The suspect in a spate of bombings that terrorized residents of Austin, Texas, died after detonating an explosive inside his vehicle as a SWAT team approached to apprehend him on the side of a highway, officials said.
Early Wednesday, authorities tracked the suspect — a 24-year-old white man — to a hotel in Round Rock, a city in the Austin metropolitan area, Austin Police Chief Brian Manley told a news conference early Wednesday.
They tracked his vehicle until it pulled over on Interstate 35 and the suspect "detonated a bomb inside the vehicle, knocking one of our SWAT officers back and one of our officers fired on the vehicle as well," Manley said.
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Previously: Two Injured in Fourth Package Bombing Incident this Month in Austin, Texas
(Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Wednesday March 21 2018, @04:31PM (1 child)
Before all this went down this morning, I read that it was an accident, the classic case of someone donating a live grenade to Goodwill.
https://www.statesman.com/news/local/breaking-officials-responding-possible-new-explosion-goodwill-store-brodie-lane/WbCpRxpJs3jSXWZtTLz8sN/ [statesman.com]
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(Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Wednesday March 21 2018, @07:45PM
Explains much, thank you Takyon.
This sig for rent.