Texas bombing suspect dead, identified

bdmetronews Desk ॥ The suspect in a string of bombings that terrorized Austin killed himself with an explosive device as police closed in, officials say.
Law enforcement sources have named Mark Anthony Conditt as the suspect in Austin’s string of deadly bombings.

Conditt, 24, was killed by one of his explosives earlier this morning. He is believed to have been a resident of Pflugerville, Texas, a town just north of Austin.

A family friend, who does not want her name shared publicly, spoke to ABC News about Conditt and his family.

“The family is a normal Christian family. There was nothing going on with Mark when I knew him, I knew him as a teenager. He reminded me of every teenage boy, it was hard to get a smile out of him,” the friend said.

“These people are hurting and will have to bury their son in pieces, their family is good,” she said.

he incidents associated with Conditt included three package bombs that detonated at residences in Austin, then an explosive triggered by a tripwire, a package bomb that went off at a FedEx distribution center about 65 miles southwest of Austin in Schertz, and finally a second package that was found intact at a different FedEx center.

 

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