Austin serial bombings

On March 2, 2018, 39-year-old Anthony Stephan House was killed by picking up an apparent package bomb at his home.{{Cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/victims-package-bomb-blasts-include-father-rising-star/story?id=53738532 |title=Victims of package bomb blasts include father, rising star student |last=Keneally |first=Meghan |date=March 14, 2018 |work=ABC News |access-date=March 20, 2018}} Austin Police Department Assistant Chief Joseph Chacon floated a theory that House might have bombed himself, perhaps while assembling the device. Chacon also told residents not to worry.{{cite news |last=Fedschun |first=Travis |title=Texas man killed by 'device' at home identified as police probe if he constructed it |url= https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-man-killed-by-device-at-home-identified-as-police-probe-if-he-constructed-it/ |work=Fox News |access-date=5 April 2018 }}

On March 12, 17-year-old Draylen Mason was murdered and his mother injured by an explosion, and another explosion that day seriously injured 75-year-old Esperanza Herrera, who was visiting her elderly mother's house. The second of the March 12 bombs was reportedly addressed to a different address.{{Cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/13/us/austin-explosion-packages/index.html |title=Austin police identify 17-year-old killed by package bomb |last1=Park |first1=Madison |last2=Ellis |first2=Ralph |date=March 12, 2018 |publisher=CNN |access-date=March 20, 2018 |last3=Hanna |first3=Jason}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/03/13/austin-police-search-for-bombing-motive-say-explosives-made-with-skill-and-sophistication/ |title=Austin police search for bombing motive, say explosives made with 'skill and sophistication' |last1=Moravec |first1=Eva Ruth |date=March 13, 2018 |work=Washington Post |last2=Rosenberg |first2=Eli |last3=Berman |first3=Mark |last4=Zapotosky |first4=Matt}}

A suspected tripwire-activated package bomb injured two men (a 22-year-old and a 23-year-old) in a residential neighborhood in southwest Austin on March 18.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/03/18/two-injured-in-explosion-in-austin-police-say/ |title=After fourth Austin explosion, police warn of sophisticated 'serial bomber' |last1=Moravec |first1=Eva Ruth |date=March 19, 2018 |work=Washington Post |last2=Berman |first2=Mark |last3=Flynn |first3=Meagan}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-blast/police-suspect-serial-bomber-in-deadly-austin-attacks-idUSKBN1GV02E |title=Police suspect 'serial bomber' in deadly Austin attacks |last=Herskovitz |first=Jon |date=March 18, 2018 |access-date=March 19, 2018 |work=Reuters}} The men suffered serious, although not life-threatening, injuries. Unlike the previous bombs, which were left on doorsteps, this bomb was left on the side of the road, attached to a "Drive Like Your Kids Live Here" sign.{{Cite web |date=2018-04-09 |title='Drive Like Your Kids Live Here' sign hid one of Austin bomber's devices |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/09/us/austin-serial-bomber-affidavit/index.html |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=CNN |language=en}} Following this fourth blast, Austin Police warned the public of a "serial bomber" possessing "a higher level of sophistication, a higher level of skill" than initially thought.

On March 20, around 12:25{{nbs}}a.m., a bomb exploded in a package at a FedEx Ground facility in Schertz, Texas, injuring one employee. The package was intended for an address in the city of Austin.{{Cite news |url=http://cbsaustin.com/news/local/breaking-package-addressed-to-austin-explodes-at-fedex-facility-in-schertz |title=Package headed to Austin explodes at Texas FedEx facility |last1=Weber |first1=Paul J. |date=March 20, 2018 |publisher=CBS Austin |agency=Associated Press |last2=Weissert |first2=Will}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.statesman.com/news/local/package-believed-bound-for-austin-explodes-fedex-facility-schertz/qhEzri65hMilAAp6xEJvFI/ |title=No 2nd suspicious package in Schertz, San Antonio police chief says he misspoke |last1=Plohetski |first1=Tony |last2=Villalplando |first2=Roberto |date=March 20, 2018 |website=Austin American-Statesman}} Later that day, another package bomb was intercepted and defused at a separate FedEx facility in southeast Austin. The two packages were sent by the same person from a FedEx store in Sunset Valley.{{Cite news|last=Stack|first=Liam|date=2018-03-22|title=Austin Bombing Victims Included a Father and a 17-Year-Old Musician|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/us/austin-bombing-victims.html|access-date=2022-01-29|issn=0362-4331}}{{cite news|last1=Hanna|first1=Jason|last2=Park|first2=Madison|last3=Almasy|first3=Steve|title=Exploding package in San Antonio linked to Austin bombs|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/20/us/austin-explosions/index.html|access-date=March 21, 2018|publisher=CNN|date=March 20, 2018}}

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After the first bombing, the Austin Police Department (APD) announced it was investigating the death of House as a possible homicide. Chief Brian Manley said "we have no reason to believe this is anything beyond an isolated incident that took place at this residence, and no reason to believe this is in any way linked to a terrorist act. But we are not making any assumptions. We are conducting a thorough investigation to rule that out."{{Cite news |url=https://www.mystatesman.com/news/crime--law/man-dies-after-blast-police-investigating-death-possible-homicide/IjE8qd6vLZ2EwFesh3z3hN/ |title=Man dies after blast; police investigating death as possible homicide |last1=Huber |first1=Mary |date=March 2, 2018 |work=Austin American-Statesman |access-date=March 21, 2018 |last2=Wilson |first2=Mark}} On the following Monday, March 5, Austin police identified the first victim as Anthony Stephan House, and said the death was being treated as suspicious.{{Cite news |url=https://www.mystatesman.com/news/breaking-news/new-info-police-identify-man-killed-explosion-northeast-austin/YOIKayKI37iHWCzvxLgZhP/ |title=NEW INFO: Police identify man killed in explosion at Northeast Austin home |last=Wilson |first=Mark D. |date=March 5, 2018 |work=Austin American-Statesman |access-date=March 21, 2018}} The first police theory was that House was an unintended victim who was killed by a bomb meant for someone else, perhaps a suspected drug dealer who lived in the neighborhood. Assistant Chief Joseph Chacon said police "can't rule out that Mr. House didn't construct this himself and accidentally detonate it, in which case it would be an accidental death."{{Cite news |url=http://www.kxan.com/news/crime/police-identify-man-killed-in-explosion-outside-northeast-austin-home/1031534299 |title=Police searching for motive in 'targeted' northeast Austin explosion |last=Winkle |first=Kate |date=March 5, 2018 |work=KXAN |access-date=March 21, 2018 |archive-date=March 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322015803/http://www.kxan.com/news/crime/police-identify-man-killed-in-explosion-outside-northeast-austin-home/1031534299 |url-status=dead }} Later, police began to investigate House's finances.{{Cite news |url=https://www.mystatesman.com/news/police-first-focused-drug-case-austin-bombings-they-were-wrong/WD78zcTUe7UK0WbgyykdkN/ |title=Police first focused on drug case in Austin bombings. They were wrong. |last=Plohetski |first=Tony |date=March 13, 2018 |work=Austin American-Statesman |access-date=March 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320021352/https://www.mystatesman.com/news/police-first-focused-drug-case-austin-bombings-they-were-wrong/WD78zcTUe7UK0WbgyykdkN/ |archive-date=March 20, 2018 |url-status=dead }}

After the third bombing, the APD began to investigate the connections between the victims. House's father was close friends with Mason's grandfather. Both of the elderly men attend the same church and are prominent members of the African-American community in Austin.{{Cite news |url=https://www.mystatesman.com/news/investigators-focus-austin-bombing-victims-family-connections/ZVP7S97oJc0J4AyN6uuePK/ |title=Investigators focus on Austin bombing victims' family connections |last=Plohetski |first=Tony |date=March 14, 2018 |work=Austin American-Statesman |access-date=March 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322021236/https://www.mystatesman.com/news/investigators-focus-austin-bombing-victims-family-connections/ZVP7S97oJc0J4AyN6uuePK/ |archive-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=dead }} Police also cautioned the public against opening suspicious packages, and advised them to call the police instead.{{Cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-austin-bombings-20180312-story.html |title=Three package bombings in Texas are linked, police say; two people killed |last1=Pearce |first1=Matt |last2=Yamato |first2=Jen |date=March 13, 2018 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=March 13, 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/12/us/austin-package-explosions.html |title=3 Austin Package Explosions, 2 of Them Deadly, Appear to Be Linked |last=Salam |first=Maya |date=March 12, 2018 |website=New York Times}} Because the bombs appeared to target the east side of Austin, which predominantly consists of poorer, African-American and Latino residents, local activists questioned whether the police advisory and investigation was delayed.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/exploding-packages-tap-into-simmering-tensions-over-austins-racial-segregation/2018/03/15/595a7b24-28a4-11e8-874b-d517e912f125_story.html |title=Exploding packages tap into simmering tensions over Austin's racial segregation |last=Rosenberg |first=Eli |date=March 15, 2018 |work=The Washington Post |access-date=March 21, 2018}} By March 20, the police had received more than 1,200 calls about suspicious packages.{{Cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/03/20/austin-bombing-has-texas-edge-after-tripwire-fedex-two-dead/441470002/ |title=Austin police have received more than 1,200 suspicious package calls since bombings started |last=Rossman |first=Sean |date=March 20, 2018 |work=USA Today |access-date=March 21, 2018}}

Over 500 agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) assisted local police in the investigation. Representative Michael McCaul called it "probably the biggest investigation since the Boston bombings."{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/us/austin-bomb-san-antonio-fedex.html |title=Suspected Serial Bomber May Have Sent a Second Package From Austin |last1=Fernandez |first1=Manny |last2=Dickerson |first2=Caitlin |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 20, 2018|date=March 20, 2018}} Former deputy director of the FBI Weldon L. Kennedy told news outlets he believed the culprit was a single, highly organized and efficient person because of the rapid pace of the bombings, use of package bombs, and apparent proficiency in the creation of explosives. By March 20, Texas Governor Greg Abbott had allocated $265,000 in government spending for the investigation.{{Cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/03/20/experts-serial-bombers-rare-and-difficult-identify/442939002/ |title=Authorities chasing a serial bomber in Austin who is organized, sophisticated — and moving quickly |last1=Jansen |first1=Burt |date=March 20, 2018 |work=USA Today|access-date=March 21, 2018 |last2=Johnson |first2=Kevin}}

Austin police officially connected the March 2 bombing following the bombings on March 12. The first three packages were not mailed, but instead placed near victims' homes. Two of the first three bombs were triggered upon being picked up, and another triggered upon being opened. The fourth bomb was activated by tripwire.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/18/us/austin-bombings-police-motive.html |title=Austin Struck by Fourth Explosion Only Hours After Televised Appeal to Bomber |last1=Montgomery |first1=Dave |date=March 18, 2018 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 19, 2018 |last2=Fernandez |first2=Manny |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |last3=Haag |first3=Matthew}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.statesman.com/news/police-aren-ruling-out-the-possibility-tripwire-type-bomb/bfBx4fYLP0sUydeaOZpUSM/ |title=Police aren't ruling out the possibility of a tripwire-type bomb |last=Mulder |first=Brandon |date=March 19, 2018 |work=Austin American-Statesman |access-date=March 20, 2018 |archive-date=March 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319213631/https://www.statesman.com/news/police-aren-ruling-out-the-possibility-tripwire-type-bomb/bfBx4fYLP0sUydeaOZpUSM/ |url-status=dead }} The fifth bomb was triggered in a sorting facility in Schertz, and the sixth was discovered and disarmed in a similar sorting facility in Austin. A FedEx store in the Austin suburb of Sunset Valley was cordoned off early in the morning of March 20 after local police tracked down the origin of the package that exploded at the sorting facility in Schertz.

Police first offered a reward of $65,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction of the bomber or bombers. Later, this sum was increased to $100,000 and the Texas Governor's office added another $15,000.{{Cite news |url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Austin-Police-increase-reward-for-information-in-12762561.php |title=Austin Police increase reward for information in bombings case |last=Matos |first=Alejandra |date=March 18, 2018 |work=Houston Chronicle |access-date=March 18, 2018}}

Police discovered the bombs used some common household ingredients. As part of the investigation, agents collected and reviewed receipts and sales records from stores for suspicious purchases of those components. This review identified Mark Anthony Conditt as a person of interest.{{Cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/21/us/austin-bomber-narrative-trnd/index.html |title=Police used store receipts and internet searches to identify Austin bombing suspect |last=Criss |first=Doug |date=March 21, 2018 |access-date=March 21, 2018 |publisher=CNN}} Specifically, a large purchase of nails (to be used as shrapnel in the bombs) by Conditt at a Home Depot in Round Rock alerted investigators, as well as uncommon batteries used in the bombs that came from Asia. A federal search warrant was obtained for Conditt's IP address, and the evidence gathered indicated he had used Google to search for information on shipping.{{Cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/03/21/who-mark-anthony-conditt-austin-serial-bomber/444738002/ |title=Who was Mark Anthony Conditt, the Austin serial bomber? |last1=Bacon |first1=John |last2=Moritz |first2=John C. |date=March 21, 2018 |work=USA Today |access-date=March 21, 2018}}

Investigators also obtained a witness sketch of the man. Conditt was captured on security videotape at the FedEx store in Sunset Valley, where he had shipped two explosive devices.{{Cite news |url=https://www.statesman.com/news/breaking-austin-bombing-suspect-dies-police-close-official-says/KZmUAGvKlNazDr31EzeUzI/ |title=THE INVESTIGATION: Pflugerville police issue all-clear for city area near bombing suspect's home |last1=Plohetski |first1=Tony |date=March 21, 2018 |work=Austin American-Statesman |access-date=March 21, 2018 |last2=Wilson |first2=Mark D. |last3=Huber |first3=Mary |last4=Goldenstein |first4=Taylor |last5=Hall |first5= Katie}} The surveillance footage captured a red 2002 Ford Ranger with no license plate; investigators examined records for all matching cars in Texas for white males possibly in their 20s. The footage also captured the man wearing pink construction gloves sold at Home Depot stores; by examining "hours of surveillance video from Home Depot locations in and around Austin" investigators were able to find footage showing what appeared to be the same man.Manny Fernandez, Dave Montgomery & Adam Goldman, [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/us/austin-bombings-suspect.html Lucky Breaks, Video and Pink Gloves Led to Austin Bombing Suspect], New York Times (March 21, 2018). This evidence allowed investigators to narrow the range of persons of interest to a small number of people.

At least one neighbor of Conditt noticed several people sitting in parked cars along the street on the night of March 20, which she now believes were unmarked police vehicles quietly staking out his house. Early on March 21, police moved in to make an arrest.{{Cite news |url= http://www.wbur.org/npr/595457452/authorities-in-austin-say-latest-package-bombs-sent-by-same-person |title=Report: Austin Suspect Kills Himself In Explosion As Police Move In For Arrest |last=Neuman |first=Scott |date=March 21, 2018 |access-date=March 21, 2018 |publisher=WBUR}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.statesman.com/news/crime--law/the-suspect-family-mark-conditt-grieving-and-shock/CQUCcXNJ9nb2iFs8sSq0pK/ |title=Authorities: Bombing suspect was Pflugerville resident Mark A. Conditt |last1=Walsh |first1=Sean Collins |work=Austin American-Statesman |last2=Osborn |first2=Claire |last3=Plohetski |first3=Tony |access-date=March 21, 2018 |archive-date=March 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322214622/https://www.statesman.com/news/crime--law/the-suspect-family-mark-conditt-grieving-and-shock/CQUCcXNJ9nb2iFs8sSq0pK/ |url-status=dead }} They tracked Conditt to a hotel room in Round Rock (north of Austin), then onto Interstate 35, where they pulled him over at around 2:00{{nbsp}}a.m. (CDT). As SWAT officers approached, he detonated a bomb in the vehicle, killing himself and injuring one officer, prompting other officers to fire upon the vehicle.{{Cite web |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/03/21/austin-bombing-suspect-dies-after-detonating-explosive-in-his-vehicle-police-say/ |title= Austin bombing suspect Mark Conditt dies after blowing himself up as officers approached, police say |last1=Phillips |first1=Kristine |last2=Berman |first2= Mark |date=March 21, 2018 |last3=Flynn |first3=Meagan |last4=Morave |first4=Eva Ruth |newspaper=Washington Post}} The Austin Police Department closed a southbound section of the interstate where FBI and ATF agents were dispatched to investigate.{{Cite news |url= https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/21/us/austin-explosions/index.html |title=Austin bombing suspect kills himself with explosive device |last1=Karimi |first1= Faith |date= March 21, 2016 |access-date=March 21, 2018 |publisher=CNN |last2=Ryan |first2=Mary Lynn}}

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Mark Anthony Conditt (June 16, 1994 – March 21, 2018) lived in Pflugerville, Texas, outside Austin. He grew up in a very religious Christian family.{{Cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/us/mark-anthony-conditt-austin-bomber.html |title=Who Is Mark Conditt, the Suspected Austin Serial Bomber? |last1=Fernandez |first1=Manny |date=March 21, 2018 |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 22, 2018 |last2=Saul |first2=Stephanie |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |last3=Healy |first3=Jack}}{{cite web|last1=Ducharme|first1=Jamie|title=The Austin Serial Bombing Suspect Is Dead. Here's What to Know About Mark Anthony Conditt|url=https://time.com/5207936/austin-texas-bombing-suspect-dead/|work=Time|access-date=March 22, 2018}} The eldest of three children, he attended Austin Community College from 2010 to 2012, leaving without graduating but in good academic standing. He was home-schooled by his mother, who in February 2013 "officially graduated" him from high school. He wrote blog posts in 2012, where he identified as a conservative who was "not that politically inclined"; he argued for the death penalty, and argued against same-sex marriages and sex offender registries. He reportedly was part of a club called Righteous Invasion of Truth (R.I.O.T.), apparently named after a Carman song.{{Cite news| url= https://newrepublic.com/minutes/147603/austin-bomber-homeschooled-christian-conservative|title=The Austin bombing suspect was a homeschooled Christian conservative.|work=The New Republic|access-date=2018-03-23|language=en-US}} The club's members home-schooled children, practiced survivalism, and held Bible studies.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/austin-bomber-mark-anthony-conditt-texas-christian-righteous-invasion-truth-a8267976.html|title=Austin bomber was part of Christian survivalist group|date=March 22, 2018|work=The Independent|access-date=March 23, 2018}}

Conditt moved out of his family's home a few years before the bombings and into a house nearby that he bought with his father and lived in with two roommates. He spent several years as an employee of Crux Manufacturing, which makes semiconductors, but he was fired eight months before the bombings for poor performance.{{Cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-austin-bombings-suspect-20180321-story.html |title=Austin bomber had a list of targets and made a 'confession' video, but motive remains a mystery |last1=Hennessy-Fiske |first1=Molly |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=March 22, 2018 |last2=Pearce |first2=Matt}} He had no criminal record.

Police found a 25-minute video on Conditt's phone in which he described the devices and confessed to the bombings, but the video does not explain how he chose his victims. Austin police chief Brian Manley described the video as "the outcry of a very challenged young man talking about challenges in his life that led him to this point."{{Cite news |url=https://www.statesman.com/news/breaking-austin-bombing-suspect-dies-police-close-official-says/KZmUAGvKlNazDr31EzeUzI/ |title=THE INVESTIGATION: 25-minute recording found with suspect considered confession, police chief says |last1=Plohetski |first1=Tony |work=Austin American-Statesman |access-date=22 March 2018 |last2=Wilson |first2=Mark D. |last3=Goldstein |first3=Taylor |last4=Hall |first4=Katie}} He declined to label Conditt a domestic terrorist, because "he does not at all mention anything about terrorism, nor does he mention anything about hate." Texas Governor Greg Abbott wondered "Was his goal to terrorize, or did he have some other type of agenda? Obviously, there was terror." The video has not been released.{{Cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/03/22/austin-bomber-challenged-young-man-or-terrorist/ |title=Austin bomber: 'Challenged young man' or 'terrorist'? |last=Schmidt |first=Samantha |date=March 22, 2018 |work=The Washington Post |access-date=March 22, 2018}} On March 29, after criticism of his earlier statements, Chief Manley reversed his stance and called Conditt "a domestic terrorist for what he did to us".{{cite news |url=https://www.statesman.com/news/local/today-austin-police-chief-joins-kut-panel-discuss-bombings-racial-climate/6Gg2VytROVBI8e4ft5jwmJ/ |title=Deadly Austin bombings were 'domestic terrorism,' police chief says |author=Huber, Mary |date=29 March 2018 |newspaper=Austin American-Statesman |access-date=29 March 2018}}

In response to the bombings, FedEx instituted a new policy on April 2, 2018, requiring all retail customers to provide government photo identification that includes their return address to ship packages.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ttnews.com/articles/fedex-office-imposes-photo-id-policy-response-austin-bombings|title=FedEx Office Imposes Photo ID Policy in Response to Austin Bombings|author=Maria Halkias|date=30 April 2018|newspaper=Transport Topics|access-date=30 May 2019}}

On March 17, Live Nation Music, a company organizing events for the annual South by Southwest film and music festival (which ran from March 9 to 18), received a bomb threat via email. Additional threats were made by phone to the eBay customer service center in Austin. Police searched the area mentioned in the email and found nothing of concern, but planned performances by The Roots and Ludacris, among others, were canceled.{{Cite news |url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/the-roots-sxsw-concert-cancelled-due-to-security-concern-1202729636/ |title=The Roots' SXSW Concert Canceled Due to 'Security Concern' |date=March 18, 2018 |work=Variety |access-date=March 19, 2018 |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trevor-weldon-ingram-arrested-for-austin-sxsw-bomb-threat/ |title=Man arrested for bomb threat that shut down Roots concert at South by Southwest in Austin |date=March 18, 2018 |work=CBS News |access-date=March 20, 2018}} Police arrested 26-year-old Trevor Weldon Ingram the next day; Ingram is charged with making a terroristic threat, a third-degree felony, in connection with the email.{{Cite news |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2018-03-18/arrest-made-in-fair-market-bomb-threat/ |title=Arrest Made in Fair Market Bomb Threat |last=Hoffberger |first=Chase |date=March 18, 2018 |work=The Austin Chronicle |access-date=March 20, 2018 |language=en-US}} Police do not believe Ingram had any link to the explosions in Texas.{{Cite news |url=http://www.newsweek.com/austin-bombings-race-progressive-south-852063 |title=Austin bombings shine spotlight on racial divisions as world focuses on city's progressive culture |last1=Hayden |first1=Michael Edison |date=March 20, 2018 |work=Newsweek |access-date=March 22, 2018 |last2=Schonfeld |first2=Zach |language=en}}

On March 20, a man was burned by a device described as an "artillery simulator device"{{Cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/ingraham-washingtons-real-march-madness |title=Ingraham: Washington's real March Madness |date=2018-03-20 |website=Fox News |language=en-US |access-date=2018-03-24}} in a donation box at a Goodwill in South Austin, and was taken to St. David's South Austin Medical Center.{{Cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/03/20/austin-bombings-another-package-explosion-reported-austin-injures-1-hours-after-two-package-bombs-fo/444186002/ |title=Austin bombings: Another reported package explosion injures 1, hours after two package bombs found |last=Hayes |first=Christal |date=March 20, 2018 |work=USA Today |access-date=March 21, 2018}} ATF agents and police officers quickly responded to the scene, and firefighters of the Austin Fire Department (AFD) evacuated the building of civilians.{{Cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/reported-package-explosion-austin-injures-officials/story?id=53868609 |title=New reported package explosion in Austin injures 1, officials say |last1=Osborne |first1=Mark |date=March 20, 2018 |access-date=March 21, 2018 |last2=Margolin |first2=Josh |last3=Hutchinson |first3=Bill}} The Austin Police Department announced shortly afterward via Twitter that this appeared unrelated to the serial bomber.{{Cite tweet |number=976263590482235394 |user=Austin_Police |title=#UPDATE: There was no package explosion in the 9800 block of Brodie Ln. Items inside package was not a bomb, rather an incendiary device. At this time, we have no reason to believe this incident is related to previous package bombs. #Breaking #packagebombmurders |author=Austin Police Dept |date=March 21, 2018}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.mystatesman.com/news/local/breaking-officials-responding-possible-new-explosion-goodwill-store-brodie-lane/WbCpRxpJs3jSXWZtTLz8sN/ |title=BREAKING UPDATE: Officials believe South Austin explosion not connected to previous bombs |last1=Hall |first1=Katie |date=March 20, 2018 |work=Austin American-Statesman |access-date=March 20, 2018 |last2=Martinez-Cabrera |first2=Alejandro |last3=Sevilla |first3=Andy}}

• Ted Kaczynski, American domestic terrorist who used package bombs from 1978 to 1995
• Luke Helder, American former student known as the Midwest Pipe Bomber of May 2002
• 2001 anthrax attacks, similar case in which parcel/courier carriers were used to attack
• Larry North, who attempted a bombing campaign in 2010
• October 2018 United States mail bombing attempts, series of bombs sent to public figures

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• [https://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/why_lsquotheyrsquo_arenrsquot_calling_it_lsquoterrorismrsquo_a_primer Why 'They' Aren't Calling It Terrorism':A Primer] Ben Radford, April 2, 2018.

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