‘He doesn’t mention terrorism or hate. It’s an outcry of a challenged man’: Austin police find video confession on bomber’s phone as it’s revealed he used alias Kelly KILLMORE to FedEx devices
Austin bomber Mark Anthony Conditt, 23, blew himself up as police tried to arrest him about 2am Wednesday
Police were able to zero in on the bomber after obtaining CCTV footage of him posting two packages at a FedEx office in Austin on Sunday night
Austin Police, Chief Brian Manley, revealed that Conditt was aware the cops were closing in on him, and made a 25 minute video on his phone, confessing to the attacks
‘This was very troubled young man who was talking about the challenges in his life that led him to take the actions he took,’ Manley said, adding that there were no mentions of terrorism or hate in the clip
The police chief said that Conditt had talked in detail about each and every bomb he created, and he was confident that all the explosives had now been accounted for
The chief said that Conditt did not explain why he’d targeted his specific victims
The bomber had gone on a three week bombing spree that killed two people and injured at least five others
The most recent package bomb detonated at a FedEx distribution center near San Antonio early Tuesday
Bomber used ‘exotic’ batteries ordered online from Asia to make his bombs and bought some equipment from a local Home Depot store
Conditt, who previously worked as a computer repair technician, is believed to have made the bombs himself
His extended family in Colorado said they were in shock following the revelation Conditt was a serial bomber
Neighbors described Conditt as a quiet, studious young man who came from a ‘good Christian’ family
His 2012 blog posts indicate he was in favor of the death penalty and was against gay marriage and abortion
By HANNAH PARRY and EMILY CRANE
DAILYMAIL.COM
21 March 2018
Austin police has discovered a video confession which the ‘troubled’ serial bomber made on his phone hours before he was killed by police, as it’s revealed he used alias Kelly Killmore to FedEx his devices to his unsuspecting victims.
Mark Anthony Conditt, 23, killed himself when he detonated a bomb inside his SUV as police surrounded him near a hotel on Interstate 35, just outside Austin, at about 2am on Wednesday.
At a Wednesday evening press conference, Austin Police, Chief Brian Manley, revealed that Conditt was aware the cops were closing in on him, and made a 25 minute video on his phone, confessing to the attacks.
His devout Christian family had no idea of his problems.
‘What is clear from listening to that video, is that this was very troubled young man who was talking about the challenges in his life that led him to take the actions he took,’ Manley said, adding that there were no mentions of terrorism or hate in the clip.
‘There were also indications of action she was willing to take in the future,’ Manley continued.
The police chief said that Conditt had talked in detail about each and every bomb he created, and each one’s minor differences, so he was confident that all the explosives had now been accounted for.
‘We still want our community to remain vigilant, but I want to let the community know he mentioned seven explosive devices, and we have identified those devices and those are no longer in play. We can account for every bomb, and he did individually identify each bomb.’
Manley said that police were still trying to understand the motive behind the bombings – and that the phone recording offers a key insight into why Conditt embarked on the killing spree.
‘He doesn’t mention anything about terrorism or anything about hate. It’s an outcry of a challenged young man,’ he explained at the press conference.
The chief said that Conditt did not explain why he’d targeted his specific victims.
‘There were no indications of why these specific addresses, or those that were placed in the community, there was no reasons given for why he selected those individuals.’
The FBI said at the press conference that they were confident that suspect would have continued to cause more death and destruction if he hadn’t been caught.
FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs: ‘You literally had Austin police running toward a vehicle that had explosives in it. Those are real heroes.’
The Texas DA confirmed that if he’s been taken alive, Conditt would have been facing the death penalty.
He added that Conditt appears to have made the video last night, between 9pm and 11pm, as the cops closed in on him. Police say they do not plan to release the confession during the investigation.
‘There were indications, that he stated in the video, that he felt like we were getting very close to him,’ he said.
‘It was a confession, because he was admitting to what he had done,’ he explained.
Police closed in on the bomber after obtaining CCTV footage of the college dropout posting two devices disguised as parcels at a FedEx office on Sunday night following a string of package bombs that have terrorized Austin.
Manley said that officers had shot Conditt dead after he detonated a bomb inside his own car, injuring surrounding officers, when they knocked on his window.
But Manley hinted that it’s likely the suspect was have died from his self-inflicted wounds even if he hadn’t been shot, saying: ‘The injuries he sustained from the explosion were significant.’
Law enforcement sources told ABC that Conditt had posted those two parcels under the name Kelly Killmore. One of those package bombs detonated at a FedEx distribution center near San Antonio early Tuesday.
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