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What we know about the explosion in Nashville this morning, a thread:
-Police responded to a report of shots fired just before 6:00am near 2nd and Commerce street in downtown Nashville
-Officers came across a suspicious RV parked near an AT&T transmission building.
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-Police responded to a report of shots fired just before 6:00am near 2nd and Commerce street in downtown Nashville
-Officers came across a suspicious RV parked near an AT&T transmission building.
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(Note: the AT&T transmission building is NOT the same as massive Batman Building located downtown)
-A warning saying "Evacuate now. There is a bomb. A bomb is in this vehicle and will explode" began blaring from the RV and shortly afterwards a 15 minute countdown began
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-A warning saying "Evacuate now. There is a bomb. A bomb is in this vehicle and will explode" began blaring from the RV and shortly afterwards a 15 minute countdown began
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-After police had helped to clear the area and after the timer finished, a warning of "evacuate the area now" repeated and the RV exploded. Metro PD bomb squad was en route as the explosion occurred
-Miraculously, nobody was killed and only 3 injuries were reported
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-Miraculously, nobody was killed and only 3 injuries were reported
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-The explosion has heavily impacted AT&T phone and Internet service in the area
-Due to the outages 911 services in Nashville and several surrounding cities may be unavailable. However, there are listed alternate contact numbers by city/county
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-Due to the outages 911 services in Nashville and several surrounding cities may be unavailable. However, there are listed alternate contact numbers by city/county
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- Flights out of BNA are currently unavailable at this time as well. This was initially set to be resolved at 3:00pm, however at this time only some of the flight corridors at the airport are open for usage
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- at this time, human remains have been found at the site of the explosion. However, it's unclear whether these belong to a victim or suspect
-Nashville's mayor has announced a 24 hour curfew for those living in the immediate area of the blast site which started at 4:30pm
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-Nashville's mayor has announced a 24 hour curfew for those living in the immediate area of the blast site which started at 4:30pm
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There is not evidence available to suggest any kind of motive, ideology, etc behind whoever detonated the vehicle.
Frankly, the wild speculation being done by experts and journalists alike has made it a fucking nightmare for local journalists to try to work through.
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Frankly, the wild speculation being done by experts and journalists alike has made it a fucking nightmare for local journalists to try to work through.
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It's absolutely crucial to put forth accurate information and not put out our own speculations on which groups or individuals are responsible.
Please, if you're a non-local journalist and you have questions just reach out and ask one of us.
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Please, if you're a non-local journalist and you have questions just reach out and ask one of us.
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Speculations and assumptions from hundreds of miles away are not helping anybody.
Follow The Tennessean's article for rapidly updating information:
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Follow The Tennessean's article for rapidly updating information:
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and here's a great article by @TNLookout with pictures of the blast site by @PartipiloJ
and again, please reach out if you have questions I'll be updating this thread as needed. https://tennesseelookout.com/2020/12/25/in-nashville-a-bomb-devastates-downtown/
and again, please reach out if you have questions I'll be updating this thread as needed. https://tennesseelookout.com/2020/12/25/in-nashville-a-bomb-devastates-downtown/
As of today the AT&T outage is still ongoing. However, per @Tennessean there are two portable cell sites in downtown Nashville and repairs are currently underway. https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2020/12/26/att-outage-internet-911-phones-nasvhille-updates-saturday/4046849001/
the outage has also impacted the Davidson County Sheriff's Office. At this time, all phone lines to the DCSO are down. This includes calls to inmates.
(Per the DCSO twitter and website)
(Per the DCSO twitter and website)
per CBS News, authorities have identified a person or person(s) of interest. Metro PD will be holding a press conference at 1pm which I will be live-tweeting.
Per CBS News, a key person of interest is Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, From Antioch. Antioch is located just outside of Downtown Nashville
