[Outages-discussion] Nashville bombing suspect identified as former IT technician, died in the blast.

[Jay Ashworth]

It was reported, by Newsweek if memory serves me correctly, that his father was a longtime career employee of Southern Bell - possibly working in that building - who died in 2011. 

No news at the moment as to whether he might have held a grudge against the company for the way in which his father died or something to that effect.

But it certainly is looking like what I have thought it was most of the time since Christmas morning - a 'grand-mal suicide', a phrase I don't remember who I stole it from.

On December 27, 2020 5:47:47 PM EST, "Chapman, Brad (NBCUniversal)" <Brad.Chapman at nbcuni.com> wrote:
>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/12/27/anthony-quinn-warner-confirmed-person-interest-nashville-explosion/4053000001/
>
>This was an apparent suicide bombing with no other parties and no
>ulterior motive as of yet.  Just before the bomb went off, the RV was
>playing “Downtown” by Petula Clark, a song meant to inspire people
>feeling blue to “forget all your troubles, forget all your cares and go
>downtown, where all the lights are bright...”
>
>According to the article, Warner lived in Nashville for decades and had
>a long stable career in IT doing alarms and security systems and
>related work.  Neighbors described him as polite but also quiet and
>aloof with no obvious political leanings or religious convictions.
>
>He was probably lonely and depressed for a really long time, and the
>isolation of COVID-19 finally got to him.
>
>Depression is common in our line of work.  Don’t be afraid to talk to a
>friend or a professional about it, especially in these trying times.
>
>May 2021 be a better year.
>
>Cheers,
>Brad Chapman
>
>—Sent from my iPhone

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