An FBI official said on Sunday that the bureau believes they have identified the suspect involved in a bombing near a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, a day earlier.
Akil Davis, assistant director at the FBI’s Los Angeles field office, said at a news conference that a 25-year-old from Twentynine Palms, California, is believed to be the bombing suspect.
“We are fairly confident that that subject is Guy Edward Bartkus,” he told reporters, adding that the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force believes that Bartkus was the deceased “subject found near” a vehicle that contained the bomb.
“The subject had nihilistic ideations and this was a targeted attack,” Davis said. “We believe he was attempting to livestream it and yes, that is also part of our investigation.”…