NBC Fires Safety Guard After ‘TODAY’ Present Intruder Reaches Craig Melvin

NBC has fired a safety guard after the stunning safety breach on the “TODAY” present that ended with an intruder confronting Craig Melvin … TMZ has confirmed.

Sources with direct information inform TMZ … the guard was terminated Thursday after allegedly permitting the suspect to slide into Studio 1A inflicting the scary incident.

Safety footage reportedly exhibits two guards posted on the entrance when the breach occurred, in accordance with Web page Six. The outlet experiences one guard briefly stepped away whereas the opposite failed to note the person getting into the restricted space.

We have reached out to a rep for the “TODAY” present, who declined to touch upon the firing.

As TMZ first reported, Andrew Truelove entered 30 Rockefeller Plazaby way of the “TODAY” plaza after asking staffers the place he might discover Al Roker. Legislation enforcement sources informed us he by no means discovered Roker and as a substitute allegedly lunged at Craig whereas yelling the N-word at him.

Truelove was shortly detained till the NYPD arrived. Regardless of the alarming encounter, nobody was damage, and Craig and Al have been again on the air about quarter-hour later.

Our cameras later captured a heavy police presence exterior 30 Rock as investigators regarded into how the suspect managed to get so deep contained in the constructing.