Nashville police defend response to 2019 tip that Christmas bomber was building explosives
Derek Hawkins and Griff Witte, The Washington Post
Dec. 30, 2020
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Local and federal law enforcement agents were told more than a year ago that the tech worker who detonated a bomb in downtown Nashville, Tenn., on Christmas morning was making explosives in his recreational vehicle, but they said they were unable to investigate further after he did not respond to knocks on his door.
Nashville police visited Anthony Warner s home on Aug. 21, 2019, after Pamela Perry, a woman who they said identified herself as Warner s girlfriend, told officers that he was building bombs in the RV trailer at his residence, according to an incident report and synopsis from the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. The visit was first reported by The Tennessean.
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A vehicle destroyed in a Christmas Day explosion remains on the street Tuesday in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
(CN) Nashville police went on the defensive Wednesday amid reports the girlfriend of the man who detonated a bomb Christmas morning on a downtown street had warned them in August 2019 that he was building bombs in an RV at his home.
Authorities are trying to figure out what led Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, to set off a bomb in his RV, unleashing a blast that killed him, injured three others and damaged 41 buildings, including an AT&T telecom transmission center, causing cellphone and 911 service outages throughout the Southeast.