National headlines, their story of robbery, ransom. The young woman kidnapped and attacked. Police said it was all a hoax but it wasnt. Tonight, their first interview. What do the police say now . Good evening. And its great to have you with us to start another week here. And well have the track of that storm in just a moment. But first, the hunt for a suspected serial bomber tonight, striking fear yet again in austin. This time, Authorities Say with a trip wire bomb, the fourth bomb to go off. The first bomb, in a package left at a home. The following week, two more packages on the same day, both exploding. And this newest bomb with that trip wire on a Darkened Street overnight. The neighborhood on lockdown for most of this day. And tonight, the audio of this newest bomb going off just out. Abcs marcus moore leading us off from austin tonight. Reporter tonight, more than 500 agents flooding austin, texas. A massive manhunt intensifying. School buses kept away. This bomb went off hours
point. the initial bombs, again, left on specific door steps, specific victims it would seem. perhaps, you know, one of those people or maybe all of those people was intended to be the victim. and then you come to the trip wire sunday night. just a package left by the side of the road. it would get anybody walking by. now you get a package left in the fed ex delivery system that, you know, detonated prematurely apparently. it would seem that the bomber is trying to throw police off the trail or give them more problems to try to handle. yeah, and moving from one method of delivery of the explosive device to another. certainly keeping everybody on their toes. the interesting thing about the sunday night trip wire bombing is that it was placed, it appears, just hours after the
national headlines, their story of robbery, ransom. the young woman kidnapped and attacked. police said it was all a hoax but it wasn t. tonight, their first interview. what do the police say now? good evening. and it s great to have you with us to start another week here. and we ll have the track of that storm in just a moment. but first, the hunt for a suspected serial bomber tonight, striking fear yet again in austin. this time, authorities say with a trip wire bomb, the fourth bomb to go off. the first bomb, in a package left at a home. the following week, two more packages on the same day, both exploding. and this newest bomb with that trip wire on a darkened street overnight. the neighborhood on lockdown for most of this day. and tonight, the audio of this newest bomb going off just out. abc s marcus moore leading us off from austin tonight. reporter: tonight, more than 500 agents flooding austin, texas. a massive manhunt intensifying.
so in this case with this woman by the car, that was suspicious, seeing this person by a car hovering down? that s exactly right. if you look at the video for several minutes leading up to this particular incident, you ll see the individual basically casing the parking lot and that s something our system had not seen before so it s issue an alarm to the security personnel. gretchen: as this loop continues, there s a package left at a train station, the red box eventually goes around and that box right there, right? that s right, often times in a security environment, security professors want it know when various objects are discarded or left behind, they could be potentially explosive devices, in this system, they were able to eva instance where a package was left in a place where perhaps security personnel might want to look at. very interesting technology, it s used downtown in tampa at the g.o.p. convention. thank you.
[ male announcer ] the citi thank you card. earn points you can use for travel on any airline, with no blackout dates. thanks, martin. an investigation into a car bomb tops our news. police are looking at dna and finger print evidence after a package left on a couple s porch turned tout be a bomb. they put the package in their car and drove off and it exploded.