The Austin bomber suspect was identified and caught by a SWAT team outside a hotel in the southern city, and proceeded to kill himself ironically via bomb. Full story on how he was caught and the terror he enacted inside...
UPDATE: The suspect apparently wrote essays in college condemning homosexuality and abortion and was vocal about not agreeing with either.
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Authorities have identified the now dead Austin bomber suspect as Mark Conditt, a 23-year-old home schooled, Austin Community College grad who previously worked as a computer repair tech. The company also apparently focuses a variety of metal objects and robotics. Could this be where he learned to build bombs? It's possible, according to reports.
SWAT closed in on Conditt after he was caught on a FedEx store's surveillance camera, wearing a wig, on Sunday while bringing in two packages. After police authorities tracked him to an Austin area hotel, they surrounded his car outside said hotel early this morning. Conditt proceeded to blow himself up inside the car, injuring one of the authorities as well.
Authorities say Conditt is indeed responsible for the multiple bombs that have been terrorizing the Austin area for over a week, and killing two black men and injuring a Hispanic woman and four other people.
It's still unclear if this was purely hate crime-oriented as at least two victims are white.
No note or manifesto has been found to explain his actions. But his mother posted on Facebook recentlysaying,"He's thinking of taking some time to figure out what he wants to do ... maybe a mission trip."
Thankfully the terror has come to an end, even though Sarah Huckabee Sanders said yesterday the White House does not deem this situation as terrorism.
Go figure.
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