ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) – The Latest on the Austin bombings (all times local):
6:20 p.m.
Police have discovered a 25-minute recording on a cellphone found with bombing suspect Mark Conditt and Austin Police Chief Brian Manley says he considers it a “confession.”
Manley says at a news conference that Conditt talks on the recording in great detail about the differences among the bombs he built.
He says that the tape is “the outcry of a very challenged young man.”
Officials say the 23-year-old Conditt blew himself up in his vehicle overnight as authorities closed in on him.
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4:30 p.m.
An official with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says the agency is reasonably certain there are no other devices “out in the public,” but he urges caution.
ATF Special Agent in Charge Fred Milanowski made the comments at a Wednesday afternoon news conference. FBI agent Chris Combs echoed Milanowski’s sentiment, saying “we think we’re on top of this, but we just don’t know.”
On Twitter, Austin police asked the public to “remain vigilant.”
After bombing suspect Mark Conditt’s death early Wednesday, authorities expressed concern there may be other package bombs circulating in public.
