Austin Texas Serial Bomber

[Raffit78]

Not sure if you guys have heard, so far 4 bombs have been detonated. few have died and few are injured. Story developing.


http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/03/1...ngs-show-similarities-work-serial-bomber.html

 

[Singleton]

Good friend of mine is covering the story for news. His wife is not linking this story at all.

 

[beaverretriever]

Holy crap that's terrible. Makes you really think about everything you do and no matter how aware of your surroundings you are there is nothing you can do sometimes.


BTW, they should really think about outlawing bombs.

 

[GRADS]

Kind of reminds me of the Unabomber. I was actually in the one of the buildings that one of his bombs blew up in about an hour before the explosion. Makes you think.

 

[RiverDave]

Psycho for sure..

 

[rivrrts429]

Why is post #4 missing?









[emoji1]

 

[wsuwrhr]

Why is post #4 missing?

Smart man is why.

 

[wishiknew]

Why is post #4 missing?









[emoji1]

you have grads on ignore

 

[RitcheyRch]

Scary times we are in. Seems like people are out to kill or seriously injure anyone for apparently no reason at all.

 

[Singleton]

Heading to the Final Four in San Antonio with press passes, and just received the security debrief this afternoon. They are forecasting 1-2 hours to clear press into the stadium.

 

[wallnutz]

Austin turned blue on the political map, bet you it’s not somebody on the red side. Hate to say it.

 

[GRADS]

Why is post #4 missing?









[emoji1]

It blew up?

 

[TX Foilhead]

Austin turned blue on the political map, bet you it’s not somebody on the red side. Hate to say it.

Austin has always been slightly to the right of San Francisco. I grew up there and it seemed normal, once I moved a little farther west I turn on the news and it’s WTF are those people thinking.

 

[wallnutz]

Austin has always been slightly to the right of San Francisco. I grew up there and it seemed normal, once I moved a little farther west I turn on the news and it’s WTF are those people thinking.

I have a friend that lives in Houston that has family in Austin he can’t believe how bad it has gotten. He even calls it Caltex.lol

 

[WhatExit?]

Package explodes at Texas FedEx facility, likely linked to Austin serial bomber

A package bomb that exploded at a FedEx facility near San Antonio early Tuesday is likely linked to attacks by a serial bomber that have killed two people in Austin, a federal official said.

"It would be silly for us not to admit that we suspect it’s related” into four bombings in Austin this month, FBI San Antonio spokeswoman Michelle Lee said.

The incident happened at about 12:30 a.m. at the FedEx Ground distribution center in Schertz, Texas. Schertz police said the explosion came from a package in the sorting area of the facility.

One person was treated for injuries and released at the scene, the police department said in a statement. Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the FBI were sent to the scene as well as SWAT and bomb squads from the San Antonio Police Department.

Four explosions about 80 miles away in Austin this month have killed two people and wounded four more. Authorities have said those blasts most likely were connected.

The most recent Austin blast seriously wounded two men Sunday in a quiet southwest neighborhood of the Texas capital.

“Clearly, we are dealing with a serial bomber,” Police Chief Brian Manley said after that attack.

The chief also said 500 law enforcement officials involved in the case at the local, state and federal levels have found “persons of interest,” but no clear suspects have emerged. Authorities have asked residents to share home-security video for clues.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the state is committing $265,000 to the effort to solve the bombings.

“I want to ensure everyone in the Austin region and the entire state that Texas is committed to providing every resource necessary to make sure these crimes are solved as quickly as possible,” Abbott said. “I offer my sincere thanks to law enforcement at the local, state and federal level for their efforts to ensure that those responsible for these attacks are apprehended and brought to justice.”

 

[73hondo]

We are here and its a bit scary since we get a lot of deliveries to the house. Keep reminding the wife to look twice before approaching or picking up anything at the house or Biz. I think this is a skilled individual considering the success rate so far.

 

[RitcheyRch]

Early reports are he blew himself up as police were closing in on him.

https://www.statesman.com/news/brea...e-close-official-says/KZmUAGvKlNazDr31EzeUzI/

A man whom authorities were attempting to arrest early Wednesday in a string of bombing attacks in Austin killed himself with an explosive device as authorities closed in, a high-ranking law enforcement official told the American-Statesman.

The official said authorities identified a suspect in the past 24 hours based largely on information gained after police said the suspect shipped an explosive device from a FedEx store in Sunset Valley, a suburb surrounded by Austin. That evidence included security video.

Authorities also relied upon store receipts showing suspicious transactions from the person and obtained a search warrant for his Google search history that showed him conducting searches they considered suspicious, the official said.

Authorities relied upon cell phone technology to trace the suspect to a hotel in Williamson County, the official said.

 

[copterzach]

Austin serial bombing suspect killed in dramatic confrontation; ID'd as 24-year-old manhttp://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/03/21/austin-bombing-suspect-kills-self-with-explosive-as-police-close-in-report.html


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[WhatExit?]

PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (Reuters) - An unemployed 24-year-old man suspected of a three-week bombing campaign in Texas that killed two people and injured five others blew himself up on the side of a highway as police closed in on him early Wednesday, authorities said.

Police had tracked the suspect to a hotel about 20 miles (32 km) north of Austin, the state capital, and were following his vehicle when he pulled to the side of the road and detonated a device, killing himself, Austin Police Chief Brian Manley told reporters near the scene.

"The suspect is deceased and has significant injuries from a blast that occurred from detonating a bomb inside his vehicle," Manley told reporters. He declined to further identify the suspect, except to say he was white.

Investigators had tracked him for a couple of days before closing in at an unidentified hotel in Round Rock, Texas, not for from his home in Pflugerville, Governor Greg Abbott told Fox News on Wednesday.

"We've known for a couple of days who the suspect likely was," Abbott said. "Law enforcement is at his house in Pflugerville where we are learning whether or not that was the location he was making his bombs."

The governor added that the suspect is believed to have lived with two roommates, who are not currently considered suspects, Abbott said. The suspect was not a military veteran, Abbott said.

Texas law enforcement officials blocked off the street where the suspect lived, not far from where the first bomb went off on March 2, killing one person.

Jay Schulze, a 42-year-old network engineer, said on Wednesday he lived a few houses away from the bombing suspect and that the suspect and his friends would hang out late at night.

"They would be out in back playing music and partying pretty late," Schulze said.

While jogging on Tuesday night, Schulze noticed a heavy police presence in the area, with drones flying overhead. He said he was stopped briefly by a person who he thought was an FBI agent.


uthorities had 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 said at a news conference.

Police did not name the bomber, but two law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation identified him to NBC News as Mark Anthony Conditt.

Images show Austin bomber dropping off packages while wearing a wig

 

[LazyLavey]

The lib Media is real obvious to announce that the suspect is a 'white" man.... now that he's dead and it really doesn't matter what race he was

Funny thing is, when the media reports a crime and the suspect is outstanding they almost always leave the suspects race out of the report...... even when showing a pic of the perp

 

[Ziggy]

The perp went poof.
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At least he won't cost taxpayers lunch money for the next 40 yrs

 

[nowski]

Unfortunately, he had already taken a couple of innocent lives...

 

[PainterShane]

Glad he blew himself off the face of the earth.

 

[Deja_Vu]

Makes you wonder what his ultimate goal was. Glad he went to FedEx to mail a package so they could find the bastard.

 

[WhatExit?]

Mark Anthony Conditt was named Wednesday as the serial bomber behind the string of blasts that terrorized Texas for three weeks and left two people dead, as officials warned residents that other explosive devices may still be out there.

The first photo of Conditt, from 2013, emerged Wednesday morning and was authenticated by the Austin American-Statesman. The picture came from the Facebook page of his mom, Danene Conditt, who appeared to be celebrating Mark's high school graduation.

“I officially graduated Mark from High School on Friday," her post said. "1 down, 3 to go. He has 30 hrs of college credit too, but he’s thinking of taking some time to figure out what he wants to do….maybe a mission trip. Thanks to everyone for your support over the years.”

Mark Anthony Conditt was identified Wednesday as the Austin serial bomber.

Conditt, who a law enforcement official told Fox News is the Austin bomber, was home-schooled and went to Austin Community College, according to neighbors.

“I know this is a cliché, but I just can’t imagine that,” a neighbor told the Austin American-Statesman on the condition of anonymity, and whose children grew up playing with Conditt.

Authorities have said Conditt was 24, but public records obtained by the Statesman indicate he was 23.

He and his father, Pat Conditt, purchased a Pflugerville property last year that is now valued at about $69,000, according to property records. Another neighbor who was not named told KVUE that Conditt was from "one of the nicest families you'd want to have," and was "extremely surprised' to find out he was behind the deadly bombings.

Authorities investigate the home of the suspected Austin serial bomber in Pflugerville, Texas. (KEYE-TV)

"I can tell you is that we're praying for the family, and I can't imagine what they're going through," he said. The neighbor who spoke to the Statesman said Mark Conditt had been living in that house, which he built with his father’s help.

Conditt had worked at Crux Semiconductor, a manufacturer "solutions" company, in Austin as a "purchasing Agent/buyer/shipping and receiving," according to a profile on a job recruiting website, and had previously worked as a computer repair technician, according to the Statesman.

The mayor of Pflugerville said he lived only two blocks away from Conditt in a part of the city known as Old Town.

Authorities investigate the home of the suspected Austin serial bomber in Pflugerville, Texas. (KEYE-TV)

Mayor Victor Gonzales told The Associated Press that police had surveillance on the home overnight Tuesday, though he said he didn't personally know the family. Gonzales told the AP he had concerned neighbors approaching him because of the large police presence in the neighborhood, but he let them know everything would be OK.

Meanwhile, authorities boasted of uncovering a "treasure trove of information" about the dead 24-year-old -- but officials warned other explosives may still be out there, and other collaborators may be on the loose.

Officials investigate the scene where a suspect in a series of bombing attacks in Austin blew himself up as authorities closed in, Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Round Rock, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

"We don't know where this suspect has spent his past 24 hours, and therefore we still need to remain vigilant to make sure that no other devices have been left out in the community," Gonzales told reporters.

Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said communities surrounding Round Rock, where Conditt blew himself up as SWAT officers closed in, should "remain vigilant" as officials work to put together a timeline for where the suspect has been.

The alleged bombing suspect is deceased but we still want our residents to be vigilant regarding suspicious packages. If you see something suspicious, call 911. pic.twitter.com/d7Rk0egK64

— Round Rock Police (@roundrockpolice) March 21, 2018
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told "FOX & Friends" the suspect did not destroy his digital footprint, and that there is a "treasure trove of information that should shed light on who he is, what he did, and why he was doing it."

Abbott said Conditt, who is not ex-military, did not post things on social media beforehand that would be "red flags," and that he lived with two roommates in Pflugerville, located about 20 miles north of Austin.

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"Those two roommates have been talking to law enforcement," Abbott said, adding they are not suspects at this time.

The Texas governor said authorities are now going to spend the next 24 hours trying to figure out if anyone else was working with Conditt, and if there are any other bombs out there.

Conditt didn't appear to have left much of a trail on social media, but in 2012 posts on what appears to be his personal blog he expressed opinions about a range of topics, including gay marriage.

A blogger who identified himself as Mark Conditt of Pflugerville, made six entries, all in 2012, in which he wrote that he thinks gay marriage should be illegal and that sex offender registries should be eliminated, according to a copy of the posts obtained by TMZ.

Officials investigate the scene where a suspect in a series of bombing attacks in Austin blew himself up as authorities closed in, Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Round Rock, Texas (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

"You have to really hate the guy to make him suffer for the rest of his life, even when his prison time is up," he wrote.

He also described his interests as cycling, tennis and listening to music, according to images of the blog posted by TMZ.

FBI Agent Christopher Combs, head of the agency's San Antonio office, said authorities have a "long day ahead" as they work to go through "exactly what happened."

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Austin PD: Suspected bomber is dead
"We are concerned there may be other packages still out there, we need the public to remain vigilant, especially today as we go through the investigation," Combs said.

AUSTIN SERIAL BOMBING SUSPECT KILLED IN DRAMATIC CONFRONTATION; ID'd AS 24-YEAR-OLD MAN


Fred Milanowski, agent in charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms' Houston Field Division, told reporters that investigators believe Conditt built all four of the package bombs that have blown up in Austin, but it's "hard to say" whether he was acting alone.

He added that the bomb that killed Conditt was "a significant explosive device."

When asked later if Conditt built bombs prior to the start of the spree in Austin, Milanowski responded: "We know when he bought some of the components. It's hard to say whether he was building along the way."

Austin Mayor Steve Adler thanked law enforcement for their work in bringing down the suspect, but urged residents to continue to report anything that appeared suspicious or out of place.

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"There's got to be an absolute sense of relief as well as gratitude for this army of law enforcement officials that have done," he told "FOX & friends."

The suspect's death on Wednesday came a day after a package exploded as it passed along a conveyor belt at a FedEx shipping center in Schertz, northeast of San Antonio and about 60 miles southwest of Austin. One worker reported ringing in her ears and was treated at the scene.

AUSTIN PACKAGE BOMB ATTACKS TIMELINE

Later in the morning, police sent a bomb squad to a FedEx facility outside the Austin airport to check on a suspicious package. Federal agencies and police later said that package had contained an explosive that was successfully intercepted and that it, too, was tied to the other bombings.

FedEx said in a statement that it was able to provide law enforcement "with key evidence leading to the identification of the suspect responsible for the bombing" because of the company's "advanced security capabilities and the vigilance of our team members."

A police officer stops a vehicle at a check point in front of a FedEx distribution center where a package exploded, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Schertz, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

"Regarding our contribution to the effort, U.S. Representative Michael McCaul, chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, was quoted this morning as saying, 'I hope his biggest mistake was going through FedEx,' FedEx President and Chief Operating Officer David J. Bronczek said in a statement. "We are grateful that none of our FedEx team members have been seriously injured, and our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of these senseless attacks, as well as to the entire Austin community."

Two men were injured on Sunday after a bomb exploded in an Austin neighborhood that was triggered by a trip wire, which officials said contained a "higher level of sophistication" than agents saw in three package bombs previously left on doorsteps.

A map shows the location of each the bombings in Austin. (Fox News/Bing)

The first was a package bomb that exploded at a northeast Austin home on March 2, killing 39-year-old Anthony Stephen House. Two more package bombs then exploded farther south on March 12, killing 17-year-old Draylen Mason, wounding his mother and injuring Esperanza Herrera, 75.