Man slams truck into Dallas TV station

A man was arrested after intentionally crashing his truck into the glass windows of a Fox affiliate Wednesday morning in downtown Dallas, police said.

The building was partially evacuated over fears the incident was the beginning of an attack. A few Fox 4 staffers kept reporting from a secure location as the incident unfolded at about 6 a.m., the station said.

Police arrived minutes later and took Michael Chadwick Fry, 34, into custody without incident, the Dallas Police Department said in a statement. Fry was evaluated at a hospital and then transported to the Lew Sterrett Jail, police said, where he was charged with felony criminal mischief.

Fry’s silver Dodge Ram smashed into the tall glass windows in what appeared to be at least two separate collisions. No one was injured.

But Fry, in a frantic state, told reporters at the jail he was in fear of his life and wanted to bring attention to an incident in which a deputy shot and killed a man in 2012. A Denton County sheriff ’s deputy shot and killed Roberto Carlos Hernandez after authorities said he rammed a patrol car during a traffic stop. A man matching Fry’s name and age was in the car and was arrested, according to an NBC 5 story from 2012.

Fry tossed papers and fliers outside the station referring to the shooting, written hastily on a printout of a story from WFAA. The fliers described “high treason,” “witchery,” and conspiracies, and also suggested police officials were paid off, WFAA reported.

“They were trying to kill me, and they missed and they killed Roberto Carlos Hernandez,” Fry pleaded with reporters. “Ever since I’ve been running for my life and I don’t know what to do.”