9:39 a.m.
A suspect in a wave of bombing attacks in Austin killed himself inside his car with an explosive device early Wednesday as authorities closed in, police said.
The suspect's name is Mark Anthony Conditt, multiple outlets reported.
6:00 a.m.
Austin police say the suspect in the bombings that killed two people and injured more over the course of nearly three weeks has been killed.
In a press conference on Wednesday morning, the police chief said that the suspect detonated a bomb inside the vehicle he was riding in as police approached. The suspect has been identified as a 24-year-old white male.
One officer was injured when the bomb was detonated but he suffered minor injuries.
According to the chief, they determined a person of interest over the course of the last 36 hours and then determined that he was a suspect in the bombings.
Early this morning, they had surveillance teams looking for the suspect and his vehicle, and it was located at a hotel in Round Rock, Texas.
The suspect then drove away in the vehicle, and eventually stopped in a ditch on the side of the road.
As SWAT teams moved in, the suspect detonated a bomb inside the vehicle.
The chief at a press conference said the suspect died and had significant injuries that resulted from detonated a bomb inside the vehicle.
The FBI said they want the public to remain vigilant as they fear there could still be possible explosive packages out there.
There have been five blasts in less than a month and two people were killed.
The first blast killed 39-year-old Anthony Stephan House on March 2.
The second blast came more than a week later, on the morning of March 12, killing 17-year-old Draylen Mason.
The third blast happened several hours later and critically injured a 75-year-old woman.
Those three blasts all happened after someone left explosives-laden packages on the victims' doorsteps.
Then, on Sunday night, the fourth bomb blew up and injured two men walking in a residential neighborhood and a fifth blew up Tuesday morning at a FedEx facility near San Antonio.
5:53 a.m.
Austin Police are holding a press conference after the bombing suspect was reportedly killed.
5:12 a.m.
The suspect in the deadly Austin, Texas package bombings over the last nearly three weeks has been killed, according to several reports.
According to KEYE, the suspect was being pursued by police early Wednesday morning and detonated some device.
KEYE reports that police were pursuing the suspect when he detonated the explosive device, according to their source.
There have been five blasts in less than a month and two people were killed.
The first blast killed 39-year-old Anthony Stephan House on March 2.
The second blast came more than a week later, on the morning of March 12, killing 17-year-old Draylen Mason.
The third blast happened several hours later and critically injured a 75-year-old woman.
Those three blasts all happened after someone left explosives-laden packages on the victims' doorsteps.
Then, on Sunday night, the fourth bomb blew up and injured two men walking in a residential neighborhood and a fifth blew up Tuesday morning at a FedEx facility near San Antonio.
