Nashville bomber sent documents with his views to acquaintances before the explosion, according to the FBI

The documents could provide further information on the motive of the bomber, identified as Anthony Quinn Warner, 63. DeBusk asked those who received the material to contact the FBI.

Warner, of Antioch, Tennessee, died when his RV exploded on North 2nd Avenue, injuring at least eight people and damaging more than 40 buildings, including an AT&T transmission building. In the moments leading up to the explosion, her camper van broadcast ominous warnings from a computerized female voice that it was soon to explode. The unusual warnings prompted police and passers-by to leave the area and limited the human toll.

Warner’s warnings and scant evidence of policy have prevented authorities from calling the bombing an act of terrorism, which by definition is an act in pursuit of a political objective.

Police had heard he was building bombs

Although its motive remains uncertain, Warner’s bomb-making capability had previously been reported to police.

A woman who said she was Warner’s girlfriend told police last year he was making bombs in his camper van, according to a statement and documents provided by the Nashville Metropolitan Police Department at CNN.

On August 21, 2019, police received a call from a lawyer representing Pamela Perry, the woman who said she was Warner’s girlfriend, the MNPD reported last Tuesday. Her lawyer, Raymond Throckmorton, said she made “suicide threats over the phone”.

When police arrived at Perry’s home, they found two pistols unloaded near Perry, which said they belonged to Warner. She told officers she didn’t want them at home anymore and that Warner was “making bombs in the RV trailer at his residence,” according to a “documented” MNPD report.

Police also spoke to Throckmorton, who once represented Warner and was also at Perry’s home. He told authorities that Warner “spoke frequently about the military and bomb making. (Throckmorton) said he believed the suspect knew what he was doing and was able to make a bomb,” according to the report.

An officer observed Warner’s home for several days, but found no evidence of bombing, according to Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake. It would have taken a sign of felony or bomb-making to get a legal search warrant or subpoena, Drake said.

“I think the officers did all they could legally. Maybe we could have done more tracking – the recoil is 20/20,” Drake said. “The officers had no probable reason to get a search warrant. There was a service call for a lady who had two guns, who needed treatment, and so we, you know, her. needed help. There was nothing else to do. Say OK, yeah – you must have a probable cause. “

An officer asked Throckmorton over the phone if he could look inside the motorhome behind the house. The attorney told Officer Warren “didn’t care about the police” and “I’m not going to be able to let you do this,” Drake said.

Throckmorton denied these claims in an interview with CNN affiliate WTVF.

“He was not a current client of mine at the time,” Throckmorton said. “I certainly would never have told him not to check it out when I said, go over there, find out what’s going on.”