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| Costumed Man Shot and Wounded by Police After Baltimore Standoff | Costumed Man Shot and Wounded by Police After Baltimore Standoff |
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| The police on Thursday shot and wounded a costumed 25-year-old man after a standoff at a Baltimore television station, where the man said that he was carrying a bomb and demanded that a message be broadcast. The police opened fire on the man, officials said, because he refused to comply with the instructions of officers. | The police on Thursday shot and wounded a costumed 25-year-old man after a standoff at a Baltimore television station, where the man said that he was carrying a bomb and demanded that a message be broadcast. The police opened fire on the man, officials said, because he refused to comply with the instructions of officers. |
| A Baltimore police spokesman, T. J. Smith, said that investigators ultimately concluded that the man had not possessed a bomb. Instead, they said he had been carrying a mock device that included a motherboard and candy bars that were connected by wires and wrapped in foil. | A Baltimore police spokesman, T. J. Smith, said that investigators ultimately concluded that the man had not possessed a bomb. Instead, they said he had been carrying a mock device that included a motherboard and candy bars that were connected by wires and wrapped in foil. |
| “The appearance of it was to be an actual, explosive-type device,” Mr. Smith said at an evening news conference. | “The appearance of it was to be an actual, explosive-type device,” Mr. Smith said at an evening news conference. |
| The police did not immediately identify the man, who was being treated at a hospital and was believed to be from Howard County, Md., near Baltimore. Mr. Smith said the man’s condition was “serious, but stable” and that he was expected to survive. | The police did not immediately identify the man, who was being treated at a hospital and was believed to be from Howard County, Md., near Baltimore. Mr. Smith said the man’s condition was “serious, but stable” and that he was expected to survive. |
| The police shot the man at about 3 p.m., after he left the building and, according to Mr. Smith, defied repeated orders to remove his hands from the pockets of what he described as a “panda outfit onesie.” | The police shot the man at about 3 p.m., after he left the building and, according to Mr. Smith, defied repeated orders to remove his hands from the pockets of what he described as a “panda outfit onesie.” |
| The man did not receive immediate medical treatment, officials said, because of the uncertainty about whether he had a dangerous explosive. | The man did not receive immediate medical treatment, officials said, because of the uncertainty about whether he had a dangerous explosive. |
| A security guard at the Fox-affiliated station told reporters that the man had presented him with a flash drive loaded with information about “astronomy” and that he had “just wanted to say that the government’s wrong in thinking about the way they do about anything in space.” | |
| “He walked in, opened up his hedgehog outfit that he had on and he pretty much said that he had a bomb on him and that he had a message that he needed to be heard,” the security guard, Jourael Apostolides, said. | “He walked in, opened up his hedgehog outfit that he had on and he pretty much said that he had a bomb on him and that he had a message that he needed to be heard,” the security guard, Jourael Apostolides, said. |
| Mr. Smith said a vehicle had also been set on fire outside the station and that it was connected to the man who was shot. | Mr. Smith said a vehicle had also been set on fire outside the station and that it was connected to the man who was shot. |
| The episode came eight months after a former employee killed a reporter and photojournalist in Virginia. | The episode came eight months after a former employee killed a reporter and photojournalist in Virginia. |