Neighbor Provides Surveillance Video of Third Package Explosion in Austin

By Steve Neavling
Ticklethewire.com

The FBI has surveillance footage of what authorities believe is the third package bomb to explode in Austin, Texas, since March 2.

After the third blast critically injured a 75-year-old woman around noon on Monday, a neighbor turned over surveillance video to the FBI.

Richard Rodriguez, who lives one block from the third package explosion, said he hopes the surveillance will help investigators track down the suspect.

“If it was my grandmother I would want them to help, so that’s why I did it,” Rodriguez told Fox 7. “If it does, that’s great but if not, hopefully it leads to at least some clue…a car or person walking or something. But, I hope they, you know, find somebody because it just wasn’t right.”

Police believe the package was placed on the front doorsteps of the elderly woman’s home. The bomb detonated when she picks it up, causing serious injuries.

Each of the first two package bombs killed the person who tried to open it.

Police believe the same person or people are behind the package attacks.

The FBI and ATF are assisting local police.

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