[Updated] Nashville Christmas Day Explosion: Human Remains Found Near Vehicle Bomb Site

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[UPDATE] Nashville Christmas Day Bomber Targeted AT&T; His Late Father Worked For A Subsidiary

Anthony Quinn Warner was identified Sunday, from DNA found in his mangle RV at the the scene of the Christmas Day explosion. Quinn who reportedly thought he would be "hailed a hero," targeted AT&T because he believed 5G cellular technology is killing people.

Unsubstantiated fear of supposedly toxic emissions from 5G network masts is common in certain quarters of internet discussion fora.

Officials are investigating whether Quinn's paranoia stems from the death of his father in July 2011 aged 78. Charles B. Warner died of dementia after a long career working for BellSouth, a former AT&T subsidiary which re-merged with the company in 2006.

Electronic devices seized from the 63 year-old bomber’s former home in Antioch, a suburb of Nashville, have been sent to a digital forensics laboratory to unlock his online activity.

According to sources with knowledge of the investigation, "the unofficial motive thus far is the suspect believed 5G was the root of all deaths in the region and he’d be hailed a hero."

The explosion in downtown Nashville was accompanied by a recorded announcement warning anyone nearby that a bomb was about to detonate. The audio however strangely switched to a recording of Petula Clark's 1964 hit Downtown, shortly before the blast.

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[UPDATE] Person Of Interest Identified In The Nashville Christmas Day Bombing

Police did not confirm it at a  press press conference Saturday, but unnamed law enforcement officials reportedly told CBS that 63 year-old Nashville resident, Anthony Quinn Warner has been identified as person of interest in Nashville Christmas day explosion.

According to CBS, the AT&T building damaged in the blast may have been the target of the blast.

Investigation is ongoing, and law enforcement officials say they are tracking down over 500 leads submitted since the explosion.

Six officers were especially praised for their heroic actions during police response to the bombing.

Fox17 reported that the officers who evacuated residents are:

• Officer Brenna Hosey, who has been with the department for 4 years;

• Officer James Luellen, who has been with the department for 3 years;

• Officer Michael Sipos, who has been with the department for 16-months;

• Officer Amanda Topping, who has been with the department for 21 months;

• Officer James Wells, who has been with the department for 21-months; and

• Sergeant Timothy Miller, who has been with the department for 11 years.

Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake said, “These officers didn’t care about themselves. They didn’t think about that. They cared about the citizens of Nashville. They went in and we’d be talking not about the debris that we have here but potential people.”

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It was unclear whether the remains is related to the Christmas day explosion in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Three people suffered non life-threatening injuries after a vehicle exploded on Second Avenue North. 41-area businesses and several homes sustained damage; and several residents were displaced.

"This appears to have been an intentional act," Metro Nashville Police Department tweeted. "Law enforcement is closing downtown streets as investigation continues."

An audio warning was being broadcast from an RV just before it blew up, Metro Nashville Police Department Chief John Drake told reporters during a news conference. "If you can hear this message, evacuate now," the warning said.

Officers first responded to the area after receiving a report of shots fired, Drake said. They called in the bomb squad after seeing the suspicious vehicle, the RV, broadcasting the message, he said. Drake said that officers found the RV with a recording saying that it would explode in 15 minutes.

"Basically (it) was saying that it was going to detonate within a certain time frame," Drake told reporters. "The officers immediately began knocking on doors and evacuating residents here not knowing if the bomb was going to detonate immediately or if it was going to go off in the time that it stated."

MNPD also tweeted a picture of the vehicle: "This is the RV that exploded on 2nd Ave N this morning. It arrived on 2nd Ave at 1:22 a.m."

Buck McCoy, who lives near the area, posted videos on Facebook that show water pouring down the ceiling of his home. Alarms blared in the background and cries of people in great distress ring in the background. A fire is visible in the street outside. McCoy said the windows of his home were entirely blown out.

"I'm trying to come to the realization that everything that that place I've been living in for the last five years is completely demolished," he told Fox News. He said he was asleep and heard gunfire outside around 5:30 a.m. 

"Within 10 minutes, I was laying in bed and there was just the biggest explosion I've ever, ever heard," McCoy said. "This is not one of the Christmases I thought I would ever experience. All my windows, every single one of them got blown into the next room. If I had been standing there it would have been horrible. There were about four cars on fire. I don’t know if it was so hot they just caught on fire, and the trees were all blown apart."

FBI Memphis field office is now leading the investigation. President Trump and Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen have been briefed on the incident.

"We’re putting everything we have into finding who was responsible for what’s happened here today," FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Matt Foster told reporters during a Friday afternoon news conference.