Fans gathered to watch 20 minutes of the band's upcoming documentary at the Hive in L.A. on Thursday night. A young man in a hoodie stormed into the venue with a large wrapped box that he dropped at the feet of 30 Seconds To Mars frontman, Jared Leto. He stood on stage for a few minutes before saying, "It's time for a little self-help."
Leto interrupted him, saying "I think he's got some sort of agenda or something," and pulled him out of the room through a back door.
A fan at the event left a comment on Alternative Press' website, giving a little more insight to the incident and Leto's involvement. "So we're all in sitting, waiting to watch 20 mins of their documentary. I was at the the back by the door. Jared came in to introduce the film and then there was a BANG on the front door (right next to me). Some dude came in (young guy with a lit cigarette in his mouth) carrying a big box wrapped in gold paper, and with a big stack of $20s taped to the top. Weird. Everyone in the room watched him walk toward Jared. Jared said "someone stop him" 3 or 4 times, but no one did. The guy got to Jared, dropped the box on the floor and started to give a speech. Jared grabbed him by the shoulders and basically drug him out the back door."
Updates via the Hive's twitter account had been given out beginning at about 8:30 EST and roughly an hour later, it said the bomb squad had arrived at the even and, if the area was secured, the show would continue as scheduled.
Nobody was injured and the show was postponed to the following night. "we are going to do the event tomorrow night. sorry to everyone who waited and didn't make it in. stay tuned for more info. sorry!"
A video was posted of the event via twitter.
TMZ posted a video of Leto explaining what happened after the incident.
"Obviously, it was a pretty intense night. [The police] apprehended the guy. The guy's obviously disturbed and hopefully he's gonna get some help." Leto says the man told him that there were "maybe some" explosives in the box. Reports are saying that the package actually contained a blender and candy." Leto told the crowd, "Everything's alright and everyone's safe."
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