Nashville explosion suspect ‘was not on our radar’: TBI director
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By EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News
(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) The suspect in Christmas morning’s Nashville RV explosion was identified after investigators matched tissue found at the blast to DNA from gloves and a hat inside a car the suspect owned, an official said.
Suspected bomber Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, of Antioch, Tennessee, died in the blast.
“He was not on our radar,” Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director David Rausch said Monday.
The TBI said Warner’s only arrest in Tennessee was in 1978 for marijuana possession in Nashville.
DNA Evidence Shows Anthony Quinn Warner Was Bomber Dec 28, 2020 at 07:42 am by WGNS
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See all the photos of downtown Nashville after the bomb blast HERE.
(NASHVILLE) DNA evidence comparing tissue found at the explosion site with that in a personal vehicle used by the person of interest, confirms that Anthony Quinn Warner of Bakertown Road in Antioch was the individual responsible for the Christmas morning bombing in front of the AT&T communications building on 2nd Avenue North in downtown Nashville. Warner perished in that explosion.
Who Was Tony Warner?
With the resources of several hundred investigators from different agencies, along with forensics evidence, the case was quickly solved.
Nashville Bombing Suspect s Remains Found At Scene Of The Blast, FBI Confirms
The FBI said on Sunday that the human remains found at the scene of a massive Christmas Day explosion in Nashville match suspect Anthony Quinn Warner, 63. Earlier Sunday, authorities officially named Warner as a person of interest in the case, one day after searching his home in Antioch, Tennessee. We can tell you Anthony Warner is the man believed to be responsible for this horrible crime, said Nashville Metro police chief John Drake on Sunday afternoon.
CBS News has obtained a photo that law enforcement sources have confirmed is of Warner and being used in the investigation. The FBI later released the photo on social media.