Man dressed as a hedgehog shot by police outside Baltimore TV station after lighting car on fire

Baltimore police arrest man wearing animal onesie after possible bomb threat.
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A man in a full-body hedgehog jumpsuit and "surgical-style mask" was shot by police outside of a Baltimore TV station after setting a car on fire and claiming to be carrying an explosive, The Baltimore Sun reports.

The man reportedly entered Fox 45 in Baltimore claiming he had information to share with the station, except he was wearing a "hedgehog onesie" and boots, security guard Jourael Apostolides said.

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