FBI Identifies Guy Edward Bartkus
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Authorities are investigating what appear to be radical views the Palm Springs bombing suspect expressed online in the months before Saturday’s attack. Here is what we know.
Investigators are combing through the writings of a 25-year-old man believed responsible for an explosion that ripped through a Southern California fertility clinic over the weekend
The car bombing outside a California fertility clinic that killed one person and injured four others appears to have been driven by anti-natalist ideology, according to two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the incident.
The suspect behind the explosion at a Palm Springs, California, fertility clinic, Guy Edward Bartkus, died as a result of the attack. Law enforcement officials said Bartkus made a series of posts on social media, including a 30-minute audio recording, that supported anti-natalist views, the belief that nobody should have children.
Investigators believe that 25-year-old Guy Edward Bartkus packed a silver Ford Fusion full of explosives and detonated the vehicle outside of the fertility clinic in Palm Springs on Saturday. Bartkus
The FBI has identified the suspect in Saturday's terrorist bombing of the American Reproductive Centers clinic in Palm Springs, California. His father spoke to Nexstar's KTLA for the first time.
Bartkus was identified as the key suspect by the FBI on Sunday, after his body was discovered near a burned-out vehicle outside the clinic. He had reportedly attempted to livestream the explosion, with a camera found set up on a tripod nearby, although no footage was uploaded online.
Guy Edward Bartkus has been linked to the Palm Springs explosion. He allegedly mentioned Sophie Tinney, a woman who died from gunshot wounds, on his website.