India, July 17 -- The man who intruded into the sets of NBC's Today! show on Thursday morning and hurled racist slurs at host Craig Melvin, after initially wanting to target co-host Al Roker, has been identified. NBC News reported multiple law enforcement sources that the man in question is Andrew Truelove.

Truelove, who is yet to be identified by authorities in New York City, was a taken into custody by the New York Police Department. He has been described as a White man born in 1985 with multiple pending criminal cases in New York courts.

TMZ also reported that the man in question was White and unarmed, and he entered the NBC sets via a stairwell and made his way backstage. Initial reports stated that the man originally wanted to targ...