A friend of the alleged shooter said Nathan called her right after the harrowing incident. She said he meant no harm.
The station said the protective glass worked as intended and didn’t shatter.
A Fox 13 employee later ran into the suspect outside the station following the gunshot, but was unaware he had fired off a round, the station reported. Nathan allegedly told the station worker he had a message for the world and asked him to take his gun, but fled the scene with the weapon as more station workers filled the lobby, Fox 13 reported.He made a beeline for the bathroom at Ubee’s where workers at first thought the man just wanted to relieve himself.
They originally locked the doors to the business after hearing about the active shooter threat, but then sprinted out of the establishment once they realized the man in the bathroom was the suspect, WREG reported. Nathan livestreamed his standoff with police, pleading that he needed to “talk to news people. I got some information. I need to talk to news people,”At one point he tried to leave the bathroom, and was met with authorities who ordered him to drop the weapon, according to the newspaper.WATCH: Jarred Nathan, 25, is identified by his mother as the man who shot into our TV station this morning.
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