Austin police release video of the takedown of serial bomber
Raw Video: The standoff between police and a serial bomber who terrorized Austin, Texas for nineteen days in March 2018.
A new video released by Texas officials showed the final moments before the suspect behind the deadly bombings in Austin, Texas, took his life in March.
The video was shown in a meeting with commissioners from the Texas Department of Public Safety, KVUE reported. The station reported it was the first time the video was aired publicly.
It showed aerial footage from a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter. SWAT officers from the Austin Police Department are seen following Mark Anthony Conditt, as he drove a car along Interstate 35 on March 21. The vehicle pursuit ended as two vans close in and stop the 23-year-old's vehicle. Officers were seen rushing over to the Conditt's car before an explosion occurs.
“Got an explosion! Got an explosion inside the vehicle,” an officer was heard saying.
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Authorities said the officers near the vehicle explosion were not seriously injured. Conditt was killed in the explosion.
Conditt was accused of killing two people in a series of explosions that began on March 2 and terrified the city of Austin. Anthony Stephan House, 39, was killed when a package he discovered on his porch in northeast Austin exploded.
This undated photo from Facebook and 2010 student ID photo released by Austin Community College shows Mark Anthony Conditt. (Facebook/Austin Community College)
Ten days later, a second "porch bombing" occurred, killing 17-year-old Draylen Mason and injuring the teen's mother. A third bomb went off on March 12, injuring Esperanza Herrera, 75. After this incident, police said all three bombings were connected.
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On March 18, two men were injured by a bomb set off by a sophisticated "trip wire" made of fishing string. Two days later, a package exploded at a FedEx sorting facility outside of San Antonio.
Conditt recorded a 25-minute-long “confession” to his crimes before detonating a bomb in his vehicle. The recording was made on a phone, which was found in the suspect’s possession following the confrontation.
Fox News’ Travis Fedschun and Elizabeth Zwirz contributed to this report.
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