Large explosion, buildings damaged in downtown Nashville

originally posted by: Justoneman

originally posted by: dragonridr
a reply to: Justoneman

No they wouldn't 2nd avenue has always been 2 hour parking during the day and free after 6 pm. This was to accommodate the restaurants. They wouldnt have to pay for the meter until 7 am so yes it could sit there. I used to love grabbing a parking spot on 2nd and avoid paying the lots.

If the building was the target he could have turned on church street there is a parking lot right after the building. He could have literally parked right next to the building. In fact that side is also where the underground lines would lead to the bat building. If I remember correctly also could pull up next to their loading dock it was just 2 big double doors. If he was trying to damage the building he could have chosen a much better spot. If he was trying to limit casualties he picked the right spot no one would have been there the closest lofts are still about 2 blocks away.

Well you know the spot for sure. I have been there dozens of times in the last 30 years or so. The area is all tourist now. It was the Red Light district. I have a buddy in Florida who I went to college with in TN he was remembering the area too. Those historical buildings will get bulldozed. They will want to rebuild but who else will be able to afford to in the Covid climate? Someone will swoop in I am sure and take advantage. That will be someone to wonder their part in this play.

Covid hasn't stopped much here in Middle Tennessee. New construction has continued taking place. big businesses have been moving into buildings that once housed small businesses. And there are still record numbers of people moving here from California, New York, Texas, and Florida. Middle Tennessee probably won't look the same twenty years from now.

a reply to: DontTreadOnMe

Box truck.

Allegedly playing same / similar message to Nashville blast.

Not far from Nashville blast.

Likely related, even if hoax or copycat.

...my thoughts.

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

Sounds to me like it was parked somewhere playing music and someone was spooked and the cops made a traffic stop. They are now towing the vehicle after having unloaded some things out the back and bringing in a dog to sniff it.

www.foxnews.com...

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk
They keep calling it a "box truck" (reminds me of the Ryder truck for OK city).
But, it is actually more of a "delivery van".
Specifically, looks like an older white Grunman.
They are done with it and towing it away now.

a reply to: EnhancedInterrogator
Yeah love the whole playing music "similar to what was heard before the Christmas Day explosion in Nashville."

I guess anyone in a white truck now can expect to be pulled over and have their day ruined; especially if they play the radio.

a reply to: DontTreadOnMe



It may not be anything.

They are checking it out with a robot.

a reply to: LookingAtMars

Turns out it's nothing.

Now it sounds like a nothing burger with a heaping side of paranoia.

a reply to: LookingAtMars

Whatever that was, its over. They towed it away about 10 minutes ago.
Key points:

1. - It was pulled-over on this remote road (Highway 231), not where it was initially reported.
   
2. - Driver taken into custody.
   
3. - They checked it out with a bomb-squad robot first.
   
4. - Then a bomb-squad tech checked it out in person.
   
5. - Then some other personnel (without the protective gear) checked it out.
   
6. - Then they brought-in a dog to sniff it.
   
7. - Then they towed it away (to impound presumably).
   

Seems to me to being a prank that went way wrong (for the punk prankster).

UPDATE: Just confirmed "No explosives found in truck" (per WRKN).
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It was just mentioned on MSM (not sure what their source was), that the woman on the west coast that he quit-deeded the property too "had not had contact with him since Thanksgiving", and that he said to her that he planned to "spend Christmas in the woods with his dog".

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a reply to: EnhancedInterrogator

So she is admitting she knows him then.

Wonder how they know each other... And where is the dog?

originally posted by: Identified
a reply to: EnhancedInterrogator

So she is admitting she knows him then.

Wonder how they know each other... And where is the dog?

Of course she knows him....she deeded the other house he gave her to his mom....he gave her 2 houses.

a reply to: Vasa Croe

Oh I knew she knew him.

I'm saying that yesterday she claimed she knew nothing about him or the houses, etc... and everyone else can talk to her lawyer.

Now she is saying she had recent contact with him.

originally posted by: Identified
a reply to: Vasa Croe
Oh I knew she knew him.
I'm saying that yesterday she claimed she knew nothing about him or the houses, etc... and everyone else can talk to her lawyer.
Now she is saying she had recent contact with him.

To be clear, I think the MSM source was law enforcement, not directly quoting the woman herself.
Unfortunately, my guess is either the dog died (could be part of his depression) or (more likely?) was with him in the RV?

WKRN: Authorities: Nashville bomber identified, died in explosion on Christmas Day

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – The Metro Nashville Police Department will be holding a press conference at 4 p.m. Sunday to discuss the latest developments in the explosion that rattled downtown Nashville on Christmas morning.

According to authorities, Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, is believed to have been responsible for Friday’s explosion. He perished in the blast, according to US Attorney Don Cochran.

Police say no one else is believed to have been involved in the explosion at this time.

a reply to: EnhancedInterrogator

Either way the dog died the way you wrote that.

originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: EnhancedInterrogator
Either way the dog died the way you wrote that.

Well, if my dog died, I know I'd be very depressed too.
Hopefully wouldn't blow anything up because of it though.

originally posted by: EnhancedInterrogator

originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: EnhancedInterrogator
Either way the dog died the way you wrote that.

Well, if my dog died, I know I'd be very depressed too.
Hopefully wouldn't blow anything up because of it though.

Yeah, but if you determined to blow yourself up, would you take your dog with you? That's how I read it.

Either the dog died and made him suicidal or the dog was in the RV with him when it blew meaning he took the dog with him when he went.

originally posted by: ketsuko

originally posted by: EnhancedInterrogator

originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: EnhancedInterrogator
Either way the dog died the way you wrote that.

Well, if my dog died, I know I'd be very depressed too.
Hopefully wouldn't blow anything up because of it though.

Yeah, but if you determined to blow yourself up, would you take your dog with you? That's how I read it.

Either the dog died and made him suicidal or the dog was in the RV with him when it blew meaning he took the dog with him when he went.

I dont think the dog had anything to do with it. He planned this for a while. You can't just decide after your dog dies to make a bomb big enough to do what this one did, find the components and make it happen. This was a big bomb, there was a recording and it appears planned.

a reply to: EnhancedInterrogator

Isn't it interesting that DNA can be identified when they want it to in less than 36 hours, but other times they say it will take 6-8 weeks to confirm?????????

C'mon, people!!

This is just WAY too convenient!

Just like the Las Vegas shooter, who "committed suicide". Yeah, right.

Just like the DNA of the 9-1-1 terrorists were identified in hours...and their passports fell from the sky.

Just like OBL...yep, it was him, DNA confirmed on the site!!!

And so...here we go again!!

a reply to: Vasa Croe

No. I know.

I just read that and went ... poor dog.