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Nashville Christmas blast

Museum, Street Renaming Among The Ideas As Nashville Rebuilds Battered Second Avenue

Damon Mitchell

April 23, 2021

Nashville firefighters displayed a U.S. flag near the bombing site in early January.

Metro’s Second Avenue project management team, made up of city leaders, has begun the process of evaluating design recommendations submitted over the past few months.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Nashville Christmas blast, preservation, second avenue

FBI Report: Nashville Bomber Driven By Conspiracies, Not Political Ideology

Tony Gonzalez

March 15, 2021

New information from the FBI finds that the man who blew himself up in Nashville on Christmas morning struggled with paranoia and believed in conspiracy theories. But the FBI says he was not motivated by social or political ideology and that he tried to minimize harm when taking his own life.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Anthony Warner, FBI, Nashville Christmas blast

Here’s What Stakeholders Are Discussing For The Future Of Nashville’s Historic Second Avenue

Damon Mitchell

March 15, 2021

downtown Nashville blast damage

The push to rebuild downtown Nashville’s Second Avenue has attracted dozens of residents and community groups who have ideas on what should happen to the historic district, as it recovers from the Christmas Day bombing.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Nashville Christmas blast

Disaster Loans Available Regionally After Outages Caused By Christmas Bombing

Blake Farmer

February 4, 2021

2nd Ave destruction

The Small Business Administration is offering low-interest loans to those with economic damages from the Christmas bombing in downtown Nashville, which caused regional phone and internet outages.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Nashville Christmas blast

Nashville Christmas Bombing Has State Officials Digging Into AT&T’s Network

Alexis Marshall

February 3, 2021

ATT portable cell site
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In the aftermath of the Christmas Day bombing, dozens of 911 call centers lost service in Tennessee. And as more details emerge about what went wrong, members of Tennessee’s Emergency Communications Board are anticipating policy changes.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: AT&T, Nashville Christmas blast, Tennessee Emergency Communications Board

Nashville Bombing Unlikely To Qualify As Major Federal Disaster, Limiting Relief Dollars

Blake Farmer

January 22, 2021

downtown Nashville bombing cleanup

Damage assessments from the Christmas morning bomb blast on Second Avenue continues to come in less severe than originally feared, particularly to underground infrastructure.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: FEMA, Metro Codes, Nashville Christmas blast, Scott Potter

Legal Experts Question Why Police Never Sought A Search Warrant After Warning About Nashville Bomber

Samantha Max

January 15, 2021

Nashville police helped FBI agents search Anthony Warner's home in Antioch.
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Police have repeatedly asserted that officers did not have enough evidence for a search warrant when the Christmas bomber’s girlfriend reported he was building explosives in 2019. But some legal experts say otherwise.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: John Drake, Keeda Haynes, Metro Nashville Police Department, Nashville Christmas blast

After The Nashville Bombing, One Man Salvages What He Can From His Home And Hub For Black Artists

Rachel Iacovone

January 14, 2021

The lobby of Lofts at 160 seen from Second Avenue two weeks after the Christmas Day bombing less than a block away, which heavily damaged the residential complex.
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A resident of a downtown apartment building surveys what he lost and assesses whether to return.

Filed Under: Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: downtown Nashville, Gideon's Army, Nashville Christmas blast

Timeline: The Nashville Bombing, From Advance Warning To The Aftermath

Samantha MaxandTony Gonzalez

January 13, 2021

This interactive timeline traces the pivotal moments preceding and following the blast that shook downtown Nashville on Christmas morning.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: downtown Nashville, infographic, Metro Nashville Police Department, Nashville Christmas blast

‘We All Want The Same Thing’: Taking Stock Of Nashville Police After Christmas Bombing

Samantha Max

January 13, 2021

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Two days after a bomb erupted in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning, the officers at the scene shared a chilling account of that night.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Bob Mendes, John Cooper, John Drake, Metro Nashville Police Department, Nashville Christmas blast, Nashville Metro Council, protest

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