A local TV reporter, Mary Beth McDade was grabbed by a man during a live broadcast from Hollywood, but she appeared to be OK.
While covering a story for the 10 p.m. news Monday about fans mourning the death of celebrity David Bowie at his star on the Walk of Fame, a man standing behind the reporter appeared to grab her and disrupted the broadcast.
Viewers online were concerned about the apparent attack on the journalist, but McDade posted on Twitter following the incident that she was OK.
“Thank you all for your concern!! 🙂 I am alright!” the KTLA reporter wrote, also sharing a photograph of herself with two police officers. “And thank u #lapd for taking a report & trying to catch the guy.”
—City News Service