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Suspect Behind Nashville Bombing Not on Police Radar

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   U.S. investigators say the man behind Nashville's Christmas Day bombing
   was "not on our radar" as they continued to work to determine a motive
   in Friday's explosion that injured three people.

   "He was not someone that was identified as a person of interest for the
   bureau, and so we were not familiar with this individual until '¦ this
   incident," said David Rausch, director of the Tennessee Bureau of
   Investigation, while speaking to reporters via a Zoom conference.

   Authorities on Sunday identified 63-year-old Anthony Quinn Warner as
   the man who blew up a motor home at dawn in a neighborhood of
   Tennessee's southern city of Nashville, killing himself. The blast
   damaged dozens of buildings and disrupted telecommunications systems in
   the neighborhood, which is filled with country music bars and
   restaurants.

   Investigators used DNA and other evidence such as locating the vehicle
   identification number from the motor home and tips from the public to
   link Warner to the explosion.

   Rausch said on Monday that Warner's mother was cooperating with the
   investigation but that the motive for the explosion was still not
   clear. He said Warner's only arrest was for a 1978 marijuana-related
   charge.

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