So what's with all the parcel bombs in Texas?

[de officiis]

Austin bombing suspect dies after blowing himself up, police say

ROUND ROCK, Tex. — The suspected serial bomber who terrorized Austin with a slew of exploding packages died early Wednesday after detonating another explosive device in his vehicle as police closed in on him, authorities said.

Austin police and the FBI tracked the 24-year-old male to a hotel parking lot in Round Rock, about 18 miles north of Austin, where they found him inside his vehicle, Interim Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said. Officers wanted to wait for tactical units to arrive before engaging the suspect, but he started to drive away.

The man stopped on the side of the Interstate 35 frontage road, and as Austin SWAT officers approached, the suspect detonated a bomb, knocking one of the officers backward and injuring him, Manley said.

[C-Mag]

Austin Police say the bomber accidentally blew himself up in his car in the early AM. No name released at this point. A 24 year old male who was chased down due to FedEx receipts. Had 2 roommates who are being questioned.

[C-Mag]

Reddit user claims to be Austin bomber, claims to have targeted Alex Jones.

https://bigleaguepolitics.com/alex-jone ... in-bomber/

[C-Mag]

Bomber named
Mark Anthony Conditt

Motive unknown at this time.

[DBTrek]

Karmic ending.

[C-Mag]

Karmic ending.

Yeah.
The guy worked in the tech industry. So, ya know, basically a loon.

[DBTrek]

One might call his end straight-up Shakespearean.

Shakespeare's phrase, "hoist with his own petard," is an idiom that means "to be harmed by one's own plan to harm someone else" or "to fall into one's own trap", implying that one could be lifted (blown) upward by one's own bomb, or in other words, be foiled by one's own plan.

[Speaker to Animals]

Oh, was he a software engineer? That fits.

[Speaker to Animals]

One might call his end straight-up Shakespearean.

Shakespeare's phrase, "hoist with his own petard," is an idiom that means "to be harmed by one's own plan to harm someone else" or "to fall into one's own trap", implying that one could be lifted (blown) upward by one's own bomb, or in other words, be foiled by one's own plan.

It wasn't an accident. They had him surrounded and he detonated the bomb instead of get caught.

[Okeefenokee]

I hope traffic's cleared up by the time I drive through.

Fuck, I coulda seen it go boom.