# Baltimore TV Station Visited by "God", Nearby School On Lockdown **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 13, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-tv-station-visited-by-god-nearby-school-on-lockdown/688368 "2014-05-13T17:11:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-tv-station-visited-by-god-nearby-school-on-lockdown/688368/1 "2014-05-13T17:11:50Z")
[A possibly armed man reportedly claiming to be God drove a landscaping truck into WMAR, Baltimore’s ABC affiliate, in Towson.](http://www.wptv.com/news/national/wmar-gunman-reported-armed-suspect-may-be-at-baltimore-tv-station) ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-tv-station-visited-by-god-nearby-school-on-lockdown/688368/2 "2014-05-13T17:17:24Z")
What does God need with a landscaping truck? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-tv-station-visited-by-god-nearby-school-on-lockdown/688368/3 "2014-05-13T17:39:40Z")
Landscaping truck, donkey, chariot of fire, the Big Guy chooses his means to make an entrance according to the circumstance. I used to drive past there almost daily c. 1990-92 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-tv-station-visited-by-god-nearby-school-on-lockdown/688368/4 "2014-05-13T19:08:34Z")
Update from the [Baltimore _Sun_](http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/towson/bs-md-co-wmar-crash-20140513,0,5373752.story): > [@](#): > > Police say that they initially received a disturbance call at about 11:45 a.m. for a man banging on the door and trying to get into the building. Within minutes, they received a second call that a truck had crashed into the lobby. > > When police arrived, no suspect was in the vehicle, they said. The building was evacuated, and a search began. Police have no one in custody and say they don’t know what the motive may have been. > > Allison Bourg, a digital reporter at WMAR, said the staff are primarily standing in a parking lot across from the building. > > She heard banging on the door and was told by a security guard to stay away. Their news director then yelled at staff to evacuate through the back of the building. She did not hear any gun shots. > > The nearby St. Pius X school and parish were on lockdown, according to an email from Mae Richardson, director of the church’s youth and children’s ministry. > > “Police are on site, and all students, teachers and staff are safely inside buildings,” Richardson wrote. “The police have been immediate in their response and in ensuring the safety of all on the campus.” ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-tv-station-visited-by-god-nearby-school-on-lockdown/688368/5 "2014-05-13T19:43:50Z")
Well, locking down a religious school seems to make sense when one is looking for God… ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-tv-station-visited-by-god-nearby-school-on-lockdown/688368/6 "2014-05-13T19:53:18Z")
> [@TheFaerie](#): > > What does God need with a landscaping truck? That is exactly what I was going to post when I first saw this thread. But then I thought I might regret it if the situation turned tragic. Glad to see there’s others just as warped as I am. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-tv-station-visited-by-god-nearby-school-on-lockdown/688368/7 "2014-05-13T20:27:56Z")
> [@TheFaerie](#): > > What does God need with a landscaping truck? Transporting arbs. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-tv-station-visited-by-god-nearby-school-on-lockdown/688368/8 "2014-05-13T20:45:31Z")
> [@TheFaerie](#): > > What does God need with a landscaping truck? > [@Shoeless](#): > > That is exactly what I was going to post when I first saw this thread. But then I thought I might regret it if the situation turned tragic. Glad to see there’s others just as warped as I am. Both of you get a beer the next time you’re in Charlotte. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-tv-station-visited-by-god-nearby-school-on-lockdown/688368/9 "2014-05-13T20:48:24Z")
The station is off the air right now. We’ll see what, if anything, the local news reports at 5. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-tv-station-visited-by-god-nearby-school-on-lockdown/688368/10 "2014-05-13T21:01:17Z")
“God” is in custody. No one was hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-tv-station-visited-by-god-nearby-school-on-lockdown/688368/11 "2014-05-13T21:19:31Z")
> [@TheFaerie](#): > > What does God need with a landscaping truck? Maybe he was going to see if he could recreate the earth in 6 days. ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-tv-station-visited-by-god-nearby-school-on-lockdown/688368/12 "2014-05-13T21:47:51Z")
I’m sitting outside right now in a sat truck for the CBS affiliate in DC. Quite the media clusterfuck. At least no-one was hurt, Baltimore County is very good at dealing with this crap, and WMAR might actually gain some viewers after this (they need some - great people work there but they have been crushed for years by the competition). ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-tv-station-visited-by-god-nearby-school-on-lockdown/688368/13 "2014-05-13T22:40:15Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > “God” is in custody. No one was hurt. Three days from now they’ll find his cell door open and only his blanket inside. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-tv-station-visited-by-god-nearby-school-on-lockdown/688368/14 "2014-05-13T23:06:10Z")
He’s getting more accurate, at least he only drove a truck through some doors rather than flooding the entire world this time. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-tv-station-visited-by-god-nearby-school-on-lockdown/688368/15 "2014-05-14T03:47:20Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Three days from now they’ll find his cell door open and only his blanket inside. Now that’s funny. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-tv-station-visited-by-god-nearby-school-on-lockdown/688368/16 "2014-05-14T06:42:57Z")
> [@TheFaerie](#): > > What does God need with a landscaping truck? It’s a mysterious way for Him to move.