A man wearing an animal onesie has been shot by police after threatening to blow up a Fox News affiliate in Baltimore.
The 25-year-old suspect entered the WBFF-TV offices on Thursday afternoon demanding the news station broadcast a story about a purported government conspiracy, according to Fox 45.
Police said the Maryland white male was wearing a surgical mask, sunglasses and a panda onesie.
But the so-called device turned out to be chocolate bars wrapped around tin foil with wires hanging out, police said.
Fox 45 reporter Shelley Orman reported earlier there was a "man inside the lobby saying he has a bomb strapped to him".
Baltimore police spokesman TJ Smith told reporters at the scene they shot the suspect after he walked out of the station and refused to follow their orders.
He said snipers pulled the trigger because the man had ignored commands to take his hands out of his pockets.
The man was seen lying wounded in the street after up to seven shots rang out.
Authorities sent a robot to get closer and communicate with the suspect.
Video posted online showed police removed the man's outfit before loading him into a police van.
He was taken to hospital where he is being treated for his injuries.
The suspect's vehicle was found set on fire in the TV station's car park.
WBFF-TV was evacuated during the incident.
All employees were said to be safe and accounted for.
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