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Authorities have identified the Nashville bomber as a 63-year-old computer technician from Antioch, Tennessee.

“We’ve come to the conclusion that an individual named Anthony Warner is the bomber. He was present when the bomb went off and then he perished,” said Don Cochran, US attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee during a Sunday evening news conference.

Investigators determined that Warner died in the explosion from DNA samples that were taken from a body found in the rubble.

Three people were injured in the explosion and dozens of buildings were damaged.

According to officers, a concerned citizen reported what sounded like an explosion around 2 a.m. Christmas Day. Officers arrived to find a white RV parked in front of an AT&T transmission building that was repeatedly broadcasting a warning that an explosion would occur in 15 minutes.
As officers evacuated the area, the recording switched to a three-minute warning and started playing the 1964 song “Downtown,” by Petula Clark before the blast occurred at 6:30 a.m.