An official said a man was arrested after ramming into a barricade at the FBI's Atlanta field office.
FBI officials claimed a South Carolina-licensed Buick Encore driver tried to follow an employee's car through a controlled entrance after noon on Monday.
FBI official Tony Thomas said the suspect crashed into the entrance's pop-up wedge barrier, which activates when every vehicle goes through.
FBI agents claimed the suspect got out of his SUV and tried to get inside past the gate, but he was tackled. In Atlanta, "Several of our special agents who were passing by apprehended him," said bureau assistant special agent in charge Peter Ellis.
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Monday, officials wouldn't identify the suspect. Ellis said he was hospitalized for evaluation.
Ellis said agents receive continuing training for such a circumstance and recently trained on the matter. Federal sites including military bases and FBI offices use pop-up wedge barriers. The cheese-like steel triangles can lift to a vehicle-stopping height to face an intruder on one surface or its bollard elements. Federal agencies grade them for their capacity to stop vehicles depending on weight and speed upon collision.
A pop-up wedge barrier stopped a minivan from entering the White House in 2018 after a driver tried to drive through a gate and was halted. Police said the woman was known for her presence outside the White House and may have had behavioral concerns.
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