The girlfriend of Anthony Quinn Warner, responsible for the Christmas Day bombing in Nashville, Tennessee, called police last year to report that the terrorist was
making bombs
inside her mobile home, according to a report obtained by our sister network. , NBC News.
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In August 2019, a lawyer for the woman told police that Warner "frequently talks about the Army and bomb-making," adding that the man "knows what he's doing, and is capable of making a bomb."
In response to the report,
police went
to Warner's two-bedroom duplex and saw the motor home that exploded last Christmas Day, parked behind a fence.
Officers knocked on the door several times, "but received no response."
They noticed that there were several security cameras and an alarm connected to the entrance, indicates the police report initially reported by The Tennessean newspaper.
"They saw no evidence of a crime and
had no authority to enter
their home or fenced property," said Don Aaron, a spokesman for the Nashville Police Department.
They reveal the photo of Anthony Quinn Warner, author of the attack in Nashville
Dec. 28, 202000: 31
On August 21, the police visited Warner's girlfriend at the request of his attorney, Raymond Throckmorton III, who said he was concerned about some comments she had made.
Officers found her sitting outside her home with two unloaded firearms.
The woman said she wanted to get rid of the guns, which belonged to Warner, and alerted that the man "was making bombs in the mobile home at his residence."
The police
sent the information to the FBI
, which on August 22 verified in its databases that Warner had no prior record, beyond a 1978 marijuana possession charge.
Darrel DeBusk, a spokesman for the FBI, told The Tennessean that a standard inter-agency review of Warner's background was conducted.
On August 28, the Defense Department confirmed that all reviews of Warner's past had yielded no results.
According to police, they contacted the attorney, Throckmorton, to ask permission to interview Warner and do a visual inspection of his motorhome, but
the request was denied
.
The attorney told The Tennesean that he did not represent Warner at the time, and denied having denied the police request.
"At no time was evidence of a crime detected and no further action was taken," Aaron added.
"No additional information about Warner came to the attention of the [Police] Department or the FBI after August 2019."
In this image published by the FBI on social networks, Anthony Quinn Warner, author of the explosion in Nashville, is seen.
The 63-year-old man worked as a computer consultant for a Nashville real estate agency.
One of his clients said that Warner sent an email last month informing him that he was retiring.
According to The New York Times, he
gave his car
to a person, whom he told he had cancer.
He also gave away his house.
The attack left three people injured.
Only the author of the explosion died: his remains were identified thanks to DNA tests.
In addition, 40 buildings were damaged and one collapsed.
AT & T's facilities were affected, causing a temporary drop in telecommunications in the region.
With information from NBC News
,
The Tennessean
, The New York Times.
