Nashville's suicide bomber

uthorities in Nashville said Sunday that Anthony Quinn Warner was responsible for an explosion on Christmas morning that damaged dozens of businesses in the city's downtown area.

During a press conference Sunday, investigators declared that they matched human remains at the scene to the 63-year-old Warner's DNA and matched a vehicle identification number to a registration associated with him.

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Authorities did not provide any insight on a possible motive for the explosion. However, Nashville Mayor John Cooper told CBS News' Face the Nation on Sunday that the presence of an AT&T building in the area of Friday's blast may have indicated it was intended as an attack on the service.

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"To all of us locally, it feels like there has to be some connection with the AT&T facility and the site of the bombing," he said. "That's a bit of just local insight in because it's got to have something to do with the infrastructure."

No, it doesn't.

The first clue emerged pointing toward a possible motive; WSMV-TV’s Jeremy Finley is reporting that FBI agents have been “pursuing tips that he (Warner) was paranoid about 5g spying on Americans.” Since the pandemic hit, conspiracy theories have raged that 5G cell phone towers spread COVID-19; scientists have found the claims baseless, according to BBC. In May, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned of the potential for attacks by 5G conspiracy theorists against cell towers and wireless providers. However, that’s only one motive being considered, the television station reported. Asked about the possible 5G motive, authorities said only, “We’re aware of certain things online, and we’re looking at every possible angle.”

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In 2018, the Intercept alleged that NSA electronic spying facilities were located in AT&T buildings in cities across the country.

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Authorities said in the news conference that a label of domestic terrorism has to be tied to a political or social ideology. “We haven’t tied to that yet,” they said, as a definite motive remains a mystery so far.

The song “Downtown” by Petula Clark was playing from the RV right before the blast, authorities said. That song’s lyrics start, “When you’re alone and life is making you lonely, you can always go downtown…”

It appears that Warner was shedding elements of his already isolated life in recent weeks; he gave up a job earlier this month and gave up his house for nothing to a California woman last month.

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It was the second house he’d quit claimed to her in the past year, although the reason is unclear.

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Warner, who was unmarried and childless, was self-employed in the IT area, a neighbor said; state records show he once was licensed as an alarm contractor, with a specialty in burglar alarm installation.

In recent years, the reclusive Warner, known as Tony to some, lost a father and brother, leaving him with few living family members.

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Warner worked as a contract laborer doing computer consulting but told the company by email earlier this month that he wasn’t going to work for them anymore. The owner told the newspaper that Warner seemed “very personable” and the bombing “quite out of character.”

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Age-old story.

Oh, and...

Snopes debunked another conspiracy theory – one that alleges that AT&T had a contract to audit Dominion voting systems.

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To AT&T, we asked whether the Dominion forensic audit claims were true and whether it’s true the facility in Nashville was used as an NSA substation/hub/facility. Jim Greer, spokesman for AT&T, told Heavy in an email, “I can confirm the conspiracy theory about Dominion is not true. Anything related to the investigation or the government, I’d have to refer you to law enforcement.”

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.