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Austin Bombing Suspect Dies In Police Standoff

The man police identified as the suspect in the Austin, Texas, bombings killed himself early Wednesday morning, detonating a bomb as officers approached his vehicle to arrest him.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd gets the latest from Austin with  Matt Largey ( @mattlargey), managing editor at KUT.

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