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THIS IS WNBC SIX NEWS AT SIX.
GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT.
I'M DAN JOVIC.
AND I'M JACKIE JOVIC.
AN ARMED TEENAGER'S APPARENT ATTEMPT TO STEAL AN AIRPLANE AT THE TEXARKANA AIRPORT WAS STOPPED BY A LOCAL PILOT WITH A GUN.
IT IS OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT, NBC SIX AS HUNTER TROMBETTA JOINS US NOW LIVE IN TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS, SHARING HOW EVERYONE MADE IT THROUGH THIS SITUATION SAFELY.
HUNTER.
GOOD EVENING, DAN AND JACKIE.
NOW, ACCORDING TO POLICE, THIS ALL STARTED AT AROUND 7:30 THIS MORNING WHEN A TEENAGER WALKED ARMED WITH A RIFLE AND DEMANDED TO BE GIVEN AN AIRPLANE.
NOW, STORE EMPLOYEES WERE ABLE TO GET AWAY FROM THE SUSPECT AND CALL POLICE, AT WHICH POINT HE BREACHED A DOOR LEADING TO THE AIRFIELD.
THAT'S WHEN A LOCAL PILOT SPOTTED THE SUSPECT AND DREW HIS OWN GUN AND DEMANDED THAT THE TEEN DROP HIS WEAPON AND GET ON THE GROUND.
THE SUSPECT COMPLIED AND TPD WERE ON THE SCENE SHORTLY AFTER TO TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY.
NOW, AIRPORT OFFICIALS SAY THE SECURITY PLAN WORKED AS INTENDED, BUT THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND WAYS TO IMPROVE.
AND SO IT FOCUSES A LOT OF ITS EFFORTS TOWARDS THE COMMERCIAL SIDE.
WE DO ALSO SECURE THE GENERAL AVIATION SIDE, BUT IT ISN'T AS NECESSARILY AS STRINGENT.
AND THAT IS WHERE WE'LL BE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO UPGRADE, CHANGE, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER THAT IN THE FUTURE.
THE TEENAGER'S NAME WILL NOT BE RELEASED DUE TO HIS AGE, AND THE REASON HE WANTED A PLANE IS UNKNOWN.
BUT HE WAS ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF ASSAULT, ATTEMPTED ROBBERY, AND TERRORISTIC THREATENING AND TAKEN TO A JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER.
AND THE PILOT WHO WAS ULTIMATELY ABLE TO STOP AND DISARM THE SUSPECT DID NOT WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED.
REPORTING LIVE IN TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS, HUNTER TROMBETTA, NBC'S.