Bomb Scare in Times Square
A car bomb was discovered in a smoking Nissan Pathfinder in the heart of Times Square on Saturday evening.
Published: May 3, 2010
At the Scene of the Attempted Bombing
Diagram showing the neighborhood where a car bomb was found Saturday night.
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The Events Saturday Night
6:28 p.m. The Nissan S.U.V. first appears on surveillance cameras driving west on 45th Street.
Minutes later Two vendors see smoke coming out of the S.U.V. and alert the police.
The Nissan Pathfinder Police have identified the vehicle’s registered owner. The rear license plate belongs to another vehicle that is in a repair shop in Connecticut.
The suspect Police are examining video of a white man in Shubert Alley looking back toward West 45th Street.
Nissan
Pathfinder
Pathfinder
Found in the Pathfinder
In the cargo area
A 55-by-32-inch “gun locker” with a pot of M-88 firecrackers and eight bags of a nonexplosive grade of fertilizer.
In the cargo area Three propane tanks weighing 15 to 17 pounds each. One had M-88s attached to its side, some of which detonated.
On the back seat Two full, five-gallon red plastic gasoline containers and a 16-ounce can filled with wires and 20 to 30 M-88 devices.
Back-seat floor Two clocks connected to the gun locker with wires.
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'Person of Interest' Near Bomb Scene
The police were examining this surveillance footage of an unidentified man walking away from West 45th Street, where the S.U.V. containing a car bomb had been parked, and removing a shirt.