Newly released chopper video shows dramatic takedown of Austin bomber
Texas state officials released new aerial video of the culmination of a manhunt in March for a serial bombing suspect.
The dramatic helicopter video shows law enforcement officers cornering Mark Conditt's small SUV on a Round Rock highway on March 20. As an officer pounds on the window of Conditt's vehicle, a bomb explodes inside, forcing authorities back.
BREAKING: We have just obtained video showing the takedown in March of the Austin bomber. More to come. pic.twitter.com/ZyKUTKlLro
— Tony Plohetski (@tplohetski) August 31, 2018
“Got an explosion. Got an explosion inside the vehicle,” an officer said.
Conditt, 24, was killed in the blast.
A series of bombings in the Austin area beginning on March 2, including one at a San Antonio FedEx facility, killed two people and injured five.
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