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Nashville (AP) - After the devastating explosion in the US city of Nashville, an old document brought the police there into need of explanation.
Last year she received information about a possible danger from the later bomber.
The man's then girlfriend told officials on August 21, 2019 that he was building bombs in his trailer, according to a police report.
Police released the document on Wednesday after several media outlets reported it.
According to the police, the officers visited the woman because she had threatened her lawyer with suicide.
After warning her boyfriend Anthony Warner, the police drove to the suspect's house, but the suspect did not open the door.
The officers discovered the caravan in the man's garden, but could not look inside because it was fenced.
Several security cameras were also installed on the property.
The police report also revealed that the attorney told officers that Warner spoke frequently about the military and bomb building, and that he believed the suspect was capable of building an explosive device.
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The authority said: "At no point was there any evidence of a crime and no action was taken."
After the operation, information about the suspect was sent to the FBI, but there was nothing against Warner.
At the weekend it was said that the 63-year-old was not known to the police as a suspect.
Police chief John Drake said Wednesday that he only found out about the incident last year on Sunday evening.
The police only now went public with it because more information was needed.
Drake insisted that the friend's warning was insufficient for a search warrant or other action against Warner.
"You could say that about me too," said Drake.
"Our officers could not do more at the time."
On Christmas Day, the man blew up his trailer in downtown Nashville and
was
killed in the process.
The explosion caused extensive property damage and several people were injured.
If there had been no warning from the caravan to the neighbors 15 minutes before the detonation, the investigators believe that there would have been several fatalities.
The motive for the act is still unclear.
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