The man, identified as the suspect in Nashville’s Christmas Day bombing, apparently got rid of his expensive belongings – including his home – and told people he was ill or retiring in the weeks leading up to the blast.
Anthony Quinn Warner gave his ex-girlfriend his car and told her he was suffering from cancer, according to The New York Times. Just before the Thanksgiving, he handed over the deed to his home, although additional details were not included in the report.
The IT consultant, who went with “Tony” to those in his neighborhood of Antioch, Tennessee, told a client just three weeks before Friday morning’s blast that he would retire.
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Metro-Nashville Police Department officials responded to a report of shots fired Friday morning when they encountered Warner’s RV parked near a building owned by AT&T, and a recording of a warning that ‘ a bomb would explode within 15 minutes.
This undated image posted by the FBI on social media shows Anthony Quinn Warner. (Thanks to FBI via AP)
The sound then switched to a recording of Petula Clark’s hit “Downtown” in 1964. The RV exploded shortly thereafter, around 6:30 a.m. local time, just one block from AT & T’s popular office tower.
The blast damaged dozens of buildings and injured three people, but Warner was killed. The bombing also continued to wreak havoc on the telephone service and police and hospital communications in several southern states while the company worked to restore service.
Officials announced Sunday that they believe Warner acted alone, but that they did not disclose any motives in the attack. Authorities said Warner was not known to law enforcement prior to the blast.
Warner, whose public reports show he had experience with electronics and alarms and also worked as a computer consultant for a real estate agent in Nashville, has been seen as a person of interest in the bombing since at least Saturday as federal and local investigators. in suburban Nashville linked to him.
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Federal agents were seen searching the property and searching the house and backyard. A Google Maps image captured in May 2019 shows a similar recreational vehicle parked in the backyard, but according to an Associated Press reporter at the scene, it was not on the property Saturday.
Officials said their identification of Warner is based on several pieces of evidence, including DNA found at the blast site. Investigators earlier revealed that human remains had been found in the area.
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In addition, investigators from the Tennessee Highway Patrol recovered parts of the RV between the wreckage and were able to link the vehicle identification number to an RV registered with Warner.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.