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Nashville police chief confirms authenticity of leaked Covenant school shooter's writings
Read full article: Nashville police chief confirms authenticity of leaked Covenant school shooter's writingsNashville Police Chief John Drake says heโs โdisturbedโ over the unauthorized release of writings from the shooter who killed six people, including three children, at The Covenant School in March.
Police: Nashville shooter fired indiscriminately at victims
Read full article: Police: Nashville shooter fired indiscriminately at victimsPolice say the Nashville school shooter legally bought seven firearms in recent years and hid the guns from their parents before killing three children and three adults at a Christian school.
Nashville shooter who killed 6 drew maps, surveilled school
Read full article: Nashville shooter who killed 6 drew maps, surveilled schoolPolice say a former student shot through the doors of a Christian elementary school and killed three children and three adults after elaborately planning the massacre by drawing out a detailed map and conducting surveillance of the building.
Big crowds in Downtown Detroit for St. Patrickโs Day celebration
Read full article: Big crowds in Downtown Detroit for St. Patrickโs Day celebrationThere was plenty of pent-up partying all over Downtown Detroit Thursday (March 17) night for Saint Patrickโs Day. Two years of COVID had people eager and excited to be back outside.
Record rains cause flash flooding in Tennessee; 4 dead
Read full article: Record rains cause flash flooding in Tennessee; 4 deadHeavy rain across Tennessee flooded homes and roads as a line of severe storms crossed the state. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)Torrential rains across Tennessee flooded homes and at least one church and left roads impassable, prompting dozens of people to be rescued in the Nashville area. Juliet said on Facebook that knee-deep water flooded the building, busted out the glass of its front entrance and sent chairs through a hallway. AdMany rivers and creeks were at or near their highest level since 2010, according to the National Weather Service. While there was no longer any precipitation falling, flooding remained a threat, Brittney Whitehead, a weather service meteorologist in Nashville, said Sunday afternoon.
Police on report man was making bombs: 'Hindsight is 20/20'
Read full article: Police on report man was making bombs: 'Hindsight is 20/20'Maybe they could have followed up more, hindsight is 20/20,โ Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake said at a news conference. According to the incident report, when officers arrived, police said she had two unloaded pistols beside her on the porch. โDuring that visit, before leaving for the evaluation, Perry told police that her boyfriend was making bombs in an RV,โ the report stated. The report also said attorney Raymond Throckmorton told officers that day that he represented Warner and told officers Warner โfrequently talks about the military and bomb making,โ the police report said. Warner โknows what he is doing and is capable of making a bomb,โ Throckmorton told responding officers.
Nashville police provide update on Christmas day bombing
Read full article: Nashville police provide update on Christmas day bombingNashville Chief of Police John Drake speaks at a news conference Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. Drake spoke before five officers told what they experienced when an explosion took place in downtown Nashville early Christmas morning. The officers are part of a group of six officers credited with evacuating people before the explosion happened. NASHVILLE โ Nashville police provided an update on Sunday, Dec. 27 regarding an explosion that rocked Downtown Nashville on Christmas morning. During the news conference, officials said that the person of interest who was recently identified, Anthony Quinn Warner, is responsible for the explosion and died in the explosion. Read more: The Latest: Road near Nashville closed over suspicious truck
US officials: Suspect in Nashville explosion died in blast
Read full article: US officials: Suspect in Nashville explosion died in blastFederal officials now turn to exploring the monumental task of piecing together the motive behind the Christmas Day explosion that severely damaged dozens of buildings and injured three in downtown Nashville, Tenn. While officials have named 63-year-old Warner as the man behind the mysterious explosion in which he was killed, the motive has remained elusive. (Courtesy of FBI via AP)NASHVILLE, Tenn. โ The man believed to be responsible for the Christmas Day bombing that tore through downtown Nashville blew himself up in the explosion, and appears to have acted alone, federal officials said Sunday. โNashville is considered safe," said Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake. Officials said their identification of Warner relied on several key pieces of evidence, including DNA found at the explosion site.
FBI at home of possible person of interest in Nashville bomb
Read full article: FBI at home of possible person of interest in Nashville bombFBI and ATF agents investigate a home Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. An explosion that shook the largely deserted streets of downtown Nashville early Christmas morning shattered windows, damaged buildings, and wounded three people. Asked whether the AT&T building could have been a possible target, Korneski said, โWeโre looking at every possible motive that could be involved." Mayor John Cooper has enforced a curfew in the downtown area until Sunday via executive order to limit public access to the area. โWe have two portable cell sites operating in downtown Nashville with numerous additional portable sites being deployed in the Nashville area and in the region.โRay Neville, president of technology at T-Mobile, said on Twitter that service disruptions affected Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, Birmingham and Atlanta. The outages had even briefly grounded flights at the Nashville International Airport, but service was continuing normally as of Saturday.
Police: Explosion in Nashville may have been โintentionalโ
Read full article: Police: Explosion in Nashville may have been โintentionalโEmergency personnel work near the scene of an explosion in downtown Nashville, Tenn., Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. Police believe the blast was intentional but donโt yet know a motive or target, and Drake noted that officials had not received any threats before the explosion. Buildings shook and windows shattered streets away from the explosion near a building owned by AT&T that lies one block from the company's office tower, a landmark in downtown. The Federal Aviation Administration temporarily halted flights out of Nashville International Airport because of telecommunications issues associated with the explosion. McCoy said he heard gunfire 15 minutes before the explosion rocked his building, set cars in the street on fire and blew trees apart.