'No way of knowing' if Nashville Christmas Day suicide bombing could have been thwarted: Report

'No way of knowing' if Nashville suicide bombing could have been thwarted: Report

An after-action review of a Christmas Day bombing in downtown Nashville has concluded "there is no way to know for sure" whether police could have thwarted the devastating attack that injured three people. The eight-page report by a five-member committee appointed in January by Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake identified deficiencies in a follow-up investigation of a 911 call made 16 months earlier by a friend of suspect Anthony Warner, alleging he "might be building a bomb." On Christmas Day 2020, Warner allegedly parked his RV in downtown Nashville and detonated a powerful homemade bomb at 6:30 a.m. after an eerie audio recording counting down to the explosion and the Petula Clark song "Downtown" came from the RV, giving police just enough time to evacuate nearby buildings. Warner's remains were discovered in the debris from the blast that left a crater in the street, damaged 37 buildings and displaced about 400 people. Three people suffered minor injuries.