WASHINGTON – A man who threatened to blow up a local Baltimore TV station Thursday dressed head-to-toe in an animal costume was carrying chocolate bars made to resemble an explosive device, police said. The 25-year-old was in "serious but stable condition" at a local hospital after police shot him several times when he emerged from the building and walked toward them, Baltimore police spokesman T.J. Smith told reporters during a news conference. Police used a robot to disarm the man as he lay injured on the ground after being shot, which is when they discovered that his bombs were fake. "Those devices were actually candy bars wrapped in aluminum foil with wiring connecting each of them," Smith said. The authorities were alerted at 1:20 p.m. (1720 GMT) after the man set what was believed to be his own car on fire just outside the FOX45 station before entering the building.