On December 25, 2020, a suicide bomber detonated a recreational vehicle bomb in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, United States. It took place at 166 Second Avenue North between Church Street and Commerce Street at 6: 30am, adjacent to an AT&T network hub. Witnesses reported hearing gunshots, and loudspeakers on the RV warning them to evacuate before the explosion, which was felt miles away. Eight people were treated at hospitals for injuries and later discharged. The bomber died at the scene, while no other fatalities were reported.
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On December 25, 2020, a suicide bomber detonated a recreational vehicle bomb in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, United States. It took place at 166 Second Avenue North between Church Street and Commerce Street at 6: 30 am, adjacent to an AT&T network hub. Witnesses reported hearing gunshots, and loudspeakers on the RV warning them to evacuate before the explosion, which was felt miles away. Eight people were treated at hospitals for injuries and later discharged. The bomber died at the scene, while no other fatalities were reported. The bombing caused infrastructural damage to a nearby AT&t service facility, which contained a telephone exchange with network equipment in it, resulting in days-long communication service outages. At least 41 businesses were damaged, and one building located across from the site of the bombing collapsed. Outages continued to affect communication services, including Internet, phone, and 9-1-1 services, for days after the bombing. Some stores reported switching to a cash-only policy due to credit card systems being out of service, while issues with ATMs have also been reported. Officials later said a full service restoration could take several days, but that a fire reign led to an evening evacuation of the building that gave no full restoration of service.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is leading the investigation. It determined the bomber was 63-year-old Anthony Quinn Warner, a Nashville resident believed to have acted alone. Human remains were later matched through a DNA match using a hat and gloves retrieved from a car he owned; a number of the remains were also retrieved from the explosion site. Authorities swept the area and did not find any additional explosives in the area but believed they were remnants of unfired ammunition that was destroyed in the explosion. It is believed that the blast was caused by a car bomb carried in a Thor Motor Coach Chateau RV which was parked outside an AT-T transmission building on Second Avenue N. At least three vehicles burned after the blast, and at least 41 businesses were damaged. One video posted to social media appears to show debris from the blast landing on a building about two blocks away from the initial location. The Memphis Air Route Traffic Control Center also experienced communication issues, leading the Federal Aviation Administration to ground flights from Nashville International Airport for about an hour.
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