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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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1 posted on 03/21/2018 5:22:56 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Interesting. Tracked his phone.

I’m in on this conversation. I’ve started a small company that tracks cell phones.


2 posted on 03/21/2018 5:26:13 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: Kaslin

So has the “White” been taken out of the perp’s description?


3 posted on 03/21/2018 5:26:32 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Hey brainwashed students . . . where's your "outrage" @FBI? @BrowardSheriff? DO SOMETHING!!)
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To: Kaslin

Antifa type getting even more violent?

At first he sounded like an iffy suspect, but setting off two more bombs with the police in pursuit is a good indicator that the mounties got their man (or rangers?).


4 posted on 03/21/2018 5:26:56 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Celerity

What’s the back-story?


5 posted on 03/21/2018 5:27:16 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: Kaslin

6 posted on 03/21/2018 5:27:34 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn the victims of the Tide Pods Challenge.)
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To: Kaslin

“”””Police said the man detonated two package bombs as police closed in, firing at him. “”””””””””””

I bet he won’t have the guts to do that again.


7 posted on 03/21/2018 5:29:02 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Celerity

I don’t think that this guy was that clever, or had thought much of anything out.


8 posted on 03/21/2018 5:29:54 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: A_Former_Democrat

No mention of race means he’s a minority, right?


9 posted on 03/21/2018 5:30:38 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Kaslin

Antifa? In town for South by Southwest?


10 posted on 03/21/2018 5:31:57 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Americans Are Dreamers, Too! No to Amnesty, Yes to Catch-and-Deport, and Yes to E-Verify.)
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To: Celerity

Well if you intend to commit some crime, ditch the cellphone as it’s like tying a tin can to your leg...


11 posted on 03/21/2018 5:32:12 AM PDT by dpetty121263 (cellphone)
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To: BenLurkin

On the other thread, and on Fox News, it is repeatedly being said he is a WHITE 24 yo male.


12 posted on 03/21/2018 5:32:34 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: BenLurkin

Other news stories have ID’d him as white.


13 posted on 03/21/2018 5:32:40 AM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: BenLurkin

Usually. But I noted the backtracking as “white male” was used during the news conference

And Poof it’s gone


14 posted on 03/21/2018 5:32:55 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Hey brainwashed students . . . where's your "outrage" @FBI? @BrowardSheriff? DO SOMETHING!!)
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To: shelterguy

D’oh!

If it is strapped to his body, then you can say ‘he didn’t have the heart to do that again’!


15 posted on 03/21/2018 5:34:28 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = USSR; Journ0List + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey)
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To: Celerity

There is some excellent detective work not being disclosed here. They had to run through thousands of hours of footage at all the FedEx stores nearby. How did they know the guy on the video was the suspect? Was he dropping off a package of the right estimated dimensions or weight?

How did they get a bead on this guy’s cell phone to triangulate it? They had to have ID’d the guy to know which cell phone to track. How did they ID the suspect? Was stingray used?

These are tantalizing bits of info being revealed, but I’m guessing only a few percent of the entire story is being released. The real techniques used are being kept quiet for obvious reasons.


16 posted on 03/21/2018 5:34:33 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Kaslin

False flags are self-cleaning...


17 posted on 03/21/2018 5:34:46 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: ptsal
What’s the back-story?

Like the Vegas shooter back story, we may never get to know.

18 posted on 03/21/2018 5:34:50 AM PDT by ScottinVA ( Liberals, go find another country.)
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To: Kaslin

Within an hour or two we learned he was white.

What color was the train driver who crashed the train a couple of months ago, doing 70 in a 30 zone?

Bet she was black, but we’ll never be told.


19 posted on 03/21/2018 5:35:15 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

Maybe because people complained.


20 posted on 03/21/2018 5:35:18 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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