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Police in the United States have released video showing the moment a motorcade exploded in downtown Nashville on Christmas Day, killing the occupant of the vehicle and injuring three others.
The Metro Nashville Police Department shared new surveillance footage of the bomb blast captured by a nearby police camera at 2nd Avenue North and Commerce Street.
The video showed a Nashville police officer walking a block from the motorhome just seconds before it exploded.
The explosion damaged an AT&T building and continued to wreak havoc on cell phone service and police and hospital communications in several southern states as the company worked to restore service, AP reports.
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The video was released hours after authorities identified the person killed in the blast as 63-year-old Anthony Quinn Warner.
US police have yet to establish Warner’s motive for the bombing, so the incident has not yet been labeled as domestic terrorism.
Forensic analysts were reviewing the evidence collected at the blast site to try to identify the components of the explosives, as well as information from the US Bomb Data Center for intelligence and investigative leads, according to an official. police.
Investigators were examining Warner’s fingerprint and financial history, as well as a recent deed transfer to a suburban Nashville home that they recorded.
Metro Nashville Police Department
Surveillance footage captured a motor home that exploded in downtown Nashville on Christmas Day.
The official, who was not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity, said federal agents were examining a number of potential leads and pursuing various theories, including the possibility that the AT&T building was attacked.
Korneski said officials were looking at each and every motive and were interviewing Warner’s acquaintances.
The bombing took place on a festive morning long before the downtown streets were full of activity and was accompanied by a recorded announcement warning everyone nearby that a bomb would soon detonate.
Then, for reasons that may never be known, the audio switched to a recording of Petula Clark’s 1964 hit. City center shortly before the explosion.
AP
This image taken from surveillance video provided by Metro Nashville PD shows an RV that was involved in an explosion on Christmas Day.
Officials said their Warner ID was based on several key pieces of evidence, including DNA found at the blast site. Investigators had previously revealed that human remains had been found in the immediate vicinity.
Additionally, Tennessee Highway Patrol investigators recovered parts of the RV from the wreckage of the blast and were able to link the vehicle identification number to an RV that was registered to Warner’s name, authorities said.
“We are still following leads, but at this time there is no indication that other people are involved,” Korneski said.
FBI / AP
Anthony Quinn Warner was killed in the explosion.
“We have reviewed hours of security video around the RV. We didn’t see any other people involved. ”
Police were responding to a shooting report when they encountered the RV sounding a recorded warning that a bomb would detonate in 15 minutes. Suddenly the warning stopped and City center began to play.
The RV exploded shortly after, sending black smoke and flames from the heart of downtown Nashville’s tourist scene, an area filled with restaurants, shops and restaurants.
– Things, AP
