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Recently launched 911 calls have revealed panic and confusion among terrified residents during the massive explosion that swept through downtown Nashville on Christmas Day.
Nashville dispatchers began receiving calls just before 6 a.m. last Friday after several panicked residents called to report what they initially believed were shots fired near Second Avenue North.
It was later revealed to be a bomb detonated by Anthony Quinn. Warner, 63, who blew himself up in a motor home shortly before dawn, causing massive destruction to 41 buildings downtown.
The RV issued a warning before it exploded, and police were quickly clearing the area when it detonated, killing Warner but no one else.
In a chilling audio recording released by the Nashville Emergency Communications Center on Wednesday, a woman is heard frantically calling for help after telling dispatchers that her building was collapsing.
‘My whole building collapsed and is collapsing. I live in [address] please come. Please come, ‘says the woman, identified as Mallory, while explaining that she doesn’t know what’s going on.
The Nashville Emergency Communications Center on Wednesday launched a series of 911 calls since the Christmas Day bombing.
Debris debris on the sidewalk in front of buildings damaged in an explosion on Christmas Day Tuesday
As the dispatcher tries to jot down her information, the woman is heard panting, fighting for her shoes and her dog as she rushes to evacuate.
The ceiling is caving in, oh my gosh. Oh my God. I don’t know what’s going on, ‘he says on the call. We have to go out. We can’t be up here. My God, I think it’s a blast.
In another heartbreaking clip, a man named Brian tells police he believes there is a gunman in a four-story building after hearing gunshots.
Christmas terrorist Anthony Quinn Warner claimed to have cancer before attack
“There have been three rounds of gunfire inside the building,” he says.
First, about seven or eight minutes ago, and then about five minutes ago. ‘
When asked if she wanted to speak to the officers after they arrived at the scene, she replied, “No, I’m too scared to leave the apartment.”
Elsewhere, around the same time, another woman dialed 911 after listening to the attacker’s RV recording with a recorded warning that a bomb would detonate in 15 minutes.
We have a recording here that says there is a limited time to evacuate this area on Second Avenue North in downtown Nashville. Are you guys? she asks.
“There is a recording that says there is a limited time to evacuate this area,” there is a large bomb inside this vehicle. “Can you send the police here?
While I’m getting dressed, could you send the police here? Sorry I’m in a panic.
The blast took place before the downtown streets were bustling with activity and was accompanied by a recorded advertisement from the motorhome (pictured) warning anyone nearby that a bomb would soon detonate.
Heartbreaking images taken Monday show the aftermath of the Christmas Day blast in downtown Nashville as investigators search for “each and every possible motive” for the bombing.
Authorities from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) were seen processing the area where the explosion occurred.
The woman explained that the recording had been playing “over and over” outside and that she could not determine if it came from a police vehicle.
The dispatcher, who at the time was apparently unaware that the attacker was driving the RV, tells the woman that they had only received reports of gunfire so far.
The launch of the 911 calls comes after authorities revealed that Warner had told its neighbor that “the world will never forget me” days before the massive explosion that injured at least eight people.
Police were responding to a shooting report Friday when they encountered the RV sounding a recorded warning that a bomb would detonate in 15 minutes.
Suddenly the warning stopped and Petula Clark’s hit ‘Downtown’ began to play.
The caravan exploded shortly thereafter, sending black smoke and flames from the heart of downtown Nashville’s tourist scene, an area lined with restaurants, shops and restaurants.
Emergency personnel work near the scene of an explosion in downtown Nashville
Nashville Police Chief John Drake, left, joins a group of police officers as they hug after speaking at a news conference Sunday. The officers are part of a group of officers credited with evacuating people before an explosion occurred in downtown Nashville early on Christmas morning.
Buildings shook and windows ripped through streets away from the blast near an AT&T-owned building that sits a block from the company’s office tower, a downtown landmark.
Authorities said Warner, 63, was not known to police before the Christmas blast.
Investigators have not discovered a singular motive for the act, nor was it revealed why Warner had selected the particular location for the bombing.
Warner left clues suggesting he planned the bombing and intended to commit suicide, but a clear motive remained elusive.
‘We hope to get an answer. Sometimes it just isn’t possible, ” David Rausch, director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, said in an interview on NBC’s Today show Monday. ‘The best way to find a reason is to talk to the individual. We won’t be able to do that in this case. ‘
Authorities said Warner is believed to have acted alone and used his credit card to purchase chemical precursors and security alarms.
Warner, who according to public records had experience with electronics and alarms and who had also worked as a computer consultant for a Nashville real estate agent, had been considered a person of interest in the bombing since at least Saturday when federal investigators and locals converged on a suburban Nashville home linked to him.
Federal agents could be seen looking around the property, searching the home and backyard.
A Google Maps image captured in May 2019 showed a recreational vehicle similar to the one that exploded parked in the backyard but was not on the property Saturday, according to an Associated Press reporter at the scene.
Authorities said their identification of Warner was based on several key pieces of evidence, including DNA found at the scene of the blast. Investigators had previously revealed that human remains had been found in the immediate vicinity.
Additionally, Tennessee Highway Patrol investigators recovered parts of the recreational vehicle from the debris of the blast and were able to link the vehicle’s identification number to a recreational vehicle that was registered to Warner’s name, authorities said.
