NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Federal officials now turn to exploring the monumental task of piecing together the motive behind the Christmas Day explosion that severely damaged dozens of downtown Nashville buildings and injured three.
Officials have named 63-year-old Anthony Quinn Warner as the man behind the mysterious explosion in which he was killed, but the motive has remained elusive. In just a few days, hundreds of tips and leads have been submitted.
Yet thus far, officials have not provided information on what possibly drove Warner to set off the explosion.
Authorities used DNA to identify his remains on the scene.
In addition to the warning messages blasting from the vehicle before the blast, authorities say that the 60’s classic “Downtown” was playing before the explosion.
The song’s lyrics start, “When you’re alone and life is making you lonely, you can always go downtown…”
Warner had recently given up his job as a computer contract worker earlier this month, and gave his house to a California woman for free last month, according to Heavy.com
The director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation told reporters on Sunday that Warner had not been on the radar before Christmas.
Looks like the same vehicle.. #Nashville #RV #AnthonyQuinnWarner pic.twitter.com/i2kkGo91yd
— FourYearWeak (@FourYearWeak0) December 27, 2020
#NashvilleExplosion woke whole county up. pic.twitter.com/WahF7yCpH6
— Larice (@LariceLu) December 25, 2020
(Copyright 2020 WBAP/KLIF 24/7 News. This report contains material from Heavy .com.)
