Federal authorities on Sunday identified the suspect in the Nashville RV Christmas bombing as Anthony Quinn Warner.
The investigators said they used DNA to identify the remains found at the site as that of Warner, 63. The FBI said it also combined the vehicle’s vehicle identification number with a record belonging to Warner.
Warner is believed to have acted alone, but authorities have yet to determine why. He was not known to the police before the Christmas explosion.
Surveillance images showing the RV involved in the explosion.
(Metro Nashville PD via AP)
The explosion shook Nashville early on Christmas morning, long before the downtown streets were teeming with activity and was accompanied by a taped announcement warning anyone nearby that a bomb was going to explode soon.
Sources say Warner was a computer consultant who worked as an independent contractor for Fridrich & Clark Realty, a Nashville-based real estate firm.
Fridrich and Clark President Steve Fridrich told Fox News that Warner was never an employee of the company, but occasionally maintained its computers. Fridrich said that Warner announced his retirement earlier this month and has had no contact with the company since.
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“Upon hearing that Tony is a suspect in the 2nd Avenue bombing on Christmas morning, Fridrich & Clark notified the authorities that he had provided IT services for our company,” said the company. “The Tony Warner that we knew is a good person who never exhibited any behavior that was less than professional.”
The blast damaged an AT&T building and continued to wreak havoc on cell phone service and police and hospital communications in several southern states as the company worked to restore service.
A source close to the investigation told WSMV, an NBC affiliated TV station in Nashville, that agents were investigating whether Warner was paranoid about the 5G technology allegedly used to spy on Americans.
AT&T offers 5G service across the country.
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County records revealed on Sunday showed that Warner had transferred two homes in the Nashville area in the past two years to a 29-year-old Los Angeles entertainment executive, but their relationship was not immediately clear. The executive, Michelle Swing, did not publicly state whether she knew Warner and denied knowledge about the two houses.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.