'disorderly Person' Arrested For Allegedly Shouting Racial Slur, Lunging At 'today's' Craig Melvin

NBC’s “Today” show formed and unit dealt pinch an unexpected and unwelcome impermanent off-screen Thursday who was yet arrested by New York police.

A spokesperson for nan New York Police Department confirmed successful a connection to The Times that officers responded astatine astir 9 a.m. to a study of a “disorderly person” astatine 30 Rockefeller Center, location of nan greeting show’s studio. Police responded to nan incident and took nan unidentified individual into custody.

A spokesperson for NBC confirmed nan “security incident” successful a connection shared pinch The Times, noting that an individual entered “an unauthorized area” and “approached” co-anchor Craig Melvin, who notified security. According to TMZ, the alleged intruder was searching for Al Roker but alternatively turned his attraction to Melvin erstwhile he couldn’t find nan longtime weatherman. The man reportedly lunged and yelled nan N-word astatine Melvin. TMZ connected Thursday besides published a photograph of Melvin and Roker speaking to each different and co-anchor Dylan Dreyer while surrounded by galore unit members.

No injuries were reported and constabulary will proceed to analyse nan incident, nan connection added. The “Today” spokesperson said accumulation is afloat complying pinch rule enforcement amid its investigation and is reviewing nan incident and information measures.

“NBC and ‘Today’ return nan information and information of our employees, talent, unit and guests highly seriously,” nan connection said, adding that accumulation remains “committed to providing a safe and unafraid situation for everyone who useful astatine and visits our studios.”

Thursday’s occurrence marks nan latest information interest for “Today,” which reportedly beefed up constabulary and backstage information presence successful February successful ray of nan kidnapping earlier this twelvemonth of Nancy Guthrie, mother of “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie.

Nancy Guthrie, 84, was reported reported missing from her location successful Arizona connected Feb. 1. Law enforcement officials judge Guthrie was taken against her will from her Catalina Foothills home; her phone, wallet, car and medicine were near behind. The investigation into her abduction is ongoing.

Savannah Guthrie returned to her “Today” station in April and announced during Thursday’s broadcast that she will beryllium absent “the adjacent fewer weeks” to movie NBC’s TV adjustment of nan celebrated New York Times puzzle Wordle. She will host nan crippled show, which is group to debut connected NBC adjacent year.

Times unit writer Stephen Battaglio contributed to this report.