AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A law enforcement official told the Associated Press the dead Austin bombing suspect was Mark Anthony Conditt.
Conditt was the suspect in the deadly string of bombings that terrorized Austin. Officials think he blew himself up early Wednesday as authorities closed in on him, bringing a grisly end to the three-week manhunt. But police warned that there might be more bombs still out there.
Authorities said his motive remained a mystery, along with whether he acted alone in the five bombings in Texas' capital and suburban San Antonio that killed two people and wounded four others.
AUSTIN BOMBING SUSPECT IS DEAD. Great job by law enforcement and all concerned!
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Austin has been targeted by four package bombings since March 2. A fifth parcel bomb detonated at a FedEx distribution center near San Antonio early Tuesday.
Citing a high-ranking law enforcement official, the Austin American-Statesman reported that authorities had identified the suspect based largely on information, including security video, gleaned after he sent an explosive device from an Austin-area FedEx store.
Authorities on Wednesday warned of the possibility that more bombs had yet to be found.
Associated Press writers Will Weissert and Paul J. Weber in Austin contributed to this report.