UPDATED: 9:08AM
Austin (WBAP/KLIF) – Austin Police Chief Brian Manley has identified the Austin bombing suspect who blew himself up early this morning as Mark Anthony Conditt of Pflugerville
KVUE-TV in Austin tweeted a photo of the suspect:
JUST IN: Photo of #Austinbombing suspect, Mark Conditt, 23, who died after detonating an explosive device in his vehicle while police closed in on his trail, officials say. DEVELOPING STORY ==> https://t.co/OWQR8WQVpS pic.twitter.com/Qk9vqUYCMr
— KVUE News (@KVUE) March 21, 2018
The 23-year old was being sought in connection with a series of bomb explostions through Central Texas over the past few weeks — two of which were fatal.
Condit detonated a device, killing himself before 4am today as local and federal authorities moved in on him outside a hotel in Round Rock.
Conditt, of Pflugerville, was identified in the past 24 hours as a person of interest; he later became a suspect.
The Twitter post below shows Conditt entering a FedEx facility in Austin. He was purportedly mailing the package which exploded at the FedEx distribution facility in Schertz Tuesday.
https://twitter.com/DrNicoleCross/status/976446876508663809
UPDATE: 6:37AM
ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) – The authorities believe the suspect who died with SWAT officers closing in on him was behind all of the bombings in Austin this month, but they’re concerned that there may be other package bombs still out there. Austin police Chief Brian Manley said at a news conference early Wednesday that the 24-year-old suspect is believed to have been responsible for all major Austin bombings since March 2. FBI agent Chris Combs says authorities are worried there may be other packages “still out there.”
Original post: 4:14am
ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) – Austin bombing suspect is dead after blowing self up with explosive. The man accused of setting off explosive devices throughout Central Texas is dead.
The suspect accused of setting off a string of violent devices in the Austin area is dead after detonating a device and killing himself.
The official said authorities identified a suspect in the past 24 hours based largely on information gained after police said the suspect shipped an explosive device from a FedEx store in Southwest Austin. That evidence included security video. Authorities also relied upon store receipts showing suspicious transactions from the person and obtained a search warrant for his Google search history that showed him conducting searches they considered suspicious, the official said. Authorities relied upon cell phone technology to trace the suspect to a hotel in Williamson County, the official said. .
Live video from the scene from KVUE
