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5 years ago

A city in fear: How police, federal agents took down the Austin bomber

Austin police SWAT officer Robert Justesen said they knew “we had to stop him that night”: “He didn't care who he hurt or killed at this point.”
5 years ago
Investigators search the property where Austin bombing suspect Mark Conditt lived and collected a large amount of weapons materials.
5 years ago

Austin bomber had enough materials 'to blow up the entire block': Police

The suspect had terrorized the city for 19 days before authorities said he blew himself up with a bomb inside his vehicle as they were closing in.
5 years ago
VIDEO: Austin bomber had enough materials 'to blow up the entire block': Police
5 years ago

A look back at the Austin, Texas, bombings

Police officers reflect on the escalating scare a year ago and how they planned to tackle the issue. ABC News' Brad Mielke reports.
5 years ago
VIDEO:  A look back at the Austin, Texas, bombings
5 years ago

One year since Austin package bombings

ABC News goes inside the investigation into the string of explosions that terrorized Texas last year.
5 years ago
VIDEO: One year since Austin package bombings
6 years ago

Austin bombing suspect used a child safety sign to conceal one of his explosives

The Austin bombing suspect used a child safety sign to conceal a bomb.
6 years ago
Law enforcement officials continue their investigation at the home of Mark Anthony Conditt, March 22, 2018, in Pflugerville, Texas.
6 years ago

VIDEO: Mark Anthony Conditt, 23, blew himself up with one of his homemade, shrapnel-loaded bombs on March 20 as a SWAT team moved in to arrest him.
6 years ago

Austin police chief calls bomber 'domestic terrorist'

The declaration in the case of the Austin bombings came during a panel discussion this morning that was focused on the handling of the case.
6 years ago
Austin Police chief Brian Manley speaks during a news conference near the scene where a woman was injured in a package bomb explosion in Austin, Texas, March 12, 2018.
6 years ago

Teen killed in Austin bombing spree had been accepted to prestigious music program

Draylen Mason, 17, had been accepted to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music program.
6 years ago
Shown here is Austin explosion victim Draylen Mason, third from left, performing on the bass during a concert.
6 years ago

VIDEO: New details on suspected serial bomber's alleged confession
6 years ago

VIDEO:  Friday Rewind:  Austin bombings
6 years ago

Parents of Austin serial bombing suspect 'devastated for the other families,' neighbors say

The parents of the man who police say set off a string of bombs in the Austin area are "devastated for the other families," neighbors said.
6 years ago
Suspect in a series of bombings around Austin, Texas, Mark Anthony Conditt, of Pflugerville, Texas, as seen in a photo released by Austin Community College where he was enrolled from  2010-2012.
6 years ago

Jeff and Nancy Reep said they never noticed anything unusual about Mark Conditt.
6 years ago

Austin serial bombing suspect left 25-minute 'confession' on phone: Police

Mark Conditt allegedly detailed differences in all seven bombs that he made.
6 years ago
Law enforcement personnel investigate the scene where the Texas bombing suspect blew himself up on the side of a highway north of Austin in Round Rock, Texas, March 21, 2018.
6 years ago

VIDEO: New details emerge about Austin bombing suspect
6 years ago

VIDEO:  How authorities say they found the serial Austin bomber
6 years ago

VIDEO: Suspected serial bomber killed himself as SWAT was closing in: Authorities
6 years ago

VIDEO: Authorities ID 23-year-old Austin man as alleged serial bomber
6 years ago

Mark Conditt allegedly detailed differences all seven bombs that he made.
6 years ago

Suspected Austin bomber used alias 'Kelly Killmore' to ship packages: Sources

The Austin bomber used the name “Kelly Killmore” to ship two packages containing bombs via FedEx shortly after 7:30 pm on Sunday, according to law enforcement sources.
6 years ago
An image made from security camera footage appears to show a man identified by authorities as Austin bombing suspect Mark Conditt shipping two packages at a FedEx store on March 18, 2018.
6 years ago

Alleged Austin 'serial bomber' kills self with explosive

The alleged Texas "serial bomber" died when an explosive detonated in his car.
6 years ago
Emergency responded to another reported explosion at a Goodwill store, March 20, 2018, in Austin, Texas.
6 years ago

Austin bombing suspect's family speaks out about his 'darkness'

The suspect in a string of connected, deadly bombings has been identified.
6 years ago
Law enforcement personnel investigate the scene where the Texas bombing suspect blew himself up on the side of a highway north of Austin in Round Rock, Texas, March 21, 2018.
6 years ago

Timeline of the Texas bombings that had a state on edge

Police are now looking into a fifth blast.
6 years ago
Authorities work on the scene of an explosion in Austin, Texas, March 12, 2018. Two package bomb blasts a few miles apart killed a teenager and wounded two women in Austin on Monday.
6 years ago

Agents meticulously assembled clue after clue to track down alleged Austin 'serial bomber'

Agents literally pieced together bomb in pursuit of suspect, official says.
6 years ago
Officials investigate the scene where a suspect in a series of bombing attacks in Austin blew himself up as authorities closed in, March 21, 2018, in Round Rock, Texas.
6 years ago

As a suspected serial bomber or bombers has the city of Austin, Texas on edge.
6 years ago

Law enforcement sources have named Mark Anthony Conditt as the suspect in Austin's string of deadly bombings.
6 years ago

VIDEO: Alleged Austin 'serial bomber' kills self
6 years ago

VIDEO: Latest on the death of alleged Austin 'serial bomber'
6 years ago

VIDEO:  Report: Austin Bombing suspect killed
6 years ago

VIDEO: The man accused of killing two and injuring four by planting explosives in and around Austin, Texas, has killed himself with another bomb after local and federal agents surrounded him early Wednesday morning.
6 years ago

VIDEO:  Investigators on the hunt for serial bomber terrorizing Austin, Texas
6 years ago

New Austin incident not related to serial bombings, police say

A man was injured when he handled an artillery simulator dropped off at a Goodwill store.
6 years ago
A law enforcement officer runs on Brodie Lane in Austin, Texas, moments after an explosion, March 20, 2018. Emergency teams were responding Tuesday night to another reported explosion in Texas' capital, this one at a Goodwill store in the southern part of the city.
6 years ago

What Austin police say to look for in spotting possible bombs

Police have been warning residents about suspicious packages since the second and third package bombs detonated at residences in the Texas capital on March 12.
6 years ago
FBI walk to the scene of an explosion that injured two people in southwest Austin, March 19, 2018.
6 years ago

VIDEO: Race to catch a serial bomber after explosion at FedEx center
6 years ago

Tensions high in Austin amid ongoing manhunt for serial bomber

The threat in Austin amid the serial bombings is so omnipresent that a father has now decided to pull his baby's stroller behind him for fear of running over a tripwire.
6 years ago
Police guard a road outside a FedEx facility following an explosion, March 20, 2018, in Schertz, Texas. A package exploded while being transported on a conveyor shortly after midnight this morning causing minor injuries to one person.
6 years ago

"What's going on in Austin -- a great place, a tremendous place -- is absolutely disgraceful," Trump said. "We have to find this very sick person or people."
6 years ago

Trump says 'sick people' responsible for Austin bombings

President Trump made his first comments related to the Austin bombings in a meeting with Saudi Arabia's crown prince.
6 years ago
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Oct. 23, 2017.
6 years ago

Officials confirm latest Austin bombing was triggered by tripwire

The explosion was the fourth incident this month in Austin.
6 years ago
Austin police, FBI and ATF work the scene of a fourth package bomb in three weeks that exploded Sunday night on a southwest Austin roadside injuring two men, March 19, 2018, in Austin, Texas.
6 years ago

VIDEO: Explosion rattles FedEx facility in Texas
6 years ago

VIDEO: 2 men injured in 4th bomb attack in less than 20 days: Authorities
6 years ago
Austin police, FBI and ATF work the scene of a fourth package bomb in three weeks that exploded Sunday night on a southwest Austin roadside injuring two men, March 19, 2018, in Austin, Texas.
6 years ago

The explosion was the fourth incident this month in Austin.
6 years ago

Residents of Austin, Texas, are being asked to report any suspicious packages as police investigate three explosions that took place after people handled boxes that had been delivered to their homes.
6 years ago

VIDEO: Austin officials warn of suspicious boxes after explosions
6 years ago

VIDEO: Teen victim of deadly package bombing in Texas is identified
6 years ago

VIDEO: Authorities offer reward in Austin bombings investigation
6 years ago

VIDEO: Austin mayor, police chief on latest package explosion
6 years ago

VIDEO: New explosion in Austin injures 2: Police
6 years ago

Police chief urges bombing suspect to surrender: 'We want to understand what brought you to this point'

Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said the reward had been increased to $100,000.
6 years ago
The scene near Galindo Street in Austin, Texas, March 12, 2018, where a woman in her 70's was injured in an explosion. Two parcel bombs rattled the US city of Austin on Monday, March 12, 2018, ten days after a similar deadly blast, as Texas police said they were investigating the possibility that the attacks were serial hate crimes.
6 years ago

Austin police receive more than 370 calls about suspicious packages after deadly bombings

Austin, Texas, residents have taken police warnings to heart, phoning in hundreds of times about suspicious packages in the wake of this month’s deadly bombings there.
6 years ago
An FBI vehicle is parked on a street where a package bomb exploded the day before, in Austin, Texas, March 13, 2018. In the span of 10 days in Austin, two people have been killed.
6 years ago

Austin bombs were sophisticated, with motion-based detonators and shrapnel: Sources

New, unnerving details about the suspected bomb-maker that authorities believe is responsible for the deadly package explosions in Austin, Texas.
6 years ago