Police confirmed during a press conference that the suspected bomber behind the Christmas Day explosion in downtown Nashville has been identified as 63-year-old Anthony Quinn Warner.
According to the investigation Warner, who died during the blast, owned the RV that exploded.
Among the debris left behind were pieces of human tissue that investigators linked to Warner.
Metro Nashville Police Department Spokesman Don Aaron told the Associated Press that it was Warner in the RV but did not provide any more details.
It reported that Warner lived in the Antioch, Tennessee, area and had experience with electronics and alarms. FBI and other law enforcement agencies thoroughly searched his home but found no evidence to suggest that Nashville is in danger.
Witnesses say a woman’s robotic voice came from the RV warning people to evacuate and began a 15-minute countdown to clear the area then just before detonating blasted the 1964 hit “Downtown” by Petula Clark.
Investigators are still trying to determine how Warner could have assembled a bomb and the motive behind the destructive act.
Special agent Douglas Korneski is in charge of the FBI’s Memphis field office and said during a news conference, “It’s just going to take us some time.
He added that “Our investigative team is turning over every stone” to understand who someone would do this.
An AT&T building was damaged in the explosion and continues to cause disruption to cellphone service. Police and hospital communications in several Southern states have also been affected.
