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BREAKING: This is the RV that exploded on 2nd Ave N this morning. It arrived on 2nd Ave at 1:22 a.m. Have you seen this vehicle in our area or do you have information about it? Please contact us via Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463 or online via http://fbi.gov/nashville.
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Link to tweet
Thank you Leghorn21 for finding this tweet.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214760372
Edit 2: Live local coverage: https://www.wkrn.com/news/large-explosion-in-downtown-nashville/
Thank you MerryBlooms for finding this.
Edit 3: Update: Human remains have been found according to WKRN. It's not known whether it's a suicide bomber or an innocent bystander. Shit.
Edit 4: If you have information about this call the TIPLINE at-800-CALL-FBI.
superpatriotman
(6,248 posts)Says her fathers boutique hotel has a video of the rv parked near it - close to the blast area- for a day and a half
ck4829
(35,072 posts)It could be the Studio 154 she is referring to though...
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)have tons of camera evidence now. Technological advances will solve this case quickly.
It is very hard to hide digital footprints in 2020.
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)Amateur fidgeting around here with photoshop, looks like two (caucasianish) guys talking to each other in the front seat.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,190 posts).
While tedious, they'll be able to backtrack the vehicle to where it approximately left.
If they got good images of the license plate, they will be able to process that information faster.
It looks like it's in decent shape, so there are probably camper & DMV records somewhere.
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Hekate
(90,675 posts)NellieStarbuck
(266 posts)Takket
(21,565 posts)should be easy to ID the model and that won't be something there are a million of around....... have to think it won't take horribly wrong to find the owner if it is metro Nashville area.
QED
(2,747 posts)yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)the original WTC bomber. Dumb fuck tried to claim the truck was stolen and tried to get his deposit back.
sandensea
(21,630 posts)Here's hoping they find the fucker (Boogaloo/Proud Boob?).
https://www.rvusa.com/four-winds-chateau-31n-1998-class-c-rockford-il-2383370
The Figment
(494 posts)I believe it's a 2001 Four Winds Chateau 24-27 foot on a Ford F450 chassis.
sandensea
(21,630 posts)The more accurate, the better.
Yes, the police, I'm sure, have already determined the precise model/make - but the more widely-publicized, the better.
I'd almost bet that Cheeto uses this (convenient?) incident to try to impose Martial Law.
Not that our Armed Forces would go along with such a power grab - but he may try.
That said, Merry Christmas. Here's hoping for a better one next year!
Irish_Dem
(47,036 posts)Edit for spelling
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,769 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)WHO could/would have done this?????
Thank God no one was killed.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,604 posts)Human remains have been found by the blast site.
ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)csziggy
(34,136 posts)Probably fewer cops patrolling that area, too.
At least someone found it and called in reinforcements.
George II
(67,782 posts)Xolodno
(6,390 posts)A lot of the "wealthier" homeless have RV's they live in.
ProfessorGAC
(65,013 posts)But, I don't see a plate in front. The picture of an identical RV in this thread shows the plate on the far driver side of the bumper. Is there a plate I'm not seeing?
If so, this eliminates as states of origin those states that require front & back plates, I'd think.
Unless they removed plates from the vehicle completely, but that seems a way to get pulled over by a cop.
Seems too planned to let it get screwed up by a routine traffic stop.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,604 posts)I didn't notice until you pointed it out.
Edit: I looked at the original photo again and it looks like there's something on the drivers side below the head light. I can't tell if it's a license plate or a fog light. Is there anyone with better eyesight than me that can see what that is? Does anyone have a way of magnifying that section of the photo?
roamer65
(36,745 posts)cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)from pulling them over?
ProfessorGAC
(65,013 posts)But, at least here, you have to put those where the permanent plate would be.
Taping them to a window can get you a ticket.
NellieStarbuck
(266 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,013 posts)I suppose renting, borrowing, or stealing an RV from the same state would attract even less attention.
Although stealing it seems like a bad part of the plot.
Even McVeigh & Nichols thought to rent a truck and those 2 guys were morons.
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uncle ray
(3,156 posts)i can't speak for that area, but many DMVs are reduced capacity and local officials have said that enforcement of registration will be lax.
ProfessorGAC
(65,013 posts)But, someone planning a bombing would likely not chance a cop just getting more interested than normal.
It would be a stupid reason to let the whole plot unravel.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,604 posts)Human remains have been found. It's not known whether it's a suicide bomber or an innocent bystander.
MerryBlooms
(11,769 posts)The gun shots could have also been live, if the bomber was indeed in the RV.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,604 posts)I don't know if the gunshots were live or not. If they were and the perpetrator didn't have any intention of dying in the blast they could've escaped to a waiting vehicle close by or just blended in with the evacuees in the confusion.
MerryBlooms
(11,769 posts)So, he must have been in the back of the rig at the time officers showed up (obviously not in driver's seat), or fled before. If he fled before, then unfortunately, either an officer or bystander would be the remains.