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Package Explodes At FedEx Facility Near San Antonio, Likely Headed For Austin

Joey Palacios
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Texas Public Radio
A FedEx facility in Schertz was a site of a package bombing.

A package exploded at a FedEx Ground distribution facility in Schertz, near San Antonio, on Tuesday. Officials said the device was headed to Austin, the site of four other explosions this past month.

What we know:

  • A package exploded at a FedEx Ground distribution facility at around 12.25 a.m. in Schertz, northeast of San Antonio.
  • An unidentified FedEx worker was treated and released at the scene.
  • Schertz Police Chief Michael Hansen said the package blew up while it was on an automated conveyor.
  • The package was addressed to a location in Austin. It's the fifth bomb explosion either in Austin or meant to be delivered to Austin.
  • After confirming a second package was being investigated in Schertz, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus retracted this statement. "There is no secondary device at the Schertz facility," a news release said.
  • Meanwhile, Austin law enforcement and the FBI said a a total of two additional packages are being investigated.
  • At 12:30 p.m., FedEx confirms a second package was shipped from "the individual responsible." 
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2:11 p.m. — Schertz Police posted precautions when encountering suspicious packages.

1 p.m. — President Trump addresses the Austin bombings.

12:30 p.m. — FedEx issues a statement about the bombing, confirming a second package was shipped by "the individual responsible."

12 p.m. — The Sunset Valley Police Department said the FBI is currently investigating a suspicious package.

RELATED: Austin-Bound Package That Exploded In Schertz Believed To Be Shipped From Sunset Valley

11:25 a.m. — Austin police is reporting 420 suspicious packages reported in a 24 hour period.

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10:53 a.m. — San Antonio Police Chief William McManus confirmed second package is current being investigated.

10:21 a.m. — Schertz Chief of Police Michael Hansen talks about the explosion. Watch part of the news conference.

9 a.m. — TPR reporter Joey Palacios at a news conference in Schertz.

RELATED: Authorities Dealing With 'Serial Bomber,' Not Ruling Out Terrorism

Monday — FBI announces award of up to $100,000 after a fourth bomb explodes, injuring two people.

MARCH 18: Police confirmed a bomb on the 4800 block of Dawn Song Drive in Southwest Austin on March 18 injured two white men in their 20s.

MARCH 12 — A 17-year-old boy Draylen Mason was killed and a woman was injured when a package exploded at a home near Martin Luther King Boulevard and Springdale. A few hours later, a 75-year-old woman was taken to the hospital after an explosion in the Montopolis neighborhood.

MARCH 2 — The first package bomb detonates in Austin, killing 39-year-old Anthony Stephan House at his home near I-35 and Howard Lane.

RELATED: Austin Police Say A Series Of Package Bombs That Killed 2 Are Related

This is a breaking news story. As often happens in situations like these, some information reported early may turn out to be inaccurate. We'll move quickly to correct the record and we'll only point to the best information we have at the time.

This story was produced as part of the Texas Station Collaborative, an initiative that connects the newsrooms of Texas' four largest public radio stations: KERA in North Texas, KUT in Austin, Texas Public Radio in San Antonio and Houston Public Media.

Vince Kong comes to Texas Public Radio after working for about a decade in print, including stints in the Midwest, Northwest and Southwest.