Metro Nashville PD-Photo of RV

[MustLoveBeagles]

Last edited Fri Dec 25, 2020, 06:37 PM - Edit history (3)

BREAKING: This is the RV that exploded on 2nd Ave N this morning. It arrived on 2nd Ave at 1:22 a.m. Have you seen this vehicle in our area or do you have information about it? Please contact us via Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463 or online via http://fbi.gov/nashville.
@ATFHQ

Link to tweet

Thank you Leghorn21 for finding this tweet.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214760372

Edit 2: Live local coverage: https://www.wkrn.com/news/large-explosion-in-downtown-nashville/
Thank you MerryBlooms for finding this.

Edit 3: Update: Human remains have been found according to WKRN. It's not known whether it's a suicide bomber or an innocent bystander. Shit.

Edit 4: If you have information about this call the TIPLINE at-800-CALL-FBI.

[superpatriotman]

1. A twitterer

Says her father’s boutique hotel has a video of the rv parked near it - close to the blast area- for a day and a half

[ck4829]

23. She'll need to be more specific, there are a lot of hotels in that area

It could be the Studio 154 she is referring to though...

[bronxiteforever]

2. K&R.This is what they are telling us. They probably

have tons of camera evidence now. Technological advances will solve this case quickly.
It is very hard to hide digital footprints in 2020.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Any pro imaging folks around?

Amateur fidgeting around here with photoshop, looks like two (caucasianish) guys talking to each other in the front seat.

[mr_lebowski]

4. Damn, it was probably Walter and Jessie ... just a cook that went bad ... (nt)

[TheBlackAdder]

5. Any bridge, any interstate, any toll plaza, that vehicle was scanned with the driver's face.

.

While tedious, they'll be able to backtrack the vehicle to where it approximately left.

If they got good images of the license plate, they will be able to process that information faster.

It looks like it's in decent shape, so there are probably camper & DMV records somewhere.

.

[Hekate]

6. Right. It's traceable.

[NellieStarbuck]

35. I'm not aware of any toll roads or bridges in Tennessee. But I've been gone for a while.

[Takket]

7. very clear picture.........

should be easy to ID the model and that won't be something there are a million of around....... have to think it won't take horribly wrong to find the owner if it is metro Nashville area.

[QED]

8. It could be a rental....

[yellowcanine]

29. Rental would be very easy to track. That is how they caught

the original WTC bomber. Dumb fuck tried to claim the truck was stolen and tried to get his deposit back.

[sandensea]

9. Absolutely. It's a c. 2000 Ford Four Winds Chateau RV

Here's hoping they find the fucker (Boogaloo/Proud Boob?).

https://www.rvusa.com/four-winds-chateau-31n-1998-class-c-rockford-il-2383370

[The Figment]

16. Close....

I believe it's a 2001 Four Winds Chateau 24-27 foot on a Ford F450 chassis.

[sandensea]

17. Thank you!

The more accurate, the better.

Yes, the police, I'm sure, have already determined the precise model/make - but the more widely-publicized, the better.

I'd almost bet that Cheeto uses this (convenient?) incident to try to impose Martial Law.

Not that our Armed Forces would go along with such a power grab - but he may try.

That said, Merry Christmas. Here's hoping for a better one next year!

[Irish_Dem]

12. This vehicle sticks out like a sore thumb, someone is going to recognize it. nt

Edit for spelling

[USALiberal]

10. They can find the VIN at least. Nt

[MerryBlooms]

11. R&K

[George II]

13. I can't believe it was parked on the street in downtown for six hours and no one investigated it.

[ailsagirl]

15. Good point

WHO could/would have done this?????

Thank God no one was killed.

[MustLoveBeagles]

26. See my updated OP

Human remains have been found by the blast site.

[ailsagirl]

34. Waiting to hear what the coroner has determined

[csziggy]

19. Holiday week, no stores open, no parking pressures

Probably fewer cops patrolling that area, too.

At least someone found it and called in reinforcements.

[George II]

38. Most cities don't permit overnight parking in their downtown areas.

[Xolodno]

28. It may be common.

A lot of the "wealthier" homeless have RV's they live in.

[ProfessorGAC]

14. Correct Me If I'm Wrong

But, I don't see a plate in front. The picture of an identical RV in this thread shows the plate on the far driver side of the bumper. Is there a plate I'm not seeing?
If so, this eliminates as states of origin those states that require front & back plates, I'd think.
Unless they removed plates from the vehicle completely, but that seems a way to get pulled over by a cop.
Seems too planned to let it get screwed up by a routine traffic stop.

[MustLoveBeagles]

20. Good eye

I didn't notice until you pointed it out.

Edit: I looked at the original photo again and it looks like there's something on the drivers side below the head light. I can't tell if it's a license plate or a fog light. Is there anyone with better eyesight than me that can see what that is? Does anyone have a way of magnifying that section of the photo?

[roamer65]

22. They probably stole the license plate.

[cstanleytech]

24. What if they put a "Applied for Temp" or some such sign up so as to dissuade any officers

from pulling them over?

[ProfessorGAC]

33. That Would Work

But, at least here, you have to put those where the permanent plate would be.
Taping them to a window can get you a ticket.

[NellieStarbuck]

36. Tennessee does not require front plates.

[ProfessorGAC]

41. I Didn't Think So

I suppose renting, borrowing, or stealing an RV from the same state would attract even less attention.
Although stealing it seems like a bad part of the plot.
Even McVeigh & Nichols thought to rent a truck and those 2 guys were morons.

[uncle ray]

39. vehicle registration enforcement is way down on LE priority during the pandemic.

i can't speak for that area, but many DMVs are reduced capacity and local officials have said that enforcement of registration will be lax.

[ProfessorGAC]

40. No Doubt True

But, someone planning a bombing would likely not chance a cop just getting more interested than normal.
It would be a stupid reason to let the whole plot unravel.

[MustLoveBeagles]

18. Update

Human remains have been found. It's not known whether it's a suicide bomber or an innocent bystander.

[MerryBlooms]

21. Yes, wondering if the messaging coming from the RV was part live and recording.

The gun shots could have also been live, if the bomber was indeed in the RV.

[MustLoveBeagles]

25. Good point

I don't know if the gunshots were live or not. If they were and the perpetrator didn't have any intention of dying in the blast they could've escaped to a waiting vehicle close by or just blended in with the evacuees in the confusion.

[MerryBlooms]

27. Escaping would have been tough with so many officers around the RV...

So, he must have been in the back of the rig at the time officers showed up (obviously not in driver's seat), or fled before. If he fled before, then unfortunately, either an officer or bystander would be the remains.

[anneboleyn]

30. The voice warning was definitely a recording (and using some Siri-like voice)

[MerryBlooms]

32. Yeah, that was my take also. Hoping the remains are the bomber and not first responder.

[SheltieLover]

31. K&R!

[Baclava]

42. Check security cam feeds in area, for rear view, look for Trump bumper stickers!