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Police close off an area damaged by an explosion on Christmas morning on December 25, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Investigators in the Nashville explosion believed that the suspect blew himself up in the bombing.
Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, who was earlier named as a person of interest in the Nashville bombing, matched the DNA evidence found at the scene, said a report from ABC News. Anthony Warner is the man believed to be responsible for this horrible crime, Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake said at a news conference.
There was also other evidence linked back to the suspect. Douglas Korenski of the Federal Bureau of Investigation s Memphis field office said an identification number from an RV was traced back to a vehicle registered to the suspect.
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On Sunday, investigators said that the suspect in the Christmas morning explosion that rocked downtown Nashville, Tennessee, was identified as Anthony Quinn Warner. Warner, 63, died in the blast.
In charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation s Memphis field office, Special Agent Douglas Korenski said, investigators also matched an RV identification number that officials say blew up to a vehicle registered by Warner.
Korenski further explained that the surveillance video attained by investigators displayed that no one else was seen walking around the vehicle at the time of the blast.
U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, Donald Q. Cochran, added that Warner was present when the bomb detonated and died on the Nashville explosion spot.