condition. police used a robot to remove they say it was really chocolate bars wrapped in fuel. he also had a flash drive on him. >>> investigators are looking into whether prince died from a drug overdose. investigators are trying to figure out if a doctor was prescribing him doctors in the weeks before his death. he said they're also looking on whether a doctor was on the p

seen here on facebook, the suspect is identified as 25-year-old alex brizzi. a grieving father says in recent days his son's mental state had been unraveling. >> he just broke up with his girlfriend. it looked like he just had a mental breakdown. >> reporter: the apparent motive, suicide. but tonight, he's recovering in the hospital and facing several charges. david? >> pierre thomas, thank you. >>> next tonight, the first confirmed death tied to zika in puerto rico. officials announcing a man in puerto rico in his 70s died due to complications of the infection. meantime, the mosquito season just around the corner. already more than 400 confirmed cases across all 50 states now. >>> next to an abc news exclusive. a rare look inside the secretive church of scientology and its powerful leader, david miscavige. his father speaking out about the church and his own son. and what he calls his son's ferocious temper, and about scientology's most famous member, tom cruise. here's dan harris. >> reporter: when tom cruise celebrated his 42nd birthday, the man next to him

alex brizzi walked into a tv station and said, quote the world is ending and amended the station broadcast video rant on thursday. he apparently suffered a mental breakdown late last week. >>> police officer in stockton being singled out for what appears to be an unusually high amount of shootings. officer stephen has been with the stockton pd for eight years. he recently changed his name has been involved in 4 shootings, three deaths. smith's son attacked by the k-9 dog and severely injured and she filed a lawsuit and is calling for an investigation. >>>. >> he doesn't need to be on the force or in the community around people. >> of the community activists are asking for an investigation into his behavior but so far they say they are not getting answers. >>> people in oklahoma cleaning up following severe weather. baseball sized hail came down from the sky and did damage to windshields and grooves. many say while they were expecting the hail went -- were not prepared for what they got. >> there was no small hail so it came in as a big -- all at once we did not have time to react. >> roofe

that was given to the suspect, now identified as 25-year-old alex brizzi, by the security guard. k out of our station after threatening to blow up the entire building still unclear. but we watched him walk down this path. we watched him ignore commands from all of the officers who were surrounding this area. we watched him get shot in the middle of the street here. this morning we're starting to understand what might have been going through his mind. we spoke with his father edward. he says his son had recently suffered what he described as a mental break. he had broken up with his girlfriend. says he was found two weeks ago sleeping in a neighbor's yard. police were called. his dad said it took seven officers to subdue him at the time. he was take on the hospital for treatment. the dad says he thought he was better but then just recently he started talking about how he thought the world was going to end in june. and that's possibly what led him here to our station. >> he said that he had a vision from god and that the world was going to end and he thought on june the 3rd. so i th

family members have identified this man as 25-year-old alex brizzi. he dressed in a hedgehog onesie and what appeared to be a bomb vest, set his car on fire before he strolled into a fox once he was inside he demanded to go on tv to expose what he called a government conspiracy. as employees were evacuated the man walked out of the building. when he ignored police orders to stop, they opened fire. >> it's become all too common in america for us to gather like this, to examine the bizarre, dangerous behavior of a singular individual. >> brizzi is in serious but stable condition. police used a robot to remove his vest after he was shot. it turned out what they thought might have been a bomb was chocolate bars wrapped in foil. police say he had a flash drive on him and it's not clear what was on that. >>> investigators are now looking into whether prince died from a drug overdose. investigators are trying to figure out if a doctor was prescribing him drugs in the weeks before his death. he said they're also looking on whether a doctor was on the plane wi

. >> alex brizzi is in serious condition recovering from his wounds. >>> 5:15, time for a traffic alert with george. >> thanks, kenny. as we continue to monitor a police action here, it's an investigation of a shooting that occurred in milpitas and it has shut down the calaveras boulevard on-ramp here to interstate 680. of course, this is the northbound side that's affected. as you can see in the signs here, leading up to sacramento, that's the northbound side of 680. quite a bit of activity there as this investigation continues. bear in mind it's not on the freeway. it's on calaveras boulevard. let's head over to the bay bridge and your right to the toll plaza. the westbound commute not doing too badly as you can see. light traffic in the early- morning hours here. also for highway 92 and the san mateo bridge, your commute westbound looks great now with an easy drive time as you head over toward foster city. and how about your ride in and out of marin county? here's a look at your golden gate bridge ride. and you can see that the traffic here is also very light. no delays, just 14 minu

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charges after he walked into a local tv station strapped with what looked like a bomb and police say alex brizzi entered fox 45 tv demanding information from his usb flash drive be broadcast on the air. a security guard noticed the so- called bomb, alerted the staff, told them to evacuate and then called police and kept the man engaged until everybody was out of the building. officers did confront brizzi who they say was dressed in some kind of animal costume. they shot him three times. tonight his father says his son is a young man in trouble. reporter kim hutchinson has more. >> i saw him last night and he seemed fine. >> reporter: edward brizzi seemed in shock describing his son alex currently hospitalized after walking into baltimore tv station wbff claiming to have a bomb. >> it seems like it's a nervous breakdown. the other week was sleeping in somebody's yard, took seven policemen to hold him down. >> reporter: after that brizzi said thing got worse for his son. alex lost his job and broke up with his girl friend but seemed to be holding it together. >> he'd been acting okay since he come

. >> reporter: bizarre incident began at 1:20 in the afternoon when 25-year-old alex brizzi walked into the station's lobby. he claimed he was wearing a suicide vest along with his outrageous outfit. his demands, that the station air what was on a flash drive. >> we're all inside working on our stories and our security guard comes in and you can tell he's very urgent and says everyone needs to evacuate now. >> reporter: the security guard was able to keep the suspect calm for roughly 30 minutes before leaving the building himself. more than an hour later the suspect suddenly leaves the lobby, confronted by s.w.a.t. teams shot four times. >> the man is walking out. the man is walking out. >> reporter: police using a robot to disarm the suspect only then discovering he wasn't wearing a bomb. the wires and circuit boards covering candy bars, not explosives. overnight, his father said his son's mental health had recently unraveled. >> he just broke up with his girlfriend but it looks like he just had a mental breakdown. >> reporter: as for motive police are still investigating but family me

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. >> edward brizzi seemed to be in shock as he described his son alex, currently hospitalized after walkingnto baltimore tv steaks wbff claim to go have a bomb. >> it seems like it is a nervous breakdown, the other week, you know, sleeping in somebody's yard, took seven policemen to hold him down. >> after that brizzi said things got worse for his son. alex lost his job and broke one his girlfriend but seemed to be holding it together. >> he's been acting okay, you know, since he's come home, just little bit reserved. >> his wife noticed something odd wednesday night. >> she went down to his room and she said there is something with a bunch of wires. >> he didn't know anything happened at wbff until his phone rang. >> about 4:00 my wife called me up and said get home. and when i got here there was 7atf agent here. >> despite his son's injuries, he isn't holding grudges against the police. >> they've got to do their job, you know, they can't assume that it is candybars wrapped around: >> he's glad his son is alive. >> looks like he will be okay. that's the main thing. it looks like he's goin