NASHVILLE, Tenn. U.S. Attorney Donald Cochran identified Anthony Q. Warner on Sunday as the bomber in a Christmas Day explosion that rocked downtown Nashville.
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.
DNA found at the scene was matched to samples taken at another location searched by investigators, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director David Rausch confirmed.
The Metro Nashville Police Department on Sunday posted a video of the explosion. 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.
Federal agents investigating the Christmas day explosion in Nashville sharpened their focus Saturday, identifying a person of interest and searching an Antioch duplex as they tried to piece together “a giant jigsaw puzzle of evidence.
U.S. Attorney Don Cochran said more than 500 citizen tips were driving the investigation. More than 250 FBI agents and staff were collaborating on the case.
Authorities did not give details about the person of interest, the ongoing search in Antioch or the ongoing analysis of the sprawling Second Avenue crime scene.
There were no manhunts or announcements about a suspect.
“Let me reiterate that Nashville is safe, police chief John Drake said Saturday afternoon.
Nashville Tennessean
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Through it all, Akins has known that she too is at risk. It would be no surprise if the virus jumped from a patient to her, as it has to so many frontline healthcare workers combating the pandemic.
But when Akins arrives at work next week, she will be safer. Not immune, but resistant.
Nashville Tennessean
For ten months, Tesha Akins scoured the halls of Vanderbilt’s COVID-19 unit, cleaning between the illness and the death, spreading hope to patients isolated from their loved ones. She has been there when some went home. She has been there when some died.
Through it all, Akins has known that she too is at risk. It would be no surprise if the virus jumped from a patient to her, as it has to so many frontline healthcare workers combating the pandemic.
But when Akins arrives at work next week, she will be safer. Not immune, but resistant.