Major explosion in downtown Nashville

[whoanellie]

From local station WSMV:



The truck is being investigated using a robot. Someone is relaying WSMV's feed from the scene on Periscope.

Thanks for posting that.
THere are reports that the truck was broadcasting a warning/countdown just like the one that exploded.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

Plate or no plate the VIN number is usually recoverable in these kinds of exposures. They went to the address really fast.

Police officer at the scene said he walked around the vehicle looking for tags or any other identifiers and didn't see anything.

It sounds like they got a tip from a neighbor that identified the suspect.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

I can't, they were found on social media and not credited.

But wait a second...what difference does it make? Are you seriously contending those photographs are staged somehow?

It's clearly 2nd Avenue, between Commerce and Church. Here is a capture from Windows Maps "street view".

I see. Thanks. The pictures were at a different angle than I had seen before. I didn't realize there was so much destruction.

It looks like that building that completely collapsed in was right across the street. It looks like the RV was parked right in front of the entrance to the AT&T building.

 

[JoeMorgue]

CNN is now confirming that the police believe that the remains found in the blast site are those of Anthony Quinn Warner, although they are awaiting final DNA test, and that he wa the "person of interest."

 

[RecoveringYuppy]

It looks like that building that completely collapsed in was right across the street. It looks like the RV was parked right in front of the entrance to the AT&T building.

Kind of frustrating that we haven't seen photos of the AT&T building.

 

[Elagabalus]

From local station WSMV:



The truck is being investigated using a robot. Someone is relaying WSMV's feed from the scene on Periscope.

So the bomber is still at large?

The truck seems to be parked out in the middle of nowhere.

https://www.wsmv.com/news/231-south...1-11eb-bec5-b380aabbaeb1.html?block_id=998329

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

Daily Mail: He was weird and paranoid about 5G and was constantly fiddling with his antenna. Info from the neighbors I suppose.

I don't think I have seen any neighbors actually saying he was into 5G conspiracy theories. The Tennessean interviewed neighbors who said he never talked about politics or religion and never had any political signs on his property. They didn't mention anything about 5G.

We will have to wait to see if there is anything to this or just some assumptions about the neighbor's comments that he sometimes saw the guy messing with an antenna attached to his house.

 

[JoeMorgue]

So the bomber is still at large?

The truck seems to be parked out in the middle of nowhere.

https://www.wsmv.com/news/231-south...1-11eb-bec5-b380aabbaeb1.html?block_id=998329

Could very well be a prank, hoax, copy-cat, or other similar event.

 

[carlosy]

The comments in the wsmv stream are hilarious.

 

[portlandatheist]

The comments in the wsmv stream are hilarious.

"It's the riot ribs Truck from Portland"

 

[Thermal]

So the bomber is still at large?

The truck seems to be parked out in the middle of nowhere.

https://www.wsmv.com/news/231-south...1-11eb-bec5-b380aabbaeb1.html?block_id=998329

Don't you hate it when you go to blow up a downtown block and your alternator dies en route? Then you're just sitting there in your Death RV with your apocalypse countdown recording blaring like some Ice Cream Truck from Hell?

 

[Gord_in_Toronto]

From local station WSMV:



The truck is being investigated using a robot. Someone is relaying WSMV's feed from the scene on Periscope.

I really hope this is a hoax because some of the LEOs seem way too close. I'm just watching some one peering into the window of the van.

 

[Stacyhs]

This is weird. Anthony Quinn Warner's house is less than 3 miles from the house I lived in when I lived in Nashville.

 

[TJM]

I really hope this is a hoax because some of the LEOs seem way too close. I'm just watching some one peering into the window of the van.

If you're just tuning in now, it appears the truck was cleared by the bomb squad about 10 minutes ago.

 

[whoanellie]

Don't you hate it when you go to blow up a downtown block and your alternator dies en route? Then you're just sitting there in your Death RV with your apocalypse countdown recording blaring like some Ice Cream Truck from Hell?

The truck being looked at today was stopped by a police officer. It's been reported that the driver is in custody.

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[DevilsAdvocate]

So the bomber is still at large?

The truck seems to be parked out in the middle of nowhere.

https://www.wsmv.com/news/231-south...1-11eb-bec5-b380aabbaeb1.html?block_id=998329

The truck was reported to have been playing similar audio at a convenience store. The truck took off. Someone called police. Police caught up with the truck and pulled it over and detained the driver.

I have not heard anything about what audio the truck was actually playing. It may have been a bad prank or someone misheard something or the radio in the truck was playing a news report that was playing the audio from the truck bomb or any number of things.

 

[Thermal]

The truck being looked at today was stopped by a police officer. It's been reported that the driver is in custody.

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My version is more fun, so I feel like we're going with me on this one.

Bravest cop ever or dumbest?

 

[Elagabalus]

The truck was reported to have been playing similar audio at a convenience store. The truck took off. Someone called police. Police caught up with the truck and pulled it over and detained the driver.

I have not heard anything about what audio the truck was actually playing. It may have been a bad prank or someone misheard something or the radio in the truck was playing a news report that was playing the audio from the truck bomb or any number of things.

I think it was only "DownTown".



Driver was listening to the local classic rock radio station or the Nuttin' but Petula channel on SiriusXM?

 

[Elagabalus]

My version is more fun, so I feel like we're going with me on this one.

Bravest cop ever or dumbest?

+1

It does have a 60's cuckoo crazy The Italian Job vibe to it.

 

[Jim_MDP]

Don't you hate it when you go to blow up a downtown block and your alternator dies en route? Then you're just sitting there in your Death RV with your apocalypse countdown recording blaring like some Ice Cream Truck from Hell?

As a fulltime RVer I'm a bit concerned about what attention I and others are in for over the near future. [emoji15]
Pretty sure I won't be blasting my stereo anytime soon. [emoji1]