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63-year-old who lived there recently named in news report; police chasing over 500 leads
Investigators at the house in Antioch, Tennessee, on Saturday, a day after the motor-home explosion in Nashville. Neighbours told local TV station WKRN that a recreational vehicle had been parked in the house s driveway for years but is now no longer there. PHOTO: REUTERS
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A vehicle burns near the site of an explosion in the area of Second and Commerce in Nashville, Tennessee, December 25, 2020. Photo credit: Reuters
Federal agents have been investigating more than 500 tips and scouring the charred site of an explosion in Nashville, one day after a motor home blaring a recorded warning blew up and injured three people in the heart of America s country music capital on Christmas Day.
Hundreds of agents and local police officers are involved in the probe of Friday s fiery, thunderous blast, which destroyed several vehicles, damaged more than 40 businesses and left a trail of glass shards.
Nashville Bomber Anthony Warner ‘Perished’ at Scene, DNA Found at Explosion Site: Officials
Anthony Quinn Warner, the person of interest in the Nashville Christmas Day bombing, died at the scene, and his DNA was found at the site of the explosion, according to a U.S. attorney and an FBI official.
U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee Don Cochran said on Sunday in a press conference that Warner, 63, parked a vehicle on a street in downtown Nashville on Dec. 25, then allegedly broadcast a warning before the explosion.
Cochran stated that Warner “is the bomber,” and “he was present when the bomb went off,” adding that he “perished in the bombing.”
A deadly crime still unsolved: Brother of student who died in Iconic Village fire making documentary
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Brian Kyle “BK” Frizzell II is filming a documentary about a fire that was deliberately set at a San Marcos apartment building two years ago, killing five people. Frizzell lost his sister, Haley Michele Frizzell, 19, in the fire. He hopes to have the documentary finished by July 20, the third anniversary of the fire.Lisa Krantz /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Haley Michele Frizzell, 19, of San Angelo, was one of five people killed in a fire officials say was intentionally set at Iconic Village Apartments in San Marcos. Her brother, Brian Kyle “BK” Frizzell II, is filming a documentary about the unsolved case.Courtesy photo /City of San MarcosShow MoreShow Less
Nashville Mayor Says Bombing Not Consistent With Terrorism
Nashville Mayor John Cooper said the Christmas Day explosion in downtown Nashville doesn’t appear to be consistent with a terrorist attack.
“I think everybody, the U.S. Attorney, the FBI, has been very careful not to use the ‘T’-word here, because it’s not consistent with ‘T’-word actions,” he said in a CNN interview, adding that the reason why could be due to there being “no manifesto or political statement” written by the suspect.
The mayor, meanwhile, told the network that he is hoping that federal aid is provided after the explosion.