Nashville cops who ‘ran to danger’ in Christmas explosion hailed as heroes

The Tennessee Titans honored six first responders who were on the scene moments before an RV exploded in downtown Nashville on Christmas Day. Brenna Hosey, Tyler Luellen, Michael Sipos, Amanda Topping, James Wells and Sgt.Timothy Miller were the "Honorary 12th Titans" for the game against the Baltimore Ravens and also plunged a sword into the field to mark the countdown to the kickoff of the wild-card playoff game.

The Christmas Day bombing in downtown Nasvhille damaged scores of buildings but did nothing to break the "resilient" spirit of residents and business owners. The owner of an art gallery heavily damaged by the blast is already vowing to rebuild and reopen.

Recordings of 911 calls during the Nashville bombing show the sheer panic and confusion in the moments before and after the Christmas morning explosion. Audio recordings, first obtained by affiliate news station FOX 5, provide a glimpse into the terror that surrounded the minutes before the explosion – when a suspicious recreational vehicle began blaring an announcement warning people to evacuate and that a bomb would detonate – and following the blast.

Police visited the home of Nashville bomber Anthony Quinn Warner in 2019 after his girlfriend told authorities he was making bombs inside his recreational vehicle, according to a report.

British signer Petula Clark has expressed dismay and disappointment after her song “Downtown” could be heard playing from the suspected Nashville bomber’s explosives-filled vehicle moments before the tragic incident on Friday.

The Tennessee man who officials say detonated a bomb in downtown Nashville in the early morning hours of Christmas Day allegedly used to spout anti-police rhetoric to a person he worked with, according to a recent report.

Police body camera footage taken from one of the six Nashville police officers credited with evacuating people before last week's Christmas Day bombing shows the moments before and after the blast that shook the city's downtown.  The 13-minute video taken from Officer Michael Sipos' camera shows him and other officers walking in the area as they try to investigate a suspicious RV blaring a loud warning around 6:30 a.m.

Federal authorities on Sunday identified the suspect in the Christmas Nashville RV bombing as Anthony Quinn Warner. Investigators said they used DNA to identify human remains found at the scene to be that of 63-year-old Warner.The FBI said they also matched the RV’s vehicle identification number to a registration belonging to Warner.

The Nashville bombing on Christmas Day wiped out many prominent businesses on historic Second Avenue, including Pride and Glory Tattoo, whose owner Pete Gibson reports there’s nothing left of his shop at all. "[My store] was right there in the middle.

Police in Rutherford and Wilson counties in Tennessee are investigating a white box truck parked outside of a local convenience store playing audio "similar to what was heard before the Christmas Day explosion in Nashville." According to a statement by the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office, dispatchers received a call at about 10:30 a.m. regarding the truck, which was parked at Crossroads Market in Walter Hill.

As officials search the home of a 63-year-old man they believe to be a suspect in the Nashville bombing on Christmas, one local family told "Fox & Friends Weekend" they credit a pair of police officers for helping them escape their apartment moments before the blast. Police sources told "Fox News Sunday" they believe Anthony Quinn Warner of Antioch, Tenn., owned the RV that exploded, and that he died in the blast.

Five of the six Nashville police officers who went knocking door-to-door to evacuate residents moments before an RV detonated in a fiery blast in the downtown area early Christmas Day detailed their account of events in a press conference Sunday, explaining that it would be a holiday they would never forget.

Michelle Branch shared that she recently suffered a miscarriage. The 37-year-old singer and songwriter revealed the heart-wrenching details on Instagram with her 136,000 followers.

The NYPD has been on the alert for weeks for possible attacks similar to Friday’s deliberate RV explosion in Nashville, The Post has learned. An internal NYPD memo issued earlier this month warned that law enforcement were the "priority targets" for terror attacks involving homemade bombs and vehicle arson.