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Standing at where a package exploded not far from me injuring two young men in their 20s, one was riding a bike, the other on foot. and there was a trip wire that apparently was triggered and hurt -- seriously hurt those two young men. this comes after those three other explosions over the last several weeks, the first one starting on march 2nd. one of them so far has killed a 39-year-old man. and then a 17-year-old boy. those first three explosions were packages that were left on door steps qui...

Bounds or no neighborhood bounds. casey stegall in austin with the latest. casey? >> neil, theres something else about this particular explosion that happened last night that has everyone both the police and the public quite rattled. it appears to be random. that no one was specifically targeted, no specific group of people were in fact targeted according to authorities. the device was simply sitting next to a fence with a trip wire attached to it and two guys came down this quiet residential ne...

Engage that wire and set that device off. so its much more random in nature. >> harris: you heard our reporter talking about the fact that they want the public to help out. i can get that with a package or a backpack. a trip wire is like floss. hard to see depending on what the killer now -- because people have died in the explosions, what the killer is doing. >> they want to help not only at the back end, looking for packages and being aware of physically being aware but also somebody out there...

Dont believe and shes lying. im fairly certain he didnt tell the bank that. the second potential trip wire is when he established the accounts for essential consultants, when he opened those accounts at the bank and you have to tell a bank when you open up a business account for a new business what its going to be used for. again, i seriously doubt he told first republic bank im using it to send $130,000 to a porn star that we think is lying. >> okay. lets talk all about this. i cant wait to tal...

These suspicious items, anything that you may see, whether it be a bag, a backpack, a box, again, this is why we have avoided giving specific descriptions of the prior three devices because there was never confirmed that that would be the design that this suspect or suspects would stick with. thats the important message today, to this community, is make sure that you are safe and make sure you contact us if you see something that looks suspicious or that looks out of place. again, we want to ens...

Southwest of austin. there was an explosion here on a conveyor belt. a medium sized package. we have heard reports that it was sent by somebody in austin, to somebody in austin, the atf has not yet confirmed that to us. then shortly after 6:00 a.m. this morning, a call went into austin pd of a suspicious package at another fedex sorting facility up near the austin airport. no word on whether that turned out to be a device or just a suspicious package. but as you mentioned, there has been a spree...

Connected devices and packages within a two-week period. >> it is so many. because i think people are -- think back to the unabomber. this is six packages in this short span with different types of tactics. does that tell you anything about how advanced the planning may have been or some sort of experience that this suspect may have? >> thats exactly what it tells me. but there is also three things complicating this whole investigation. number one is, you know, the method of operation has change...

Police say the bomb contained nails and shrapnel. one person was hurt. the blast is just the latest in a string of powerful homemade but sophisticated bombs. each explosion happening within miles of one another in the austin texas area. nbcs gabe gutierrez joins me live from austin. gabe what more have you learned? this is a city already on high alert. >> reporter: thats right, stephanie. this is a city on edge. a police chief saying he is aware of the latest explosion. working with the atf to t...

The big difference in this device, again, is we believe that a trip wire was used in this device. >> a trip wire. casey stegall is live for us in austin. casey? >> yeah, harris. that trip wire really changes it all. that shows police say that no one was intentionally targeted here. this appears to be random and set up to detonate on whoever hit the trip wire. that is why still many hours later the neighborhood back here, southeast austin, still under lock down and folks are being told to stay in...

>> jay gray joining us live from austin. and former fbi profile clint van zan zandt. jay, what more do we know about the explosion and how is it different or connected to the others? >> reporter: well, we know it is different in the sense of you how it was detonated. the first three packages were left at doorsteps and apparently set off once they were grabbed by people inside the homes. this police say may have been a trip wire. they think that a trip wire was attached to a package that was left...