Everything we know about the Texas bombing suspect Mark Anthony Conditt

Surveillance footage of Mark Anthony Conditt, the Texas bombing suspect.MSNBC/Twitter

• Mark Anthony Conditt has been identified by US media as the suspect behind the Texas bombings.
• Conditt blew himself up on early Wednesday morning after being pursued by police.
• Law enforcement officials believe he was responsible for all the bombings in Texas this month.
• Police have not formally identified him yet.

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The suspect behind the wave of bombings in and around Austin, Texas has been named as Mark Anthony Conditt.

Conditt, a 24-year-old white male, was killed on early Wednesday morning after being pursued by FBI and local police officials.

He was named by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal hours after he died. Austin Police Department told Business Insider they would not confirm an identity until more ID checks had been carried out and next of kin had been informed.

NBC News also posted a video showing Conditt mailing packages at a FedEx store.

BREAKING: Austin serial bombing suspect identified as 24-year-old Mark Anthony Conditt, according to two law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation pic.twitter.com/p7s2SR2La2

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 21, 2018

Officials followed Conditt in a car, where he detonated a bomb, killing himself. An Austin police officer also fired a weapon at him.

Police believe Conditt is responsible for the recent spate of parcel and trip-wire bombings in and around Austin, which have killed two people and injured four others since March 2. They have not identified a motive.

On March 15, Austin Police Chief Brian Manley told reporters that police were investigating whether the bombings were race-related. Two black men were killed, while a black woman, an Hispanic woman, and two white men were injured.

Police maintain a cordon near the site of an explosion in southwest Austin on March 18.Reuters

Law enforcement identified Conditt as a suspect after using surveillance footage from a FedEx store in south Austin. They then tracked down the suspect's online browsing history, which showed searches on various shipping facilities, and eventually located his vehicle, the BBC reported.

US President Donald Trump congratulated "law enforcement and all concerned" after the suspect's death.

AUSTIN BOMBING SUSPECT IS DEAD. Great job by law enforcement and all concerned!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 21, 2018

Police are still trying to figure out where the suspect was in the 24 hours before his death, and are concerned that there may be other devices programmed to explode.

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