Nearly a week after the Christmas morning bombing in Nashville, Tennessee, still little is known about the motivation of the bomber, 63-year-old Anthony Quinn Warner, who packed an RV with explosives and parked it in front of an AT&T transmission building in the early hours of the morning before it detonated, wreaking havoc on downtown Nashville. Warner sat in the vehicle while a speaker blared evacuation warnings before the vehicle exploded, killing only Warner and injuring several others. The blast did extensive damage to 41 buildings, including the AT&T building, which crippled telecommunications throughout the Southeast. In the aftermath of the explosion, state law enforcement said they had no file on Warner and had no indication that he might be dangerous. On Tuesday, however, local media reported a girlfriend of Warner had filed a police report 16 months before the bombing, directing authorities to Warner’s home, 11 miles from the blast site, and telling them he frequently t
Nashville bomber s girlfriend raised red flag year before RV blast
December 30, 2020 / 6:34 AM / CBS/AP Police were warned Nashville suspect was making bombs
Nashville More than a year before he detonated a bomb in downtown Nashville on Christmas, officers visited Anthony Warner s home after his girlfriend told police that he was building bombs in an RV trailer at his residence, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. But they were unable to make contact with him, or see inside his RV. Officers were called to Pamela Perry s home in Nashville on August 21, 2019 after getting a report from her attorney that she was making suicidal threats while sitting on her front porch with firearms, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said Tuesday in an emailed statement. A police report said Raymond Throckmorton, the attorney, told officers that day he also represented Warner.
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More than a year before the explosion that rocked Nashville last week, Anthony Warner s girlfriend told police that he was building bombs in the RV trailer at his residence, according to a police report filed in August 2019.
Yet the report indicates Nashville police never made contact with Warner. Despite having the report in their database, police did not share it with the public until Tuesday evening four days after Warner drove his RV to downtown Nashville, Tenn., and detonated a bomb out of the vehicle, killing himself and injuring at least seven people.
Whether law enforcement had any warning about the bombing has been an open question since the explosion.
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Authorities are still working to determine a motive for the Christmas Day bombing
Published December 30, 2020 •
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More than a year before he detonated a bomb in downtown Nashville on Christmas, officers visited Anthony Warner’s home after his girlfriend told police that he was building bombs in an RV trailer at his residence, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. But they were unable to make contact with him, or see inside his RV.
Officers were called to the girlfriend s Nashville home on Aug. 21, 2019. Raymond Throckmorton, Warner s girlfriend s lawyer, told The Tennessean she had fears about her safety, and thought Warner may harm her. The attorney was also at the scene that day, and told officers Warner “frequently talks about the military and bomb making,” the police report said. Warner “knows what he is doing and is capable of making a bomb,” Throckmorton said to respondin