Current Events > Potential serial bomber may be targeting homes in Austin, TX.

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Second bombing this month. Both have been packages left at the door and opened by the victims.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/12/us/texas-austin-blasts/index.html

Be careful @Asherlee10 and @CableZL
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yep if see packages that you aren't expecting. don't open em.
hopefully they read the message.
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http://abc13.com/police-2-deadly-package-bombs-in-texas-capital-are-linked/3205190/

Investigators believe a package bomb that killed a teenager and wounded a woman in Austin on Monday is linked to a similar bombing that killed a man in another part of the city this month, and they're considering whether race was a factor because all of the victims were black.

The explosion Monday happened inside of a home near the Windsor Park neighborhood and killed a 17-year-old boy and badly wounded a woman who is expected to survive, said Austin's police chief, Brian Manley. It happened as thousands of visitors are descending on the city for the South by Southwest music, film and technology festival, and authorities urged residents to call the police if they receive any packages they aren't expecting.

The attack happened about 12 miles from the home where a March 2 package bombing killed 39-year-old Anthony Stephan House. The first blast was initially being investigated as a suspicious death but is now viewed as a homicide.

Manley said investigators believe the attacks are related, as in both cases, the packages were left overnight on the victims' doorsteps and were not mailed or sent by a delivery service. He said the U.S. Postal Service doesn't have a record of delivering the package to the East Austin home where Monday's explosion occurred, and that private carriers like UPS and FedEx also indicated that they had none, either.

"There are similarities that we cannot rule out that these two items are, in fact, related," Manley said.

Manley said investigators haven't determined a motive for the attacks, but it is possible that the victims could have been targeted because they are black.

"We don't know what the motive behind these may be," Manley said. "We do know that both of the homes that were the recipients of these packages belong to African-Americans, so we cannot rule out that hate crime is at the core of this. But we're not saying that that's the cause as well."

Special Agent Michelle Lee, a San Antonio-based spokesman for the FBI, said the agency "responded to both events" and was assisting Austin police which were taking the lead on investigating. She said the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was taking the lead on the federal investigation.

Manley said that a second package was discovered near the site of Monday's blast and that some residents and media members were evacuated, or pushed farther from the blast site, as authorities determined whether or not it was another explosive.

Police didn't immediately identify the teenager killed Monday. Manley said the second victim was a 40-year-old woman who remained hospitalized.

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Fucking disgusting. I hope this person suffers immensely.
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Trigg3rH4ppy posted...

Fucking disgusting. I hope this person suffers immensely.

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Solar_Crimson posted...

Trigg3rH4ppy posted...

Fucking disgusting. I hope this person suffers immensely.

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Dang. That's crazy
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FLUFFYGERM posted...

Solar_Crimson posted...

Trigg3rH4ppy posted...

Fucking disgusting. I hope this person suffers immensely.

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Damn. When the first one was on the news the other day it was almost comical how little information they had to report. It was almost like a non-story even though it probably should have been the lead.

Pretty scary shit.

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Sickening
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Terrifying. I saw an episode of Forensic Files the other night where a guy killed his wife with a bomb in a mysterious package like that.
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I live in Austin and didn't even know about the first one until I heard about this one this morning. Shits crazy but hopefully with such an MO it isn't too long before they get the dude

Potentially 3rd package explosion is going to be connected to this as well
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Ban bombs
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Ted kysinskis premature ghost is taking credit for the bombings.

Seriously, I hope they catch the fucker.
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Im actually surprised. When TC posted this I was 100% expecting some political slant. But its really just an honest story of something nefarious without a political slant.

Stay like this TC for current events

I swear I just watched an old Criminal Minds episode where this exact thing happened

I'd be scared to open anything since I order from Amazon all the time.
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This is some scary shit, honestly. I'm worried about my mom.
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The Great Muta 22 posted...

Potentially 3rd package explosion is going to be connected to this as well

t has already been connected by the police, It was a package bomb.

My mom is safe.
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Disgusting and i hope they catch and fry the fucker responsible
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Like other people have said just don't open packages you didn't order and if you did order something verify the return address. If people follow these guidelines nobody else should get hurt
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Only way to stop a bad guy with a bomb is a good guy with a bomb. Either that or it is time for bomb control.
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