Video shows airport bystander bodyslamming TSA breach suspect in split-second takedown

Newly released surveillance footage has captured the tense infinitesimal a fishy breached a TSA checkpoint astatine an Atlanta airdrome past year, lone to beryllium swiftly tackled by a bystander and subdued wrong seconds.

Police released the footage done an unfastened nationalist records request, showing the incidental unfolding connected the greeting of Oct. 30 astatine Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Fox 5 Atlanta reported Thursday.

The fishy was identified arsenic 40-year-old Fabian Leon, who was aboriginal charged with elemental artillery and avoiding information measures, the outlet said.

In the footage, Leon appears to unreserved done the airdrome earlier attempting to participate the TSA checkpoint.

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A bystander tackled a antheral who allegedly tried to breach information astatine the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport connected Oct. 30, 2025. (Fox 5 Atlanta)

As helium approached the archetypal screening area, Leon appeared to aggressively propulsion past an agent, knocking the serviceman to the crushed and stumbling implicit him successful the process.

A TSA serviceman past reacted and reportedly yelled "breach," prompting bystander Mark Thomas to crook astir without hesitation.

Thomas past appeared to rapidly lunge astatine Leon, swiftly grabbing and lifting him up earlier bodyslamming the fishy to the ground.

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Fabian Leon allegedly tried to propulsion his mode done airdrome information connected Oct. 30, 2025.  (Fox 5 Atlanta)

"I saw him sound implicit the archetypal dude and past a TSA cause tried to drawback him, and erstwhile helium was going to get past me, I was conscionable like, okay, I'll conscionable instrumentality implicit if I can," Thomas said, according to Fox 5.  

Immediately aft the incident, the bystander recalled Leon acting oddly calm and "detached" from the situation, adjacent appearing "soft-spoken" arsenic helium repeatedly told everyone helium was good and asked to beryllium fto up.

"He was precise soft-spoken. He conscionable kept saying, 'Oh, I'm okay, I'm okay, fto maine up, fto maine up, I'm okay'," Thomas said. "It's like, benignant of clear, that helium was benignant of detached from the full situation."

Police said Leon aboriginal told officers that helium had consumed intoxicant and taken drugs soon earlier the incident, the outlet reported.

Fabian Leon, 40, faces aggregate charges including elemental artillery and avoiding information measures. (Fox 5 Atlanta)

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Authorities yet secured Leon by detaining him successful a seat astatine the scene, according to the footage. 

During the scuffle, constabulary said 3 of their officers were besides assaulted.

Authorities detained fishy Fabian Leon aft allegedly trying to breach information measures astatine an Atlanta airdrome connected Oct. 30, 2025. (Fox 5 Atlanta)

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While Thomas said helium would measurement successful again if needed, the airdrome could payment from further constabulary presence.

"I deliberation much constabulary beingness should person astir apt been there, it shouldn't person taken maine to instrumentality him down," Thomas said, according to Fox 5. "I don't cognize however galore checkpoints oregon radical helium got passed earlier that."