By Sarah Tate
A new report shows that Nashville Police were told over a year ago that
Anthony Quinn Warner was building a bomb in his RV. Police have identified Warner as the person responsible for the Christmas Day bombing on Second Avenue that took his life and injured three others.
According to recently uncovered documents, Warner s girlfriend warned police in August 2019 of alleged threats he made, despite the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation saying Warner was not on our radar.
According to
The Tennessean, attorney
Raymond Throckmorton III called police on August 21, 2019 to the residence of Warner s girlfriend, who lived about a mile and a half from Warner, where she said that he was building bombs in the RV trailer at his residence. The police report notes that the woman was experiencing a mental health crisis at the time. Metro Nashville Police passed the information along to the FBI, but no other actions appear to have been taken against Warner.
Police had warning in 2019 about the Nashville bomber
Published: December 30, 2020
More than a year before Anthony Warner detonated a bomb in the downtown area of the US city of Nashville Tennessee on Christmas Day, officers visited his home after his girlfriend told police that he was building bombs in a recreational vehicle (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 that he also represented Warner.
Nashville bomber’s girlfriend told police he was making explosives in RV, documents show
Local and federal law enforcement agents were told more than a year ago that Anthony Warner was making explosives, but they were unable to investigate further after he did not respond to knocks on his door.
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In this photo provided by the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, FBI and ATF Evidence Response Teams process the scene, Monday, Dec. 28, of the Christmas Day blast in Nashville, Tenn. FBI/ATF via AP
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 Friday 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, according to police documents.
Nashville man’s girlfriend warned police a year ago that he was building bombs By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and HALELUYA HADERO, Associated Press
Published: December 30, 2020, 10:40am
Share: FILE - This undated file image posted on social media by the FBI shows Anthony Quinn Warner. 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. (Courtesy of FBI via AP, File)
Pamela Perry told police in August 2019 Anthony Warner was making a bomb
They went to his house and saw an RV parked outside, protected by cameras
Nashville police say that Warner s lawyer blocked a search of the RV
Warner s lawyer Raymond Throckmorton cannot recall stopping a search
Throckmorton says he told police Warner was capable of making a bomb
Police said on Tuesday they had no means of pursuing Perry s allegations
Warner killed himself on Christmas Day by blowing up his RV in central Nashville