I havent read through the entire thread so someone may have mentioned this already, but foreign news sources are talking about the AT&T building near the blast as a potential target. According to what I’ve heard there was a lot of data lost in the explosion. Havent heard any more than that.
Sounds like typical conspiracy stuff but the source I’m hearing from has been right about a lot our local media doesn’t see fit to cover.
If the FBI is involved, it is almost a certainty that we aren't getting the straight skinny on this. I find them only slightly more credible than the New York Times.
IF the bomber, as alleged, hated police, then why the warning? You would think the gunshot noises would attract a significant police presence, a delay might give enough time for tactical teams to assemble and attempt a takedown, the time for a cop hater to have the vehicle/bomb detonate would be when the maximum number of police were near it.
Something in this narrative just doesn't flange up.
Going with my gut on this, this was an infrastructure strike. Finding the owner and dog DNA doesn't mean that either was conscious or alive at the time of the blast, just that the bodies of each were in the vehicle at the time of the explosion. That would make for a nice, tight, unverifiable/disputable case with no one to say otherwise.
The narrative may be to protect critical and similarly vulnerable infrastructure hubs from disruption or damage by making this look like a lone nutcase after cops, downplaying the importance of the communications facility by asserting it was not the target.