AUSTIN – AT 11:31 A.M. ET:  The alleged Austin, Texas, bomber is dead, presumably by his own hand, and he has now been identified.  From Fox: 

The serial bomber who terrorized Austin, Texas for three harrowing weeks was identified Wednesday morning -- just hours after he blew himself to bits with his own device as cops closed in.

Mark Anthony Conditt, 24, was named as the bomber, an ATF source told Fox News. A picture of Conditt in 2013 from his mother's Facebook page was authenticated by The Austin-American Statesman.

Conditt was killed near the motel he was traced to by authorities using surveillance footage from a Federal Express drop-off store and cell phone triangulation technology, according to The Austin American-Statesman.

He died after fleeing the motel in a car, with police hot on his tail. He drove into a ditch, sparking the fatal confrontation.

"We wanted this to come to a peaceful resolution tonight," said Austin Police Chief Brian Manley.

"However, we were not afforded that opportunity when he started to drive away."

Conditt was home-schooled and went to Austin Community College, neighbors told the Austin American-Statesman. 

“I know this is a cliché but I just can’t imagine that,” a neighbor who spoke to the newspaper on the condition of anonymity, and whose children grew up playing with Conditt.

Authorities have said Conditt was 24, but public records obtained by the Statesman indicate he was 23.

His mother, Danene Conditt, posted a picture of him in February 2013 to mark his completing a high school-level education.

COMMENT:  That's what we know so far.  Fox is reporting on-air that he posted some views on the internet in the past that would appear to put him on the political right, but that hasn't been nailed down.

He had two roommates.  We know nothing about them.  Nor do we know if he had accomplices.

Stand by.

March 21,  2018