The FBI and Nashville police are on a manhunt for the perpetrator of a large explosion that went off Friday on 2nd Street North.
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The FBI and Nashville police are on a manhunt for the perpetrator of a large explosion that went off Friday on 2nd Street North. Authorities are calling the event « an intentional act » and have found possible human remains in the area, where a Christmas morning explosion rocked the city’s downtown area and injured three people. A suspect or suspects have not been publicly identified at this time. « We will find out who did this, » FBI Special Agent Matt Foster said during a Friday news conference, according to local news outlet The Tennessean. « This is our city, too. We’re putting everything we have into finding who was responsible for what happened here today. » The FBI’s Memphis field office is investigating along with local officials and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the city of Nashville activated its Emergency Operations Center. A spokesperson for the Department of Justice said Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen « directed that all DOJ [Justice Department] resources be made available to assist in the investigation.
