Downtown Nashville bombed

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It was Trump.

That gasbag deflated

Any motive?

As of end of business day about 6 to 8 hours ago no motive had been reported.
And searching for news on the thing finds no newer reports.
Also no reports of anyone claiming responsibility.

Three people suffered injuries related to the blast and were in stable condition, Mayor John Cooper said. In addition, 41-area businesses and several homes sustained damage. Several residents were displaced, fire Chief William Swann said.

Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin is experiencing network and systems outages as a result of a Christmas morning explosion in downtown Nashville. According to the hospital, the hospital is currently operating “without access to some of our systems including our electronic medical record.” The hospital “moved quickly” to paper records and said that they “prepare for situations like this.”

All downtown Nashville roads including interstates leading into the center of the city are shut down after an explosion rocked the city early Christmas morning. As of about 5 p.m. Friday, all access into the city inside the downtown loop were closed, including the following interstate systems: Interstate 65, Interstate 24, and Interstate 40.

The computerized voice coming from the parked white motor home loudly asked people to evacuate and warned that the vehicle would explode in minutes. "This vehicle will explode in 15 minutes," the voice said, according to Betsy Williams, who was staying at an apartment on 2nd Avenue. After repeating that message for a minute, the voice then said the vehicle will explode in 14 minutes, and continued counting down from there. As the countdown grew closer to its end, the message from the RV changed, according to surveillance video taken from a building across the street. "If you can hear this message, evacuate now," the voice said at about 6:30 a.m. "If you can hear this message, evacuate now." The vehicle then exploded in a bright flash of light.

Police also tweeted a photo of the RV as it was driven into the area at 1:22 a.m. Friday.


IMHO this is an infrastructure attack. The van was parked right outside AT&T and they were the target.

If it was right-wingers, why would they target a southern state? I thought California and New York were the “Satanic areas”.

I was thinking that it was the opposite. Since it looks like they may have been avoiding hitting civilians, but targeting police, one would assume that they were not MAGA extremists, but were BLM extremists.

But ofcourse we dont really have anything to go on. Gawd only knows what their motive, political, or not, could have been.

They still dont know what motivated that Las Vegas shooter who killed 50 people at that Country music concert.

Buildings shook and windows shattered streets away from the explosion near a building owned by AT&T that lies one block from the company's office tower, a landmark in downtown. AT&T said the affected building is the central office of a telephone exchange, with network equipment in it. The blast interrupted service. The AT&T outages site showed service issues in middle Tennessee and Kentucky on Friday. Several police agencies reported that their 911 systems were down because of the outage, including Knox County, home to Knoxville about 180 miles (290 kilometers) east of Nashville. AT&T said that it was bringing in portable cell sites and was working with law enforcement to get access to make repairs to its equipment. The company noted that “power is essential to restoring” service.

The Federal Aviation Administration temporarily halted flights out of Nashville International Airport because of telecommunications issues associated with the explosion.

Source: Nashville blast: Repairs begin on mangled communications systems

It's not clear that mass shooters like that one have any sort of well-thought-out agenda. They just want to kill as many people as possible within a short time, before the police can stop them. If they do have an agenda, like the guy in Orlando who hated gays, they usually tell you.

As for Nashville, previous comments suggest the motive was to inspire divisiveness, which would actually benefit Russia as much as any foreign or domestic actor.

Until responsibility is claimed, there is no point in speculating on intent or motivation.  Stick to the facts.

I have family who are residents of TN, so I may look for them on Facebook
and message them to determine if they are okay.

Whoever did this may have done so for these:

-An employee (or a group of employees, so perhaps an inside job) who had a huge grudge against AT&T

-Was a customer (or a group of customers) who had a huge grudge against AT&T

-Somebody else outside of AT&T

Authorities have identified a person of interest related to the Nashville bombing on Christmas and searched a home linked to that person, law enforcement officials said. The home investigated by federal and local officers Saturday is in Antioch, about 10 miles southeast of the explosion, authorities told the Associated Press.

Here is a timeline of events on 2020-12-25.
All times are Central Time, unless otherwise stated.

0122: A Ford RV/camper arrives at the tourist district around this time.

0600: Nashville police respond to reports of shots fired near Second Avenue and Commerce Street in the downtown area.  Police see a suspicious vehicle outside a nearby AT&T transmission building. An audio countdown emanates from the RV, saying "Evacuate now. There is a bomb. A bomb is in this vehicle and will explode".

0632: An explosion occurs along Second Avenue North Christmas morning. Nashville Police and Fire personnel responded to the scene of an explosion on 2nd Ave, approximately one block north of Broadway.  Police say it is linked to the recreational vehicle and appears to be an intentional act. 

0645: Emergency crews shut down streets in the downtown area and federal agents are called to the scene. Emergency crews close off a 10-block radius around the site of the explosion. Three people are hospitalized for unspecified injuries. One officer suffers hearing loss as a result of the explosion.

1015: The FBI takes over the investigation, Motive for the explosion has yet to be determined. The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms joins the investigation.

1040: Police are going door-to-door with canine units in the downtown area to search nearby buildings.  Authorities say there is no indication of any additional devices. Traffic downtown is restricted.

1100: Nashville's city bus system, suspends service and closes for precautionary measures.

1201: An AT&T spokesperson confirms that AT&T internet and telephone service is disrupted in the Nashville area. The outage is linked to the explosion, and leads to widespread 911 issues in the Nashville area, and telecommunications issues at Nashville International Airport, halting outbound flights.

1315: Authorities officially confirm that the recreational vehicle that exploded played a recorded message, warning people to evacuate the area before the blast.

1420: Investigators release a photo of the recreational vehicle. "Have you seen this vehicle in our area or do you have information about it?", police asked on various social media outlets. A $30,000 reward is offered.

1458: Multiple sources confirm that Anthony Quinn Warner, a Nashville area resident, had a similar make and model RV as the one in photos released to the public. Warner is described as a 63-year-old White man. Federal agents are at the address listed to Warner. At this time, he is a Person of Interest, and not a suspect.

1618: Authorities find human remains in the vicinity of the explosion in downtown Nashville. The identity of the remains in currently unknown, and it is not immediately clear if the remains are connected to Friday morning's explosion.

1650: Nashville Mayor John Cooper issues a State of Civil Emergency in the area impacted by Friday's explosion. In a tweet, Cooper says the curfew, which began at 5:30 p.m. ET. will be in effect through Sunday at 5:30 p.m. ET.

1712: Nashville Mayor John Cooper says at least 41 separate businesses are impacted by Friday's explosion downtown.

Like the Las Vegas shootings and the Oklahoma City bombing, this could be the act of an individual.

Also if so, I wonder if the human remains found are of the individual.

It seems fairly sophisticated to have been the work of one person acting alone.

Warner lives in neighboring city Antioch, Tennessee and just a month ago transferred the ownership of his home to an unidentified woman in Los Angeles. A neighbor described Warner as quiet to Heavy, slight in build, around 5′ 5″ tall and working in “computers.”



This is a photograph taken a few days ago with an RV parked in a fenced in area of his yard.

Source: FBI Identify Person of Interest in Nashville RV Bombing