TX - Austin Package Bombs

[CARIIS]

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hail stones are ok

 

[CARIIS]

local traffic is fine

 

[jjenny]

https://www.statesman.com/news/loca...ility-authorities-say/CVO2PqvqF9qN8tAQgdw4GK/

Second package at FedEx facility is purported to also be a bomb. The fact that it is unexploded is a huge coup for law enforcement. This has tremendous evidentiary value.

Yes, for sure. They can try to collect physical evidence off it. Fingerprints, DNA, etc.

 

[human]

In my life I am always making mistakes. I leave my phone at home. I forget my check book. I dial a wrong number.Those are ones I catch. Who knows what I do that I do not notice.

He has to be flying high. It is hard to imagine he won’t or has not made mistakes. If he is alone, he has no one to discuss best methods; possible flaws in his plans.

It seems like some of these criminals get busted by silly errors. I am hoping

 

[sknikixel]

Living in Austin, the thing that really concerns me now is how this is escalating. If in fact he walked into the Brodie Lane FedEx to drop off those packages, he HAD to know there are probably a ton of cameras in that strip mall. I am worried he doesn't care about getting caught or wants to get caught, and is planning a major attack as LE closes in. I am very concerned for all of our safety.

BBM
UT student here. This is also my concern. His tripwire bomb was only 5 miles from campus and 5 and a half from where I live. I'm very afraid of a "grand finale".

There was a heavy police presence on campus today.

 

[Eclipse]

So the bomber was near San Antonio?

"The chairman of the U.S. House Homeland Security committee says federal authorities informed him investigators have obtained surveillance videos in Austin that "could possibly" show a suspect in the package bombing at a FedEx distribution center near San Antonio."

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/latest-trump-blames-texas-bombings-sick-individual-53879319

 

[watergirl62]

Victim with nails embedded in knees with severed artery expected to leave hospital soon. This is the incident 4 victim. His grandfather was the one who spoke to media about his injuries. KXAN 6pm news.

 

[arkansasmimi]

BBM
UT student here. This is also my concern. His tripwire bomb was only 5 miles from campus and 5 and a half from where I live. I'm very afraid of a "grand finale".

There was a heavy police presence on campus today.

There were tweets showing taking a bomb sniffing dog in UT mail room, then later the fire alarm went off but no smoke. It was cleared a while later. That JMHO that was the police you happen to see. They have been busy. Bless them all.

 

[sknikixel]

There were tweets showing taking a bomb sniffing dog in UT mail room, then later the fire alarm went off but no smoke. It was cleared a while later. That JMHO that was the police you happen to see. They have been busy. Bless them all.

Ahh, makes sense. Yes, I'm sure they are all working night and day to keep an entire city safe. We are so grateful!!

 

[watergirl62]

Ahh, makes sense. Yes, I'm sure they are all working night and day to keep an entire city safe. We are so grateful!!

Mail room is on west mall?

 

[katydid23]

One of my friends who was deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan was just talking to me about the bomber. He said that many serviceman, who dealt with IEDS[ Improvised explosive devices] would know how to assemble various types of bombs.

He thinks it might be an ex-infantry soldier.

 

[sknikixel]

Mail room is on west mall?

The main campus post office is on West Mall. I saw four police cars in front of Jester but there are mailrooms in multiple student housing units so that's when they must've been conducting their sweeps.

 

[arkansasmimi]

Mail room is on west mall?

Here is the link to the tweet I was speaking of this morning at UT Mailroom https://twitter.com/UTAustinPolice/status/976114237616640000

 

[arkansasmimi]

The main campus post office is on West Mall. I saw four police cars in front of Jester but there are mailrooms in multiple student housing units so that's when they must've been conducting their sweeps.

Jester is where they went for the fire alarms
UT Austin Police
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Jester Academic is evacuating for a fire alarm. No sign of smoke at this time. AFD, FPS, and UTPD investigating.

 

[arkansasmimi]

Private Delivery Service where the 2 packages were sent from*

Jennifer Kendall
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@jenniferonFOX7
Better shot of the inside of the FedEx on Brodie Ln. There are several surveillance cameras inside. Two by the door, six by the shipping area, several more throughout the store @fox7austin #austinbombings
https://twitter.com/jenniferonFOX7/...ings http://on.nbcdfw.com/nJw71OL 6936443904

 

[sknikixel]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/us/austin-bomb-san-antonio-fedex.html

Investigators may have more clues to work with than the bomb-maker might expect.

“Shrapnel is critical to this analysis,” said Mr. Van Zandt, the former F.B.I. profiler. “If investigators look at the shrapnel from all five devices and see the same kind of nails or ball bearings, for instance, that would connect the devices to the same bomb builder. Investigators could then canvass hardware stores in Austin, or all over Texas for that matter, looking for someone who bought quantities of these things.”

The locations of the explosions is also significant. All of the four bombings in Austin occurred in residential neighborhoods near highways and major thoroughfares, suggesting to investigators that the suspect may be doing significant getaway planning and may not even live in Austin.

 

[watergirl62]

Jester is where they went for the fire alarms
UT Austin Police
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@UTAustinPolice
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Jester Academic is evacuating for a fire alarm. No sign of smoke at this time. AFD, FPS, and UTPD investigating.

Aside: PCL is right across from Jester, where that shooter committed suicide 8 years ago. Scary.

https://americanlibrariesmagazine.o...oting-rampage-ends-tragically-in-the-library/

 

[CARIIS]

local news is exploring

it is it normal to feel anxiety while people are being blown up where you live


?????????????

I will let you all know after the peice is done

wtf

weather forecast is the same

some golfer is still gonna golf

clorox is still 12 cents less ( general manager suggests that if you are not in real need of the clorox stay home instead of getting blown up )

give me a break

which is exactly what i think is so not ok

breaks

here during pulse our locals remained 24.7 for like a week nonstop

people need that its comforting

coming in and seeing clorox is very minimizing

 

[CARIIS]

Earlier today Trump stated " this is awful".

 

[EuTuCroquet?]

I find it interesting that the reporters have not been using one certain hashtag. I am wondering if LEO/FBI have asked them not to. Def will be very tight lipped what info they release. JMHO

News organizations don’t often use hashtags when reporting breaking/news events, in my experience. What’s the hashtag you’re talking about? I’m not familiar with one — I’m out of the loop!