following this story closely. thank you very much for joining us. let me ask you to correct me if there is anything that did not come part with your understanding of events. hi there, rachel. reporter: the one thing you did mention that there was a second bomb intercepted at a fedex facility down san antonio. that was near the austin airport. just within the past couple of hours, authorities have linked all five of those previous explosions plus that sixth package as being part of this serial bomber. the past few minutes, we got words that this latest of what we thought was an explosion is labeled not a bomb but an incendiary device. we are here on the scene at brodie lane right now. this is a massive police presence. the strip malil evacuated. a few moments ago i spoke to the
tripwire which made it seems like a different type of device. over night, in the predawn hour, tlf there was an explosion at a fedex facility and the same package that was intercepted before it could explode. now authorities believe that those incidents are all related. we got word of another explosion in austin, tonight. again, this interesting news just moments ago from the austin police department. there was no package explosion in the 9800 block of brody lane. items inside the package was not a bomb rather an incendiary device. we have no reason to believe this incident is related to previous packaged bombs. this is a still developing situation. let s go right to our reporter on the ground. gabe gutierrez who has been
target. with that said, need to reiterate the message that we ve heard so often recently, that if you have a package that was not expected, if you re suspicious of the returned a dress, if you come across any suspicious object, do not touch it. do not move it. contact 911. we should take this opportunity to thank the assistance provided by the fbi, the bats, texas department of public safety, the san antonio police department, the sheriff s office as well as the resources that have been provided by the southwest texas regional advisory council and the bcfs emergency management. now open for questions. did the package come from the fed ex store on brody lane? the fbi and the atf are there in
in the schertz area was the target. with that said, we need to reiterate the message that we ve heard so often recently, that if you have a package that was not expected, if you are suspicious of the return address, if you come across any suspicious object, do not touch it. do not move it. contact 911. we should take this opportunity to thank the assistance provided by the fbi, the batf, texas department of public safety, the san antonio police department, the bear county sheriff s office as well as the resources that have been provided by the southwest texas regional advisory council and the bcfs manager management. i ll open it for questions. did the package come from the fedex store on brody lane? the fbi and atf are there now in