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Authorities Say Suspect in Nashville Blast Died at Scene

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US authorities said Sunday they have identified Anthony Quinn Warner 63 as the man who blew up a motor home at dawn on Chri
U.S. authorities said Sunday they have identified Anthony Quinn Warner,63, as the man who blew up a motor home at dawn on Christmas, an explosion that rocked a commercial district in the southern city of Nashville, Tennessee. Warner acted alone, authorities said at a press conference in Nashville Sunday. A motive has not been determined, they said. „We’ve come to the conclusion that an individual named Anthony Warner is the bomber, and he was present when the bomb went off and that he perished in the bombing,“ Donald Cochran, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, told a news conference. Investigators used DNA and other evidence to link Warner to the blast. They searched Warner’s home Saturday in the suburb of Antioch about 18 kilometers from the blast site, a Nashville neighborhood filled with country music bars and restaurants. Several neighbors of Warner said they had seen a light-colored recreational vehicle, like the one that blew up Friday, in the backyard of the Antioch duplex over the last several months. Authorities said they are still tracking down numerous other tips and have reached no conclusions about how the explosion unfolded.

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