The suspected serial bomber who terrorized Austin with a slew of exploding packages died early Wednesday after detonating another explosive device in his vehicle as police closed in on him, authorities said.
Austin police and the FBI tracked the 24-year-old male to a hotel parking lot in Round Rock, about 18 miles north of Austin, where they found him inside his vehicle, Interim Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said. Officers wanted to wait for tactical units to arrive before engaging the suspect, but he started to drive away.
The man stopped on the side of the Interstate 35 frontage road, Manley said. As Austin SWAT officers approached, the suspect detonated a bomb, knocking one of the officers backward and injuring him, Manley said.
A SWAT officer then fired at the suspect, who died inside the vehicle, Manley said. It was unclear whether he died from the explosion or from gunfire. Manley said the suspect sustained “significant” injuries from the blast.
Authorities have not yet provided the man’s name.
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Of course the police would catch him sooner or later as he got crazier and kept up his charade.
Thank you, Sherlock Holmes, for that profound insight into criminology,
Thank you, Hercules Poirot, for that profound insight into comment #1.