03-21-2018, 02:59 PM
Austin Bombing Updates
LE identified Conditt as a person of interest after going to all the local stores and reviewing the receipts for the household items they'd determined were used to make the bombs. They got a search warrant to access his Google records and found suspicious searches.
After Monday's explosion at Fed Ex, they got the big break through the surveillance video and knew they had their guy.
LE tracked him to a hotel where he was located inside his car in the parking lot. He took off when SWAT attempted to surround him and he detonated a bomb which exploded when he drove into a ditch.
LE has been at his parents' house all day looking for clues and information. They say the parents are being very cooperative and there's nothing to indicate that the parents had any knowledge.
Conditt was from a religious family and he and his siblings had been home-schooled by his mother. He was 23 (not 24 as previously noted) and attended Austin Community College sometime recently.
Conditt is being described by those who knew him as "quiet", "nerdy", "smart", "polite" -- there's no known history of violence or mental illness at this point.
The big question is what was his motive. Racial hate crime has not been ruled out. I'm sure LE is looking at all other angles as well. Hopefully, he left a manifesto or direct statement as to why he terrorized the city and became a murderer. If not, LE may be able to determine motive via interviews with those who knew him and internet searches/posts.
Sources:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/21/us/austin...index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/us/au...spect.html
LE identified Conditt as a person of interest after going to all the local stores and reviewing the receipts for the household items they'd determined were used to make the bombs. They got a search warrant to access his Google records and found suspicious searches.
After Monday's explosion at Fed Ex, they got the big break through the surveillance video and knew they had their guy.
LE tracked him to a hotel where he was located inside his car in the parking lot. He took off when SWAT attempted to surround him and he detonated a bomb which exploded when he drove into a ditch.
LE has been at his parents' house all day looking for clues and information. They say the parents are being very cooperative and there's nothing to indicate that the parents had any knowledge.
Conditt was from a religious family and he and his siblings had been home-schooled by his mother. He was 23 (not 24 as previously noted) and attended Austin Community College sometime recently.
Conditt is being described by those who knew him as "quiet", "nerdy", "smart", "polite" -- there's no known history of violence or mental illness at this point.
The big question is what was his motive. Racial hate crime has not been ruled out. I'm sure LE is looking at all other angles as well. Hopefully, he left a manifesto or direct statement as to why he terrorized the city and became a murderer. If not, LE may be able to determine motive via interviews with those who knew him and internet searches/posts.
Sources:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/21/us/austin...index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/us/au...spect.html