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Austin serial bombing suspect killed in dramatic confrontation; ID'd as 24-year-old man
Fox News.com ^ | March 21, 2018 | Bradford Betz, Elizabeth Zwirz

Posted on 03/21/2018 5:22:56 AM PDT by Kaslin

The suspected serial bomber who killed two people and terrorized Austin, Texas, for three harrowing weeks was killed in a dramatic confrontation with police overnight Wednesday, authorities said.

The suspect, identified by police early Wednesday as a 24-year old male, was killed near the motel he was traced to by authorities using surveillance footage from a Federal Express drop-off store and cell phone triangulation technology, according to The Austin American-Statesman.

The man, whose name was not released, died after fleeing the motel in a car, with police hot on his tail. He drove into a ditch, sparking the fatal confrontation.

"We wanted this to come to a peaceful resolution tonight," said Austin Police Chief Brian Manley. "However, we were not afforded that opportunity when he started to drive away."

Police said the man detonated two package bombs as police closed in, firing at him. It was not immediately clear whether he died from the bombs or shots fired by police. One officer was knocked back by the blasts, but none were seriously hurt.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: homicide; millennial; seebreakingnews
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To: Alberta's Child

“They removed the tracking device from one of their cars and put it on a city bus. LOL.”

Is that where these fugitives got that idea ? I know a lot of times they find the outlets on many buses and plug the phones in. It reads that until someone unplugs it.


161 posted on 03/21/2018 9:27:40 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: Drawsing

“It is officially “FedEx”, with FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Freight etc...”
They were going to buy UPS, but no one would accept a company called FedUp!!


162 posted on 03/21/2018 9:28:43 AM PDT by 9422WMR
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To: Mr. K

Yes I do ! Look for a freepmail coming shortly.


163 posted on 03/21/2018 9:28:56 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: Dubh_Ghlase

Holy smokes ! These cats sound dangerous.

Oh well, we’re ready. Whatever, commies. Bring it.


164 posted on 03/21/2018 9:31:27 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: Gay State Conservative
But how would that be true if the battery was removed?

And people wonder why smart phone batteries are not removable.

165 posted on 03/21/2018 9:33:00 AM PDT by itsahoot (There will be division, as long as there is money to be divided.)
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To: Garvin

HA!

I began Nuclear Weapons Specialist training at age 17, in 1971 at Lowry AFB, CO.


166 posted on 03/21/2018 9:39:30 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: Deo volente
"Someone made a comment 20 minutes ago on the sister’s FB page that police have arrested another man from the bomber’s house."

An article I read said one person interviewed claimed to have seen multiple drones flying over a house, and that the house was run-down, and a lot of people were regularly seen coming and going from it. Sounds like a group bombing effort. He might have just been the delivery guy.

167 posted on 03/21/2018 9:41:42 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Kaslin
How do they know he detonated “two” package bombs?

I would assume that one going off would cause the second on to go off. Maybe the guy was ambidextrous.

168 posted on 03/21/2018 9:44:32 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative ( THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: tennmountainman
I don’t know any 24 year olds that have skill sets to make bombs. I’m guessing he is ex military.

Do you think guys in the military are taught bomb-making?

I'm an Ordnanceman in the Navy and I never went to bomb-making school nor do I know anyone who did.

Honeywell makes bombs. Raytheon makes bombs. Guys in the military don't make bombs but anyone with courage and motivation can go on-line and figure out how to make things explode.

169 posted on 03/21/2018 9:47:45 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: AbolishCSEU

Thank you!


170 posted on 03/21/2018 9:53:17 AM PDT by BlackAdderess (MAGA!)
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To: itsahoot

I think a higher level of expertise is needed to make one safely and to make sure it goes off as planned.


171 posted on 03/21/2018 9:59:50 AM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: Celerity

quick ID & personal history


172 posted on 03/21/2018 10:10:40 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: Drew68

I guess I was assuming specialist that know how to diffuse a bomb
would know how to make one.
But I certainly see your point.


173 posted on 03/21/2018 10:11:55 AM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small fee.)
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To: Dubh_Ghlase

Good catch.

Notice they are Maoists.

So is Obama if Obama belonged to the New Party in Illinois.

Recall Charlottesville- I think that was a rallying effort by Maoists to bring up memories of the 1979 Greensboro Shootings, or as the Maoists call it, the Greensboro Massacre in S Carolina.

That was a case where Maoists from California, NY, etc., spoent months calling for violence against the KKK, whites, and so on before converging on Greensboro to hold a march in support of unionizing the textile industry. They held a March because they could not get local whites to vote for unionizing and they wanted to convince blacks that were not interested in it either that the reason whites were against it was racism rather than economic sense.
Problem was, the Klan was well aware of the threats of physical violence before the Maoists and Union organizers showed up, and came out in their cars to counterprotest.
The Maoists pulled out clubs and started bashing cars, etc...and then three of them got shot along with a person described as a bystander [who was actually married to one of the leftist women] .
The latter was the one the proesecution used to win a federal conviction because local and state juries were not persuaded by prosecutors that shooting instigators of violence was an offense.
To make it worse the instigators were apparently led by or influenced by an FBI informant, and local cops had stayed away, allowing the events to get out of control.
Anyway, look up this incident and then Charlottesville will be de ja vu.


174 posted on 03/21/2018 10:13:25 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Chickensoup

He looked insane, dropping off bombs, with the blonde wig.


175 posted on 03/21/2018 10:22:37 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: piasa

The Greensboro march was organized by a Chinese-American guy who claimed the Klan killed his Chinese father years before. Not sure if that claim preceded events or was made later to try to justify his group’s threats and calls for violence. The Maois group did not get along with the CPUSA because they thought the CPUSA was too soft.

In any case the local Klan was so small that they had to call in help from neoNazis just to get the courage up to confront the Maoists, who while bringing guns and the like, were lousy shots.


176 posted on 03/21/2018 10:26:42 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: lastchance
I think a higher level of expertise is needed to make one safely and to make sure it goes off as planned.

Nothing at all sophisticated about dynamite and a blasting cap. You can't make dynamite explode without some kind of blasting cap. Black powder is on shelves all over the country and doesn't explode so sophistication is not a requirement.

177 posted on 03/21/2018 10:59:22 AM PDT by itsahoot (There will be division, as long as there is money to be divided.)
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To: dpetty121263

I guess he never heard of burner phones.


178 posted on 03/21/2018 12:09:52 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: ptsal

“quick ID & personal history”

Of me ?


179 posted on 03/21/2018 12:16:44 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: shotgun

What’s that in the road, a head?


180 posted on 03/21/2018 12:27:09 PM PDT by Clay Moore (MAGA)
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