Newspaper report on UFOs 3

AP 08/20 08:44 EDT V0964    BURBANK, Calif. (AP) -- A man with
a history of mental illness seized control of a live newscast by
pointing a realistic toy pistol at TV reporter David Horowitz and
demanding he read a statement about the CIA and space creatures.
Gary Stollman, 34, of Tallahassee, Fla., was booked for investigation
offalse imprisonment and disturbing the peace after Wednesday's brief
takeover ofKNBC-TV, said police Lt. Jay Farrand.     Horowitz and
anchors Kirstie Wilde and John Beard were unharmed.     Stollman,
taken to the jail ward at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center,was
to undergo a mental evaluation, police Sgt. Joseph Latta said.
Almost as soon as Stollman appeared on camera at 4:42 p.m.,
toy gun in hand,news director Tom Capra ordered a blackout of
Wednesday's newscast.     Horowitz read the man's statement during
a nine-minute period in which KNBCbroadcast a message asking its
viewing audience to stand by.     "The reason we went to black is
because we can't let people with guns orweapons of any kind take
the station hostage," Capra told reporters at a newsconference.
The document Horowitz read was a rambling statement warning of a plot
by theCIA and outer space "alien forces" against the U.S. government,
and "possiblythe human race itself."     Heather Burke was among
scores of television viewers who called police andother news media to
report what was happening.     "I'm sitting here watching TV, and I'm
just freaking out," Ms. Burke saidfrom her home in Hollywood. "You
could see the gun, it was black, it looked like a .357 Magnum."
The intruder used a type of toy that Horowitz has complained about
repeatedly on his nationally syndicated consumer show, "Fight Back
With David Horowitz."     "The irony is that this guy did this
with a toy gun and I had been tellingparents for months not to get
their kids replica toy guns," Horowitz said at anews conference.
With thousands of viewers watching, Horowitz maintained a calm
demeanor asthe man brandished the fake weapon. After Horowitz read
the statement, the mantold him: "Thank you very much, David. I
couldn't hurt anyone with this BB gun."   "The gun looked very
real to me the whole nine minutes I was watching it,"said Beard,
who grabbed the replica when the intruder put it down after Horowitz
finished reading the statement.     "I thought if he's crazy enough
to bring this in here, he's crazy enough toshoot all of us even if
we did read his message. He had his finger on thetrigger the whole
time," Beard added.     Max Stollman, who formerly reported about
pharmacy matters for KNBC news,said the arrested man is his son. "I
do have a sick son. He has beenhospitalized a number of times. I'm
thankful he wasn't killed," he said in astatement.     Capra said
the station went off the air 28 seconds after the man appeared
onthe screen. The broadcast was resumed about 10 minutes later.
Horowitz recounted for viewers what had occurred. He said he was
preparing to deliver his report when a man he had noticed in the
studio came up behind him.   "He said, 'I've got a gun at your back
and I'm going to kill you unless youread this statement,"' Horowitz
said.     Ms. Wilde told viewers that Stollman was allowed into
the studio because hisfather had worked for the station. Stollman,
who was not searched, had said hewanted to watch the program.  


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