Is there a serial bomber in Austin? [Update 2--a second bomb today, so yeah, it looks like there is]

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
03/12/2018 at 14:00 • Filed to: None

For the second time in 10 days, a package left on a porch exploded and killed somebody. Today, it was a teenager, and his mother was critically injured. Back on March 2, a man not too far from where we live was killed. Police aren’t saying the incidents are related, and they’re not saying if there is a connection between the victims. I don’t think I’ll be ordering anything anytime soon.

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Update : Police are now saying that the bombings appear to be related. Neither package was delivered by a delivery service, and both victims were African American, which may or may not be a coincidence.

Maybe it’s finally time to install a front door camera of some sort.

Update 2: A second package bomb has detonated, this time critically injuring a 70-year-old woman.

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DISCUSSION (52)

For Sweden > ttyymmnn
03/12/2018 at 11:25

Give it a few years, and the bomber will be a tenured professor.

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn
03/12/2018 at 11:25

Dafuq is wrong with people...

Hooker > ttyymmnn
03/12/2018 at 11:45

Until this is resolved. Order nothing and receive nothing. Only advice I can give. And fuck, what is wrong with people!?

ttyymmnn > Hooker
03/12/2018 at 11:48

Exactly. I just had a talk with my boys. Even if this is a crazed random killer, the odds of us getting hit are very small. Still, I told them not to touch anything on the porch. I’m not going to be ordering anything for a while.

Spanfeller is a twat > WilliamsSW
03/12/2018 at 11:57

Lack of mental health facilities in this case I suspect. I’m not sure what regulations are set in place for explosives, but this bomb was probably made with household items. We’re lucky this insane person hasn’t picked up a very cheap and lethal device like an AR-15...

Spanfeller is a twat > ttyymmnn
03/12/2018 at 11:59

I think we accidentally stumbled upon what terrorism is going to look like in a few years, as block and mortar stores go away, bomb threats could severely damage comunities that will eventually relay on internet shopping.

phenotyp > ttyymmnn
03/12/2018 at 12:05

What the fuck.

WilliamsSW > Spanfeller is a twat
03/12/2018 at 12:06

Yeah - mental health issues aren’t always easy to identify, but we certainly need to get better at identifying and treating them.

Spanfeller is a twat > WilliamsSW
03/12/2018 at 12:12

Theres this quote in Spanish that goes “one must prevent rather than lament”

Yes, if there was more infrastructure maybe this could’ve been avoided...

My bird IS the word > ttyymmnn
03/12/2018 at 12:45

I would be more worried that these are test runs for something bigger.

ttyymmnn > My bird IS the word
03/12/2018 at 12:52

Hard to say at this point.

DipodomysDeserti > For Sweden
03/12/2018 at 12:53

At the new and improved Trump University.

Mercedes Streeter > Spanfeller is a twat
03/12/2018 at 13:12

In the wrong hands bombs can be more dangerous than an AR-15. :/ Bombs were very popular in the US decades ago. Not only can you kill dozens, but you can level entire buildings.

Hooker > ttyymmnn
03/12/2018 at 13:36

I once was on campus at school (college) when there was a major gas leak and it could go off at any second. Not the same but bare with me. I was standing outside the building a few hundred yards from the leak and I was arguing with the police officer that all I wanted to do was walk home (1000 feet away). He told me if I did, I would be arrested and brought down town immediately. I obliged and told him that if it was immediate, I didn’t care either way. I wasn’t about to become a statistic on the morning news because they couldn’t evacuate safely. He let me go. Actually, he told me “go the fuck home you little bastard!” I felt good. Nothing happened. But exercising that kind of caution can never be a bad thing. Glad you have a plan.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Hooker
03/12/2018 at 13:43

there was a gas leak in a building behind my dorm. shit went boom. it wa actually in the building I had lived int he year before. A kid on that floor had both legs broken from the force of the floors pushing up. I felt it pretty good in my room but nothing more than a few things tipped over. Gas explosions are no joke.

Spanfeller is a twat > Mercedes Streeter
03/12/2018 at 13:46

Yeah, but procuring the necessary products to make a big bomb implies a lot of red flags that law enforcement can forsee... It’s different with a gun because red flags under the current legal system aren’t showing up.

Explosives are way better regulated than guns though... If I were to be scared it’s going to be about a gun....

ttyymmnn > My bird IS the word
03/12/2018 at 13:56

Looks like there’s been a second bombing today.

ranwhenparked > ttyymmnn
03/12/2018 at 14:01

Really scary, and in such a confined area and so random in terms of victims. At least the Unabomber had a discernible MO.

ttyymmnn > ranwhenparked
03/12/2018 at 14:02

Police are probably scrambling right now. It will take them some time to determine a pattern, if there even is one. This could be totally random, which makes it all the more scary.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > ttyymmnn
03/12/2018 at 14:07

well shit... stay safe mate... as you’re on 3 now i think its a safe bet you have a serial nutjob

heres to hoping he’s caught soon

random001 > Spanfeller is a twat
03/12/2018 at 14:09

That’s in English, though....

ttyymmnn > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
03/12/2018 at 14:09

Yeah, this is getting a bit scary. I’ve already had a talk with my boys about not touching any packages on the front porch. It looks like these packages were left overnight, and not delivered by UPS or USPS. Hopefully, somebody will have some tape on this guy.

random001 > Spanfeller is a twat
03/12/2018 at 14:10

Give yourself a few years, you’ll realize how wrong that statement is.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > My bird IS the word
03/12/2018 at 14:11

Well it would be dumb to call attention to your activities, ramp up FBI ect.. and then try for your goal. But they may be dumb, I was an intelligence officer and they aren’t all bright bulbs. They said it may be connected, could be a list of people connected to something that upset them. If it is totally random they will be hard to catch, they can analyze the explosive and other equipment but if it’s common enough it is tough. The US can be tough, the UK has so many cameras it is easier for them to find people once they get a small tip, they can get more info based off a small stop at a store or gas station etc.. In larger areas they can pretty much follow that vehicle through all the camera feed and see where they go and get images of them. But I doubt Americans are willing to do that.

HammerheadFistpunch > ttyymmnn
03/12/2018 at 14:13

holy crap. People are so messed up.

PatBateman > ttyymmnn
03/12/2018 at 14:16

Well this isn’t good. I wonder if the twofer today is supposed to scare the SXSW crowd.

ttyymmnn > PatBateman
03/12/2018 at 14:23

We were planning to go to an event this evening, but we have changed our plans. Not because of this specifically, but I think it makes sense to stay away from large crowds right now. If this shitbag wants to make a big statement, attacking SXSW would do just that.

Spanfeller is a twat > random001
03/12/2018 at 14:24

Mas vale prevenir que lamentar... I translated it!

Spanfeller is a twat > random001
03/12/2018 at 14:26

Well.... Any threat to security scares me. I don’t have the numbers thought and I can’t deny I’ll probably go around to your way of thinking.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > ttyymmnn
03/12/2018 at 14:28

I’m at the point where I see these stories and I just think to myself, “Another day in America.”

ttyymmnn > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
03/12/2018 at 14:31

Yup. But this one is too close to home. It IS home.

random001 > Spanfeller is a twat
03/12/2018 at 14:33

I meant the part about bombs being hard.

random001 > Spanfeller is a twat
03/12/2018 at 14:33

See, that looks like spanish! Or greek....

Spanfeller is a twat > ttyymmnn
03/12/2018 at 14:34

Was that victim also African American?

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn
03/12/2018 at 14:34

Stay safe - you and you family, and the rest of the Austin Oppo community.

Hopefully the shitbag (or shitbags) get caught ASAP. Scary.

ttyymmnn > Spanfeller is a twat
03/12/2018 at 14:36

The race of the victim has not been reported.

Spanfeller is a twat > random001
03/12/2018 at 14:37

It is Spanish.

While I do not know the origin of the saying I do know it’s told everywhere here... specially when talking about vehicular safety!

Spanfeller is a twat > ttyymmnn
03/12/2018 at 14:38

I wouldn’t want to call it racially motivated, but if the 3rd victim is also African American I’d begin having worries.

ttyymmnn > Spanfeller is a twat
03/12/2018 at 14:41

The third bombing is not the best part of town, and I would suspect a larger percentage of minority residents. APD is having a press conference soon.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > ttyymmnn
03/12/2018 at 14:44

Per NBC 5 DFW , all the victims are African American. Though they haven’t discussed the third bombing yet, the fact that they say ‘all’ leads me to believe that includes the third and that this is, for now, racially motivated.

I say ‘for now’ because it seems that this could, unfortunately, be leading to something bigger where it may claim victims of different ethnicities. Hopefully they get some leads or make some progress quickly.

ETA: They have edited the story I linked to and removed the ‘all victims are black’ line and added more quotes from PD. However the insinuation is still there.

ttyymmnn > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz)
03/12/2018 at 14:45

I have not heard any reports about the third victim, and I’m checking local news and APD Twitter often. We were gong to hit SXSW this evening. Now we’re not. Not because of this specifically, but it doesn’t make sense to be part of a large, high profile crowd of people right now.

Spanfeller is a twat > ttyymmnn
03/12/2018 at 14:45

Hopefully it isn’t motivated by race...

My bird IS the word > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
03/12/2018 at 14:47

It’s dumb and highly illogical to murder strangers in the first place. I mean the jihadists actually believe that their god created people explicitly for them to kill, and that is a good thing. Say whatever you want about revenge, but lashing out at people who aren’t responsible is the dumbest thing going. Hence why they end up warning the authorities or getting caught. A smart bomber would be neigh impossible to catch.

From what I recall usually the serial bombers test stuff because homemade explosives have a high rate of failure.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > ttyymmnn
03/12/2018 at 14:48

Better safe than sorry, as they say. A few of our friends are going to SXSW for work, hopefully all will go as safely as planned.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > ttyymmnn
03/12/2018 at 14:54

I’m anticipating I’ll live long enough for something to happen in my backyard — or even to me.

BigBlock440 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
03/12/2018 at 15:39

Eh, from Wikipedia’s ranking of cities by population, there are over 300 cities with populations over 100k. These kinds of things don’t happen that often, maybe every couple of years. Even if they happened every year, it’d take 300 years to hit every city, and 50 years to get to every state. Statically, you’d have to live to over 1,000 for it to happen near you. Which is also why people think it’ll never happen to them. Most people are correct in thinking that, some people aren’t, no way of knowing which ones are right though.

crowmolly > ttyymmnn
03/12/2018 at 16:03

Maybe it’s finally time to install a front door camera of some sort.

I’m pretty close to doing that myself.

ttyymmnn > crowmolly
03/12/2018 at 16:09

I’m looking at this. A friend has one and speaks highly of it.

https://shop.ring.com/collections/video-doorbells

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > BigBlock440
03/12/2018 at 16:26

I’m not talking about the method of killing, I’m talking about the daily occurrence of people dying for no goddamn reason.

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > ttyymmnn
03/12/2018 at 16:51

I also recommend Netgear’s Arlo cameras. They don’t require wiring and has a magnetic base for mounting itself to any metal. Sends notifications whenever motion in detected and compared to Ring, it’s subscription free. My family has 5 of them and they’ve been great for our renovation so far with people coming in and out.

Hooker > OPPOsaurus WRX
03/12/2018 at 17:27

Agreed. And holy hell! If that happened to me, I don’t think I would ever venture outside ever again!

pip bip - choose Corrour > ttyymmnn
03/13/2018 at 07:01

my plan is working

;)