--- title: Baltimore TV Station Evacuated After Bomb Threat description: A man threatening to "blow up" a Baltimore TV station was shot by police. canonical: https://time.com/4311750/baltimore-tv-station-evacuated-bomb-threat/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-28T21:05:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:07:52.417Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Man in 'Animal Onesie' Shot by Police After Threatening to Blow Up TV Station og:description: The man was still alive, Baltimore police said og:url: https://time.com/4311750/baltimore-tv-station-evacuated-bomb-threat/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt486cefefd7d02b53/69889124bc6cfce3a03dcc5a/389ac0d93384470b89b595f53f764176-0.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: APTOPIX TV Station Evacuated og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Man in 'Animal Onesie' Shot by Police After Threatening to Blow Up TV Station twitter:description: The man was still alive, Baltimore police said twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt486cefefd7d02b53/69889124bc6cfce3a03dcc5a/389ac0d93384470b89b595f53f764176-0.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Man in 'Animal Onesie' Shot by Police After Threatening to Blow Up TV Station by [Erin Calabrese and Corky Siemaszko / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Erin Calabrese and Corky Siemaszko / NBC News Apr 28, 2016 9:05 PM CUT  A man wearing a full animal costume and surgical mask walks out of a TV station in Baltimore, on April 28, 2016. A man wearing a full animal costume and surgical mask walks out of a TV station in Baltimore, on April 28, 2016.Kenneth K. Lam—AP by [Erin Calabrese and Corky Siemaszko / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Erin Calabrese and Corky Siemaszko / NBC News Apr 28, 2016 9:05 PM CUT A man wearing an “adult animal onesie” and threatening to “blow up” a Baltimore TV station was shot by a police sniper Thursday before he could carry out his threat. The man was still alive and lying in front of WBFF-TV, the Baltimore police said. “He had some type of device in his hand,” said police spokesman T.J. Smith. “We are using a robot to approach him … He still poses a threat and that puts everyone in danger.” The drama began around 1 p.m. when the oddly-dressed intruder entered the lobby of the FOX-TV affiliate. . . [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/baltimore-tv-station-evacuated-after-bomb-threat-n564316 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4311750/baltimore-tv-station-evacuated-bomb-threat/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4311750/baltimore-tv-station-evacuated-bomb-threat/"},"headline":"Man in 'Animal Onesie' Shot by Police After Threatening to Blow Up TV Station","datePublished":"2016-04-28T21:05:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:07:52.417Z","description":"He was wearing an \"adult animal onesie\"","url":"https://time.com/4311750/baltimore-tv-station-evacuated-bomb-threat/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt486cefefd7d02b53/69889124bc6cfce3a03dcc5a/389ac0d93384470b89b595f53f764176-0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Erin Calabrese and Corky Siemaszko / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt486cefefd7d02b53/69889124bc6cfce3a03dcc5a/389ac0d93384470b89b595f53f764176-0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"APTOPIX TV Station Evacuated","caption":"APTOPIX TV Station Evacuated","creditText":"Kenneth K. Lam—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4311750/baltimore-tv-station-evacuated-bomb-threat/","name":"Man in 'Animal Onesie' Shot by Police After Threatening to Blow Up TV Station"}}]}] ```