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Downtown Nashville on Christmas DayPhoto: Matt Masters
Nashvilleâs downtown curfew was lifted at noon on Monday, Dec. 28, and by 1 p.m., tourists had returned to Lower Broadwayâs bars. A police barricade of fences and Metro Nashville school buses blocked vehicle and foot traffic from Third Avenue to the river.
This containment zone surrounded the blast site by at least one city block in all directions. The damage done to buildings by Christmas Day bombing suspect Anthony Warner was extensive â but with yellow tape sectioning off that part of downtown, the only damage most news media could make out was broken windows. Police and fire officials as well as investigators from the FBI and the ATF scoured rooftops searching for evidence from the bombing.