A sixth bomb went off tonight at Goodwill Store in South Austin.
The location of the blast was Brodie Lane and West Slaughter Lane.
One man in his 30s was injured in the blast.
BREAKING Medics in Austin, Texas say a man in his thirties has been seriously injured in another “reported explosion”.
— James Cook (@BBCJamesCook) March 21, 2018
BREAKING: Male in his 30’s has been wounded by another bombing just reported in Austin, Texas. Injuries are potentially serious, not expected to be life threatening.
Location of scene is Brodie Ln/W Slaughter Ln in Austin— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) March 21, 2018
Police are responding to the reported explosion.
#Breaking #AustinPolice is responding to a reported explosion in 9600 block of Brodie Ln in south Austin. Please avoid the area. APD PIO en route.
— Austin Police Dept (@Austin_Police) March 21, 2018
Media Staging Area for Incident will be at 3701 W Slaughter Ln. Standby for briefing time. PIO 9
— Austin Police Dept (@Austin_Police) March 21, 2018
People are making inroads on the investigation.
UPDATE: ATF, FBI and Austin police “confirm that two packages located at two separate FedEx facilities” earlier today “are connected to the four previous package explosions.” pic.twitter.com/HwFgMhzOjw
— Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) March 20, 2018
Update: At 8:05 Central Time, Austin Police reported this explosion does not seem to be related to previous package bombs:
Austin PD: #UPDATE: There was no package explosion in the 9800 block of Brodie Ln. Items inside package was not a bomb, rather an incendiary device. At this time, we have no reason to believe this incident is related to previous package bombs. #Breaking #packagebombmurders
#UPDATE: There was no package explosion in the 9800 block of Brodie Ln. Items inside package was not a bomb, rather an incendiary device. At this time, we have no reason to believe this incident is related to previous package bombs. #Breaking #packagebombmurders
— Austin Police Dept (@Austin_Police) March 21, 2018
