“These events in Austin have garnered worldwide attention, and we assure you that we are listening,” interim Police Chief Brian Manley said at a news conference. “We want to understand what brought you to this point, and we want to listen to you.”
Read More →The chief is continuing to urge people to remain vigilant and not to open any unexpected or suspicious packages.
Read More →Interim Police Chief Brian Manley confirmed that evidence suggested that this bombing was related to two previous blasts from “box-type deliveries” that killed a teenager earlier in the day and a 39-year-old man 10 days ago.
Read More →The teen was arrested and booked into a detention center on charges of manufacture, possession, sale, use or attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction.
Read More →Police say the name on the package was of a police officer who NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce believes was the intended target and who Kingsley mistakenly thought lived there. The container was filled with black powder and exploded when Wray opened it.
Read More →Roby reportedly stabbed one officer and he attempted to injure 10 other officers on the scene by throwing explosive devices.
Read More →"They engaged the suspect, who was on the ground, they handcuffed him, they saw wires, cellphone. They made a split-second decision to actually get on top of him and restrain him, and [Manfredini] actually removed the device off of his person before he could further detonate it," Nunziato said.
Read More →“...We’re also outraged by the behavior of the law enforcement officials who held children as small as 4 years old out in the cold and who pulled a teenager out of high school classes to interrogate him without lawyer, without his parents.”
Read More →He chose the location because of its Christmas-themed posters, recalling strikes in Europe against Christmas markets, he told investigators, and set off his bomb in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes on ISIS targets in Syria and elsewhere, several law enforcement officials said.
Read More →The suspected bomber – who had wires attached to him – was armed with a pipe bomb and a battery pack, sources told the paper.
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