OT: Austin bombing suspect blows himself up as police close in

[TopFrog]

Thank God ...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/officer-involved-shooting-texas-unclear-bomb-related-091008902.html

 

[Shorty]

Good. I hope no more bombs are out there.

 

[Frog DJ]

Amen, Top!

Go Frogs!

 

[HFrog1999]

 

[berryfrog95]

Finally! Still have to stay vigilant for a bit down here.

 

[TxFrog1999]

I love a happy ending.

 

[Austintxfrog94]

 

[Hoosierfrog]

That’s gonna leave a stain...

 

[Big Frog II]

That's what you call going out with a bang.

 

[Armadillo]

As someone who owns a little shipping & mailing store down here in SW Austin, I am very glad this situation is coming to a close.

 

[QuilterFrawg]

That's so wrong, its right.

 

[Frog45]

I worked at Mailboxes Plus in college, right next to The Pub and Jon's Grille (now Buffalo Brothers). Something like this was always in the back of your mind - I was there in the early 2000s, in the time of anthrax scares.

A guy did try to come in and ship something like 10 minutes before closing time once. He was very fidgety and paid in cash. The thing smelled like gasoline. Called the police. It was a large amount of cocaine.

 

[RollToad]

I worked at Mailboxes Plus in college, right next to The Pub and Jon's Grille (now Buffalo Brothers). Something like this was always in the back of your mind - I was there in the early 2000s, in the time of anthrax scares.

A guy did try to come in and ship something like 10 minutes before closing time once. He was very fidgety and paid in cash. The thing smelled like gasoline. Called the police. It was a large amount of cocaine.

Was it being mailed to SMU?

 

[PhillyFrog]

Obligatory gif is obligatory......

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

I worked at Mailboxes Plus in college, right next to The Pub and Jon's Grille (now Buffalo Brothers). Something like this was always in the back of your mind - I was there in the early 2000s, in the time of anthrax scares.

A guy did try to come in and ship something like 10 minutes before closing time once. He was very fidgety and paid in cash. The thing smelled like gasoline. Called the police. It was a large amount of cocaine.

“Hello, is this the police? OK, good. I work at Mailbox plus on University and a suspicious guy just came in trying to mail 3 pounds of co...I mean two pounds of...I mean, sorry, wrong number.”

 

[SnoSki]

They said the officers on the scene were waiting for Tactical Officers to get there when the perp pulled the pin. Man, it takes time to get the Tac sunglasses, the Tac lighters, the Tac flashlights, and all the other Tac stuff together so you can go to work!

Tac tictacs..

 

[RollToad]

They said the officers on the scene were waiting for Tactical Officers to get there when the perp pulled the pin. Man, it takes time to get the Tac sunglasses, the Tac lighters, the Tac flashlights, and all the other Tac stuff together so you can go to work!

 

[Eight]

after reading after how the suspect was tracked and pinpointed i recalled the old story about how mythbusters wanted to do an episode on rfid's and basically decided against it.

number of stories as to the why they scrubbed the story, but if you have a bit of time you might find the attached articles interesting when you hear about how quickly and accurately law enforcement was able to find the suspect once they tracked him to that fedex store.

https://www.cnet.com/news/mythbusters-co-host-backpedals-on-rfid-kerfuffle/

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080903/0356562157.shtml

http://disinfo.com/2012/02/mythbusters-banned-from-discussing-rfid-by-visa-and-mastercard/

https://gizmodo.com/5882102/mythbus...ause-credit-card-companies-are-little-weenies

 

[talor]

My morbid curiosity is getting the best of me...is there actual video of police trying to get him where he blew himself up...even from a distance?

 

[Frog-in-law1995]

My morbid curiosity is getting the best of me...is there actual video of police trying to get him where he blew himself up...even from a distance?

Asking for trouble with this post.