Man In Panda Onesie Shot After Anti-Astronomy Bomb Threat

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**Laughing Man**

You really, really can't make this gak up...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A man claiming to have a bomb strapped to his chest threatened a Baltimore TV station Thursday afternoon, and was later shot by police after walking out of the building.

It all started around 1:20 p.m. at Fox 45 in the Woodberry section of Baltimore, just blocks away from us at WJZ-TV and NBC affiliate WBAL-TV.

A security guard with Fox 45 tells WJZ reporter George Solis that a man walked into the station wearing a hedgehog outfit and medical mask, claiming he had a bomb.

“He pretty much said he had a bomb on him and that he had a message that he needed to be heard,” said the security guard.

The security guard said the suspect had a flash drive containing files that had to do with astronomy.

“It pretty much had to do with any with astronomy–black holes, the sun, about it being liquid and gas, and he just wanted to say that the government was wrong in thinking about the way they do when it comes to anything in space,” said the guard.

Before news of the bomb threat broke, Fox 45 reporter Paul Gessler initially reported a fire in their parking lot.

Gessler live streamed the incident on Periscope which showed vehicle’s gas tank on fire.

During a press conference on Thursday, authorities tell WJZ that the fire is being investigated an an arson.

Just after 3 p.m. the suspect, who police describe as a white male in his 20’s, walked out of the station, refusing to take his hands out of his pockets.

Baltimore Police spokesperson T.J. Smith says the suspect was then shot after refusing demands by police.

Smith says the suspect is still alive at this time, and that “the situation is not secure.”

It has not yet been confirmed if the man has explosives on his person.

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Just before 4:30 p.m. the suspect was taken away in an ambulance. His condition remains unclear.

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2016/04/28/baltimore-tv-station-evacuation-after-bomb-threat/

**Jihadin**

Hedgehog outfit....and mask.....Baltimore.....FBI

**Mdlbuildr**

I wonder if there will be a rally to protest this obvious case of police brutality....(sarcasm off)

**Laughing Man**

Jihadin wrote:
Hedgehog outfit....and mask.....Baltimore.....FBI

Conflicting reports about whether it's a hedgehog outfit or a panda. Will keep you posted on updates to which animal we should blame for planning this attack.

**LordofHats**

Wait they just shot him? Is there a way to know he didn't have a dead man switch, or was he far enough from anything that the risk was worth taking?

**squidhills**

The Baltimore radio station said he was shot with rubber bullets and subdued. I don't know if that's true, but if it was, it would seem to be less likely to set off a deadman switch.

**Kilkrazy**

Was it a panda suit or a hedgehog suit?

I hate pandas, so as far as I am concerned, the police are quite correct to shoot a panda.

I love hedgehogs, though, and I can't forgive them shooting someone in a hedgehog suit.

**Laughing Man**

The news director of Fox45 indicated on twitter that it was a panda.

**feeder**

If it turns out he was in a hedgehog suit, I hope someone was able to retrieve all the golden rings that he must have dropped when he got shot.

**godardc**

I'm curious to know what he had to say about space.

**chromedog**

Shooting sonic? 10pts right there - I hate that little blue fether.

Shooting a panda? Well, it MIGHT have been holding a chair in a threatening way ...

**Jihadin**

Hedge Hog.....astronomy.......I'm a season...old timer.....vet......did I miss something in school back in the 80's...and some general college courses.....SurgTech course.....is there a connection?
Guy should have wor...wait....Hedge Hog should...Panda?...warn a reflective belt

**motyak**

Let's try and make our posts at least semi literate, thanks.

**easysauce**

How is *this* post lacking in pictures still?

Come on internet, you used to be cool.

**kronk**

Pandas are tasty.

Hedgehogs are not.

This guy was a nutbag.

That's why he got shot.

**gorgon**

It's like you're a poet and don't even know it.

**easysauce**

Finally:

**djones520**

LordofHats wrote:
Wait they just shot him? Is there a way to know he didn't have a dead man switch, or was he far enough from anything that the risk was worth taking?

In that type of environment, there is no safe distance. With so many intangibles, it strikes me as the safest bet. I'm sure as many people as possible were behind a barricade of some sort, but allowing him to get closer, if he had a bomb, would have put the authorities and surrounding populace in more danger.

**Desubot**

Well it isnt a blue hedgehog.

i wonder whats in the flash drive.

**kronk**

That's a gakky panda suit.

**Desubot**

kronk wrote:
That's a gakky panda suit.

How is that a panda suit. its eyes aint even blacked out. its a hedgehog

**Nostromodamus**

That suit makes me a sad panda.

**kronk**

Ah...I see it, now. The face is on the hoody and looking up. That's a nose.

Still gakky.

**CptJake**

Pretty sure Dr Johnny Fever, Venus Flytrap and crew had to deal with a similar incident at WKRP way back when.

**djones520**

CptJake wrote:
Pretty sure Dr Johnny Fever, Venus Flytrap and crew had to deal with a similar incident at WKRP way back when.

I'm sure it didn't compare to the Thanksgiving incident...

**CptJake**

I actually started laughing from remembering that episode even before I played the clip.

**Ouze**

Even after posting pictures, I'm still not sure if it's a panda or hedgehog.

Rubber bullets were wholly appropriate for his crimes against Halloween, whatever else he may have done.

**Jihadin**

What's in the pocket his hand was in?

**Laughing Man**

Candy, apparently. It's what his "bomb" was made of, anyway.

**SirDonlad**

I think that this clot (gakky panda outfit guy) was trying to create a "police shoot unarmed man" headline, but didn't recon on the police having non-lethal munitions available.
Kudos to the Baltimore police for having the restraint to keep things non-lethal - the thin blue line stands a little prouder in baltimore as a result.

Despite that muppets irrational approach to drawing attention to his ideas i kinda want someone to go over his stuff just in case he's one of those people from films - you know the ones; they eventually show up somewhere with high security, break through the security cordon with help on the inside and prove some disaster is imminent waaaay too late for anyone to do anything about it.