Nashville Christmas Day bombing site still a shell of a building in eerie pics 4 years on as unanswered questions remain
Four years after the tragedy, the site of a catastrophic blast in Nashville on Christmas Day remains an abandoned shell, according to shocking new photos.
In the shocking explosion that occurred on Christmas Day in 2020, over 60 structures sustained significant damage, and one person—the bomber—was killed.
Authorities acknowledge that there is no way to know for sure if they could have stopped the explosion, leaving the events of that day shrouded in mystery.
On Christmas morning, Anthony Warner, the bomber, is thought to have parked his RV in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, and set up a potent homemade bomb on Second Avenue North at approximately 6:30 a.m.
The Petula Clark song Downtown and a spooky audio recording counting down to detonation could be heard emanating from the RV prior to the explosion.
Even yet, three individuals were still hurt by the blast’s ferocity, and authorities had barely enough time to evacuate all the surrounding buildings.
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400 people were relocated and 41 businesses were damaged by the explosion, which also left a massive crater in its wake.
After the explosion, Warner’s remains were found in the wreckage.
The city is still processing the explosion and its effects four years later. Regarding the downtown location, there is no set timetable.
Despite long-term ambitions to rebuild it, the site—which includes the four-story historic Old Spaghetti Factory—remains a derelict shell of a structure.
It is anticipated that major site upgrades would start in the summer of 2025. Everything is expected to be finished by the end of 2026.
The century-old historic site will continue to be a bombed-out ruin till then.
Warner’s reasons for the explosion remain unknown.
A friend contacted 911 around 16 months prior to the explosion, claiming that Warner “might be building a bomb.”
Many local businesses in the neighborhood were already struggling with the effects of the Covid-19 outbreak when the blast happened.
With the exception of a two-year probationary period for felony marijuana possession in 1978, Warner, 63, had no criminal history.
NASHVILLE BOMBING TIMELINE
December 25, 2020
- 1:22 am – Anthony Warner parks his RV on Second Avenue in Nashville
- 4:30 am – Local building owner wakes up after hearing several bursts of gunfire
- 5:38 am – A recording begins playing from the RV announcing that the vehicle will explode and telling residents to evacuate
- 6:00 am – A 15-minute countdown begins, playing the 1964 song Downtown by Petula Clark in between warnings
- 6:30 am – The bomb explodes
- 6:45 am – Federal agents and cops descend on downtown streets
Police search Warner’s house on December 26.
Warner was formally named a bomber on December 27.
Just before his brother Steve passed away in 2018, he was involved in a family dispute that went to court regarding the transfer of property title to himself.
The next year, though, that case was dropped.
Police also rejected his girlfriend’s warning that she thought he was preparing a bomb in his RV.
The girlfriend informed Nashville police on August 21, 2019, that Warner “was building bombs in the RVtrailer at his residence,” according to the news agency.
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The FBI received the information, but no thorough investigations were carried out.
The reason behind the strange attack and the identity of Warner’s targeted victims remain a mystery to Nashville citizens today.
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