DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A news event came to the doors of a North Texas television station early Wednesday morning… literally. It was just after 6:00 a.m. when the driver of a pickup truck, who CBS 11 News sources say is Michael Chadwick Fry, repeatedly smashed the vehicle into the Fox 4 News building in downtown Dallas, at the corner of Griffin Street and San Jacinto. Dallas police Senior Corporal Debra Webb said, “Shortly after it came out as a crash it got upgraded to major disturbance when it was determined that the vehicle involved with the crash was actually intentionally ramming the building.” Police said Fry was rambling and appeared to be in some sort of agitated mental state; not making any sense. DPD Major Max Geron said Fry had “mental issues” and had indicated to them that “people were trying to kill him.” Fry was apparently upset about a deputy-involved shooting in Denton County in 2012. During that incident deputies shot and killed a driver that rammed a squad car. Fry was a passenger in the suspect car. Huge windows could be seen shattered and broken completely out as the truck sat against the glass, with the front end crumpled. It was after the crash when Fry jumped out of the truck and began yelling and throwing papers that he removed from a bag and several boxes. Boxes and papers from the bed of the truck were scattered along the front of the building. Those papers, that Fry also tried to show to FOX 4 employees, were documents and printed out news stories related to the 2012 shooting in Denton County. KDFW anchor and reporter Brandon Todd, who witnessed Fry pacing outside the station before he was arrested, said the man was yelling about “high treason,” and that he believed he had clearly been wronged and that someone was trying to kill him. Fry never entered the building, and reportedly started crying after police handcuffed and arrested him. Webb said, “When the officers arrived out here on the scene they came in contact with the suspect, he immediately laid down on the ground and surrendered to the officers. They got him into custody without any incident.” The Dallas police bomb squad was called in. “When he [suspect] did come out of his vehicle, after ramming the building, he pulled a bag out of his vehicle so we had our EOD, our bomb unit, come out here just as a precaution to check that and make sure that it wasn’t anything dangerous,” Webb said. “The bag was cleared.” Police sent a bomb robot over to the truck to examine it before bomb squad members went to the vehicle and searched it. K-9 officers were later brought to the scene to search vehicles parked nearby. Fry was taken to Parkland Hospital for medical evaluation. He was released and transported to the Lew Sterrett Justice Center where he has been charged with Criminal Mischief. The 34-year-old does have a criminal history – including arrests for assault, resisting arrest, DWI and probation violations. The earlier incident has cleared. Trains are resuming normal operations however, it may take some time to return to scheduled service. — DARTAlerts (@DARTAlerts) September 5, 2018 Most of the journalists and workers in the newsroom were evacuated from the building. News anchors, in the middle of a newscast, were in a studio on the opposite side of the building and said they heard nothing. Several streets in the area were closed as police investigated, affecting morning rush hour traffic and DART lines. No one was injured during the incident.<doc-sep>DALLAS -- A man was arrested Wednesday morning after crashing a truck into the side of the FOX4 building in downtown Dallas.According to KDFW-TV , the man repeatedly rammed his pickup into a portion of the building with floor to ceiling windows, then got out of his vehicle and started ranting.Emergency responders were called to the scene at about 6 a.m.Dispatcher audio recorded, "We believe it is intentional. He is purposefully ramming his vehicle now. "Police are investigating a suspicious bag the man reportedly left at the scene as well, KDFW reports.The TV station says most of their employees were evacuated from the building.Authorities said it does not appear that the suspect was targeting the media and that the suspect had strewn papers around the outside of the building with information about an officer involved shooting that happened in another city.Streets around the building were shut down to traffic during the investigation.<doc-sep>No one was hurt, the police said. The driver, who was identified as Michael Chadwick Fry, 34, was taken to a hospital for a “medical evaluation” and was later booked into the Dallas County Jail on a felony criminal mischief charge, the police said. No bond had been set as of Wednesday afternoon. Image The police said that Michael Chadwick Fry drove a truck into the local Fox station’s building in downtown Dallas because he wanted to bring attention to a 2012 fatal police shooting in Denton County. Credit... Dallas County Jail Major Max Geron of the Dallas Police Department said the man had “mental issues” and was trying to bring attention to the fatal shooting, which occurred in Denton County, north of Dallas. In that October 2012 episode, a Denton County sheriff’s deputy opened fire on a car Mr. Fry was riding in after the authorities said the driver, Roberto Hernandez, tried to ram into the deputy’s cruiser. Mr. Hernandez was struck and killed, while Mr. Fry, who had jumped into the back seat, was not injured. Mr. Fry, who has a lengthy criminal record in Denton County, was charged with probation violation. A video from the station on Wednesday showed the man removing paper from a duffel bag and from boxes in the back of the truck. He also stacked a pile of documents outside a door to the building. One of the documents was a copy of a news article about the Denton County shooting with mug shots of Mr. Hernandez and himself. Notes had been written around the article. “They tryed to kill me. and they missed. and hit him,” the notes read. “They have been trying to killing me for years now.”<doc-sep>
Individual in custody for incident at @fox4 had mental issues and indicated “people were trying to kill him”. Also apparently wanted additional media attention to an officer-involved shooting from 2012 in neighboring county. — Maj. Max Geron (@MaxDPD) September 5, 2018 EMBED >More News Videos A truck crashed into a TV station in Dallas. DALLAS, Texas (KTRK) -- Police have detained a "ranting" man accused of crashing a pickup truck into a Fox affiliate television station building in downtown Dallas during a live newscast.According to KDFW-TV , the man repeatedly rammed his pickup into a portion of the building with floor to ceiling windows, then got out of his vehicle and started ranting.KDFW posted details on Facebook showing photos of the front of the vehicle rammed into windows near an entrance. The man paced and scattered numerous handwritten papers outside. He was not able to enter the building and was soon arrested.Police say the man had 'mental issues' and said people were trying to kill him. He also apparently wanted extra media coverage of a 2012 officer-involved shooting.Emergency responders were called to the scene at about 6 a.m.Dispatcher audio recorded, "We believe it is intentional. He is purposefully ramming his vehicle now. "When police came into contact with the man, they say he was in an agitated state, rambling and talking nonsense.Bomb unit officers investigated a suspicious bag the man left at the scene.The TV station says most of their employees were evacuated from the building.Anchors who continued on the air through the 7 a.m. newscast, despite the crash, say nobody was hurt. The truck hit an unoccupied administrative side of the building before office workers arrived for the day.A KDFW statement said, "A man crashed a truck into the side of our building this morning" and "jumped out and started ranting. "Anchor and reporter Brandon Todd, who witnessed the man pacing outside the station before he was arrested, said the man was yelling about "high treason," and that he believed he had clearly been wronged and that someone was trying to kill him. "It's not real clear to what his message was," according to Todd.The man started crying when police took him into custody, Todd said.Streets around the building were shut down to traffic during the investigation.Police are not releasing the man's name. He was taken to Parkland Hospital for treatment.