US runner who assaulted reporter identified as Youth Minister from Georgia

The runner who assaulted a United States reporter while live on TV has been reportedly identified as Tommy Callaway, a youth minister from Statesboro, Georgia. Callaway was identified by internet users. He was also a youth group leader at his church and a Boy Scout leader. While talking to an international media outlet, Callaway's lawyer said that he regrets the situation and did not act with any criminal intentions. Callaway in an interview reportedly also claimed that he was caught up in the moment and was just trying to lift his hands up to wave to the audience on camera. 

Alex Bozarjian, a reporter for a local news channel stood along the Savannah Bridge Run route and described the race on live TV for the viewers watching from home. However, as the enthusiastic runners waved on the camera and cheered from the background for the shot, there was a man who smacked her hip and Bozarjian can be seen in a state of shock and stuttered over her words. Because the identity of the man who 'violated' the reporter was not known, Bozarjian took to Twitter to call him out and said that no one should suffer something like that anywhere in the world and said the man 'embarrassed' her.

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Internet users enraged

Soon after the incident was shared on the internet, reporters, journalists, all over the world sympathised with Bozarjian and criticised the man who has 'no shame'. A good number of netizens applauded the US reporter to have handled the entire situation with 'grace' and did not 'let' the incident hinder her professionalism. People also believe that if a man took such a step against a woman on regional news, 'he has no fear of consequences'.

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