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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOn Rachel-attack on Travis County Democratic Party Headquarter
This is scary https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/austin-fire-travis-county-democratic-party/269-dba25a6f-5977-4b0d-9f78-05ad168c7d36
AUSTIN, Texas Arson investigators are searching for a man who placed a molotov cocktail and a "threatening note" inside the Travis County Democratic Party headquarters in Downtown Austin in the early morning hours Wednesday.
A small fire broke out just after 2:15 a.m. at the headquarters located at 1311 E. Sixth St., and employees in the neighboring businesses called 911 and put out the flames with a fire hydrant.
Brandon Jennings, an arson investigator at the Austin Fire Department, said at a press conference later in the morning that video from the surveillance cameras showed a man mulling around the building before he threw what appeared to be a rock at the window on the front door. The man is then reportedly seen coming back into view with a Molotov cocktail that he placed inside the door.
Jennings said it's also believed that he put a commercial smoke bomb inside the door.
The building had minor damage, and no staff was inside the building when the fire happened.
When asked if the Molotov cocktail could have destroyed the building, the fire investigator said, "absolutely."
A small fire broke out just after 2:15 a.m. at the headquarters located at 1311 E. Sixth St., and employees in the neighboring businesses called 911 and put out the flames with a fire hydrant.
Brandon Jennings, an arson investigator at the Austin Fire Department, said at a press conference later in the morning that video from the surveillance cameras showed a man mulling around the building before he threw what appeared to be a rock at the window on the front door. The man is then reportedly seen coming back into view with a Molotov cocktail that he placed inside the door.
Jennings said it's also believed that he put a commercial smoke bomb inside the door.
The building had minor damage, and no staff was inside the building when the fire happened.
When asked if the Molotov cocktail could have destroyed the building, the fire investigator said, "absolutely."
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On Rachel-attack on Travis County Democratic Party Headquarter (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Sep 2021
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LetMyPeopleVote
(143,999 posts)1. From the Rachel Maddow Show
Frasier Balzov
(2,598 posts)2. Was any crime stopper phone number mentioned?
If someone happened to see that footage and recognized the subject goof, it would be nice if a tipster line was made as convenient as possible and received the same exposure.
blogslug
(37,955 posts)3. Here
Contact CRIMESTOPPERS at (512) 472-TIPS: (512) 472-8477
From this page:
https://www.austintexas.gov/page/submit-tips