Key Highlights
- Newly released surveillance footage has captured the tense moment a suspect breached a TSA checkpoint at an Atlanta airport last year, only to be swiftly tackled by a bystander and subdued within seconds.
- Police released the footage through an open public records request, showing the incident unfolding on the morning of Oct.
- 30 at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Fox 5 Atlanta reported Thursday. The suspect was identified as 40-year-old Fabian Leon, who was later charged with simple battery and avoiding security measures, the outlet said.
- In the footage, Leon appears to rush through the airport before attempting to enter the TSA checkpoint.
- 'TRAGEDY AVERTED' AT ATLANTA AIRPORT AS POLICE ARREST MAN WITH AR-15 ALLEGEDLY THREATENING TO 'SHOOT IT UP' A bystander tackled a man who allegedly tried to breach security at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Oct.
