Footage shows the blast came from the other side of the suv so not the truck itself. The suv was a placement target for the missle and/or could have brought a team in that placed the bomb underground.
Interesting that as the officers walk up the street, the RV can be seen parked on the opposite side. Were the officers not checking to see if vehicles were occupied - particularly the RV - since their job was to ensure people were evacuated from the area? Wouldn't they have noticed a person sitting in the RV, especially if wearing a white cap as appeared elsewhere in blurry pics? They certainly didn't react as if the RV was the source of the repeating evacuation announcement. The one officer was aware of the AT&T building - "PO 1: "this is the section that holds all the hard lines for phones throughout the South East" PO 2: "makes sense. good spot to put a bomb" - and also commented that the scene was like from The Purge (I've never watched it but was aware of it). Those officer quotes are from comments which also include denoting a flash overhead spoken in the audio. Additionally, that a van was the target involving the flash. Shortly before the explosion, a repeating cuckoo can be heard - part of the warning broadcast that time was up?WATCH: Bodycam Footage Shows Shocking Moments Before And After Nashville Blast
Newly released bodycam footage, taken from one of the officers was on scene at the Nashville, Tennessee, Christmas bombing site shows the harrowing moments before and after the blast rocked the city.
The footage, which begins shortly after the first officer arrived on the scene at around 6:15 am Christmas morning, shows Nashville police trying to evacuate stragglers who aren’t heeding an evacuation message and a bomb threat being broadcast from an RV parked on the street.“ The footage begins at 6:14 a.m., where [Officer Michael] Sipos and two other officers ask someone to evacuate from outside Dick’s Last Resort at 154 Second Avenue,” the Tennessean reports. “Then, the footage skips to 6:25 a.m., as Sipos and a female officer are walking up Second Avenue and passing the RV that would eventually explode. ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’ is being drowned out by the RV’s warning to evacuate.”
“That’s so weird,” Sipos can be heard saying on the video in reference to the RV. “That’s like some s*** out of a movie.”
“Minutes later, after walking about a block away from the RV, Sipos is attempting to open the trunk of his police vehicle when the explosion takes place,” the Tennessean notes.
The following footage shows Sipos and other officers running toward the scene of the explosion, encountering a number of stunned people wandering around Second Avenue, clearly recovering from the blast and a crater where the RV has been just minutes before. Car alarms wail in the background.
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Sipos’ bodycam footage tracks with Officer James Wells’ account of the bombing given to local media over the weekend. Wells was also one of the first officers on the scene; he was called to a report of shots fired but when he arrived at the site of the 911 call, he found the RV broadcasting its bizarre message.
Welles, Sipos, and four other officers quickly sprang into action, clearing residences and businesses within earshot of the RV. After the explosion, the six officers provided emergency aid to people who did not evacuate in time. Although the blast devastated dozens of downtown Nashville businesses, just three people were injured. Only the bomber himself is believed to have died in the blast.
Officer James Luellen, another of the responding Nashville police officials, also related his story to local media.
“Initially, I didn’t hear any shots fired,” Luellen said Sunday. “We were told shots were coming from inside the building at 178 Second Avenue North.”
“I checked the bottom floor,” he continued. “ couldn’t see anything, couldn’t hear anything.” While waiting on a code to get in the building, officer Breanna Hosey arrived on scene, and ‘almost immediately’ the RV starting making an announcement: there is a large bomb in this vehicle.”
The RV continued with its announcement at regular intervals, then played Petula Clark’s “Downtown,” and began a final countdown to the blast.
The FBI believes it has positively identified the bomber, though the agency has yet to release information about a possible motive. Sources close to the investigation have said the agency is exploring several different options, including that the bomber may have believed conspiracy theories about 5G wireless communication systems.
Footage after the explosion was mostly away from the area of detonation, but it almost looked like the fire trucks were not going to where the fire was, but were staying a street away. Perhaps the fire was being allowed to burn in order to ensure destruction of the contents in the AT&T building. It also seemed odd that the other street the officer was on, the one building had plywood sheets over the windows along the sidewalk - some had come loose from the blast. There was concern about ammunition being in cars - perhaps that was keeping the firefighters away?
The bolded parts highlight the official narrative being propagated to convince everyone that this was just another lone nut who committed suicide in a terrorist bomb attack and although obviously mental, was considerate enough to broadcast a warning before blowing the area to smithereens. Nice that it was jazzed up a bit with the addition of "Downtown" as an ironic musical symbol of his terrorist act. Kudos for extra CIA/FBI creativity this time? I'm still waiting for the pristine passport to show up or some damning book or pamphlets from the RV all but proving the guy's guilt. Wonder how long Tony was targeted to be the patsy or how he got involved in the first place. Doesn't pay to be a loner I guess.