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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 20 March 2018

Police assemble patchwork of clues in hunt for Austin bomber

By MATT SEDENSKY themselves and will desire
AP National Writer more recognition, some-
NEW YORK (AP) — In the thing that could drive them
search for answers to a se- to make contact with po-
ries of explosions in Texas, lice or release some sort of
authorities have come communiqué or manifesto.
ahead with a simple plea He said the new complex-
to whoever's behind the ity of the fourth bombing
blasts: Talk to us. might suggest it was a test
The Austin police chief's di- for something even bigger.
rect appeal, complete with "This is an increase and ex-
promises to listen to the pansion of sophistication
bomber and try to under- and most likely a trial run for
stand the reasons, reflects something to come in the
the stubborn progress of future," Rogan said.
the investigation in which Robert Taylor, a former po-
there's no known motiva- lice detective who is now a
tion and the ties between criminologist at the Univer-
the victims are opaque at sity of Texas at Dallas, said
best. It may also represent An agent the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives works with his dog near the eventually there will be a
a ploy to coax a response site of Sunday's explosion, Monday, March 19, 2018, in Austin, Texas. Fear escalated across Austin break in the case, but how
that could give clues or on Monday after the fourth bombing this month — this time, a blast that was triggered by a trip- long it will take remains to
wire and demonstrated what police said was a "higher level of sophistication" than the package
help police prepare for bombs used in the previous attacks. be seen.
what might come next. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) "Something will come up
"It puts law enforcement somewhere. It will be a fin-
and police in a down (perpetrators) a sense of tack. Unlike the previous have been injured. gerprint on an envelope or
power dynamic and instills satisfaction, of pride, of ac- bombings, which involved Hundreds of officers from DNA from saliva or a unique
power on the person," said complishment, that they packages left on door- multiple law enforcement kind of detonator, or some-
Randall Rogan, a Wake are in charge." steps, the latest one was agencies are on the case. one will just blab in a bar,"
Forest University professor An explosion on Sunday placed near a hiking trail Rogan said as time pass- he said.
who is an expert on foren- night was the fourth in Aus- and had a thin translucent es, it's likely the person or For now, though, the po-
sic linguistic analysis and tin this month, and repre- tripwire like fishing line. Two people behind the explo- lice chief's plea suggests
worked with the FBI on the sented a stepped-up level people have died in the sions will seek more than they haven't reached that
Unabomber case. "It gives of sophistication in the at- explosions and four others just the thrill of the crimes point.q
Tennessee church shooting suspect indicted on 43 counts

By JONATHAN MATTISE eral months after the Bur- Tennessee. She was shot in car referred to a white su- ley said. "I think he also said
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — nette Chapel Church of the church parking lot. premacist's 2015 massacre the same thing about reli-
The man accused of fatally Christ shooting in Nashville. All of the victims in the at a South Carolina black gion. So he didn't indicate
shooting a woman and He has been held without church shooting were church. to me any particular thing
wounding six people at a bond since September. white, but authorities have The note found on the for motivation."
Tennessee church in Sep- His arraignment is March not definitively said wheth- dashboard read something Jolley said Samson also
tember faces a 43-count 28. He hasn't appeared in er they believe Samson, like, "Dylann Roof was less told him he heard voices
indictment, including court yet. who is black, specifically than nothing," Jolley said. and had visions. Samson
charges of first-degree An arrest affidavit from targeted them based on "It was really kind of just wouldn't elaborate on a
murder, attempted murder September says Samson their race or not. The indict- vague," Jolley said. vision of the church when
and felony civil rights intimi- waived his rights and told ment doesn't specify which But Jolley said Samson pressed by police during
dation. police he arrived armed civil rights were infringed downplayed the role of an interview, Jolley said.
The grand jury indictment and fired at the church. upon. race to detectives. Authorities have said Sam-
in Davidson County against The Sunday shooting ram- In October, Nashville Police "I asked him specifically and son came to the U.S. from
26-year-old Emanuel Ki- page killed 38-year-old Detective Steve Jolley testi- he said that he didn't give Sudan as a child in 1996
dega Samson comes sev- Melanie L. Crow of Smyrna, fied that a note in Samson's much thought to race," Jol- and is a U.S. citizen.q