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Man wearing panda suit inside Baltimore TV station says he's wearing a bomb Man wearing panda suit inside Baltimore TV station says he's wearing a bomb
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A man wearing a panda suit inside the lobby of a Baltimore TV station is claiming to have a bomb strapped to his chest.  Police have shot down a man in Baltimore who was claiming to have an explosive device strapped to his chest, it is unclear if the suspect was killed.
The Fox45 television station was evacuated on Thursday afternoon after the threat was reported. The Fox45 television station was evacuated on Thursday afternoon after the threat was reported. Mike Tomko, the station's news director, said that the suspect was sitting in the building's lobby and had demanded to be shown on air.
Casey Clark, a local journalist with WBFF, opened up a live stream on Periscope saying that the suspect in the lobby was wearing a “panda jumpsuit” that appeared to have “floppy ears.” "[The suspect] talked to me and was wearing what appears to be a full body white panda suit, surgical mask and sunglasses," Tomko wrote on Facebook. "He had a flash drive, said he had information he wanted to get on the air. He compared it to the information found in the Panama Papers. I told him, 'I can't let you in, you're going to have to leave the flash drive here and slide it through the opening.' He wouldn't do that. Apparently he had made some threats before.”
Casey Clark, a local journalist with WBFF, said on a Periscope stream that the suspect in the lobby was wearing a “panda jumpsuit” that appeared to have “floppy ears.”
Keith Daniels, a reporter with the station, tweeted a video of himself outside the building.Keith Daniels, a reporter with the station, tweeted a video of himself outside the building.
"We have a report of an intruder," he said. "Someone who says he has a bomb inside of our building.” "We have a report of an intruder," Daniels said on Twitter. "Someone who says he has a bomb inside of our building.”
The Baltimore Sun reports that the Baltimore Police Department are currently investigation the threat.The Baltimore Sun reports that the Baltimore Police Department are currently investigation the threat.