An FBI spokesman who spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed to The Tennessean, part of the USA TODAY Network, that Warner lived at the home.ĥ00 tips come in: FBI investigates Christmas Day explosion in Nashville
The explosion was a deliberate bombing and "feels like" it had a connection to the AT&T building severely damaged in the blast, Mayor John Cooper said Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation."Ĭooper cited "a lot of momentum behind the investigation" and said he expects "a lot of questions to be answered relatively soon." No motive for the attack had been determined.įBI agents searched a home in Antioch and visited a real estate office in Nashville in connection with the bombing. “As I’m stumbling around, I just tell myself to stay on my feet and to stay alive,” Wells said. Officer James Wells, who suffered some hearing loss, tearfully said at a news conference that he believed he heard God tell him to walk away moments before he saw a flash of orange and heard a loud boom. Sunday, police officers who responded to a report of shots fired moments before the blast recalled the chaos when a recreational vehicle blew up on Second Avenue, injuring three people and damaging more than 40 businesses. "None of those answers will ever be enough for those who have been affected by this event. "These answers won't come quickly and will still require a lot of our team's effort," Korneski said. The FBI said Warner wasn’t on authorities' radar before Friday’s explosion and declined to deem the explosion an act of terrorism.Īuthorities are asking people who knew Warner to contact them so they can potentially gain an understanding for his motive. The types of explosives used in the bombing were still under investigation, authorities said.
He was present when the bomb went off, and he perished in the bombing," Cochran said.Ī motive in the bombing has not been released and is still under investigation, according to FBI Special Agent for Public Affairs Doug Korneski. Investigators said they do not believe there was anyone else involved. Authorities reviewed hours of surveillance footage and they say they only saw Warner. The video, which was posted to Twitter, lingers on the wreckage left by the explosion before cutting away. The 39-second video shows a person walking away from the scene, followed by an explosion that shakes the MNPD camera and dislodges a traffic light. The Metro Nashville Police Department on Sunday posted a video of the explosion.
Police Chief John Drake had identified Warner, 63, as a person of interest in the case. He is believed to have died in the explosion.ĭNA found at the scene was matched to samples taken at another location searched by investigators, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director David Rausch confirmed. Warner on Sunday as the bomber in a Christmas Day explosion that rocked downtown Nashville. Attorney Donald Cochran identified Anthony Q. Watch Video: Nashville explosion: Police identify bomber
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