The FBI is searching the home of Anthony Quinn Warner, who was suspected of the Nashville bombing on Christmas morning.
Two senior law enforcement officers who saw the investigative reports confirmed for Newsweek on Saturday, federal investigators were searching Warner’s home, a suspect involved in Friday’s explosion in downtown Nashville. The officers requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the case officially. No reason for the bombing, which injured three people, has yet been identified.
The search would have started just before 11 am local time at a house on Bakerton Road in Antioch, a Nashville neighborhood, according to The Tennessean.
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Neighbors told the outlet that a trailer similar to the vehicle involved in the blast had been spotted off-site in the past two weeks. A Google Street View search showed a similar vehicle in the garage; however, he was not present at the scene on Saturday when authorities arrived. The Street View photo was taken in May 2019, according to Google.
Warner was identified by several stores as a white man residing in the Nashville area.
A LexisNexis report, obtained by Newsweek, shows Warner’s address as 3724 Bakerton Road, Nashville, the same local authorities began searching on Saturday. Warner was born in January 1957 and is 63 years old, according to the report.
Allpeople.com, a free online business directory, has Warner linked to Custom Alarms Electronics, a company located at 3724 Bakerton Road.
According to Allbiz.com, Custom Alarms Electronics was founded in 2000 and is involved in the “electrical installation” industry. An employee is listed on the website and the company’s annual sales are estimated to be around $ 70,000.
However, the company name does not show results in searches of corporate records.
A search for Anthony Warner in the Davidson County criminal records shows that a man born on January 17, 1957 was arrested on January 29, 1978 and charged with a felony related to possession of a controlled substance. The date of birth corresponds to the LexisNexis report; Newsweek could not confirm the man in the records as the suspect.
The two senior law enforcement officials said Newsweek on Saturday, federal investigators were locating Warner’s mother for a DNA test. The incident probably would have been a suicide bombing had the suspect’s mother’s DNA been related to the remains found in the trailer, one of the officers said.
Nashville Metro Police Department chief John Drake confirmed that possible remains were found near the scene of the incident on Friday night.
Authorities declined to comment on his activities in Antioch and any possible suspects or persons of interest during a news conference on Saturday afternoon. The FBI said officials are still working on more than 500 complaints received in the past 24 hours related to Friday’s explosion and asked the public to be patient.
On Saturday afternoon, the Associated Press reported that at least 250 federal agents, analysts and other officials were assigned to the case.
Drake assured residents that the city is “safe”.
John Cooper, the city’s mayor, placed a downtown curfew around the blast until Sunday, to limit public access to the crime scene as the investigation in the area continues.