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Austin Bombing Suspect Killed Himself in Explosion as SWAT Approached

posted by takyon on Wednesday March 21 2018, @10:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the went-out dept.
Austin bomb suspect blows self up as SWAT team approached

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.

Austin serial bombings.

Also at CNN, BBC, and Bloomberg.

Previously: Two Injured in Fourth Package Bombing Incident this Month in Austin, Texas

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 21 2018, @06:01PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 21 2018, @06:01PM (#656248)

    Or its a cover story to account for the reports of hearing gunfire ...

    "It was a traumatic event, its natural for untrained observers to get the order wrong and claim to remember hearing the gunshots first."

    Maybe I'm too cynical when hearing the suspect conveniently killed himself instead of facing trial...

  • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Saturday March 24 2018, @12:25AM

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Saturday March 24 2018, @12:25AM (#657327)

    What kind of beat cops are going to shoot a guy, then go messing with his bomb to set it off to look like the suspect blew himself up? That's just so ridiculously risky that it isn't plausible.

    Besides, if the guy has a bomb on him, then it's extremely unlikely he'd somehow beat the charges; he'd be going to prison for life, or probably get executed (this was TX, they execute tons of people there). Why would cops risk their careers, or their lives, to kill this guy unnecessarily?