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KENS says man attacks cameraman
Published November 16, 2007
SEGUIN — A San Antonio KENS-5 television cameraman suffered a broken wrist and other injuries Thursday morning in what a station official called an “unprovoked attack” that occurred during a live newscast — and was caught on tape.
KENS-5 News Director Kurt Davis said reporter Marvin Hurst and cameraman Dario Ramos were covering a brush fire off Anderson Hill Road east of Seguin when a property owner climbed onto their vehicle shortly before 7 a.m.
Ramos was knocked down as Hurst attempted to broadcast, Davis said.
On the tape of the incident, a man identified as owner of the property pushed past the reporter toward the cameraman, telling the crew they were on private property and cussing them out.
“They were doing one of their last live shots, and this property owner climbed up on the truck, lobbed the ‘f-bomb’ on the air, and went after Dario,” Davis said. “He was roughed up pretty badly and broke his wrist. We are pursuing criminal charges against that person for the attack. It was uncalled for.”
The incident occurred moments after the man had informed the crew they were on his property and asked them to leave, and Davis said they withdrew to what they believed was public right-of-way.
“They moved to the road, he used profanity and attacked our photographer,” Davis said. “He’s in a sling and a cast and he’ll be unable to work for a week. And this whole thing was caught on tape and went on the air.”
Davis said Ramos and Hurst were the backbone of KENS-5’s morning news team, were professional and were courteous to the property owner.
“We were not violating the law, nor will we ever violate the law. If we are ever on private property and asked to leave, our policy is we leave,” Davis said. “There’s no story that’s worth breaking the law, and we won’t do it.”
Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Investigator, Sgt. Bruce Tubbs, said the landowner himself initially reported the incident.
No charges had been filed as of late Thursday, so Tubbs did not identify the property owner.
“They had a brush fire going out there, and we got a call from the property owner at 6:48 a.m.,” Tubbs said. “He was calling us about people being on his property. When we got out there, it appeared he had, in fact, assaulted at least one of the individuals. We’re investigating it as a possible assault causing bodily injury.”
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