Authorities search home of 63-year-old Nashville man, person of interest in downtown bombing

Law enforcement officials in Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday evening were searching the home of a 63-year-old male who is reportedly a person of interest in the city's Christmas Day bombing that injured at least three. 

Authorities were searching the home of Anthony Quinn Warner in Antioch, a suburb several miles southeast of downtown Nashville where the bombing occurred Friday. 

The explosion occurred in a recreational vehicle, or RV similar to one seen previously at the Antioch home. 

Law enforcement earlier in the day had reportedly developed a person of interest – possibly several – connected to the explosion. CBS reporter Jeff Pegues tweeted on Saturday afternoon that police "have a person of interest or persons of interest" in connection with the purported bombing. 

Officials at the Antioch home were observed bringing out several bags of evidence on Saturday evening, according to reports. 

Earlier in the day, U.S. Attorney Donald Cochran said at a Saturday press conference that ;aw enforcement are following "every lead we have" in the city. 

The explosion, which rocked the southern city early on Christmas morning, is "like a giant jigsaw puzzle created by a bomb that throws pieces of evidence across multiple city blocks," Cochran said during the press conference. Investigators have to "gather it, they've got to catalog it, they've got to put it back together and try to find out what the picture of that puzzle looks like."

Nashville, he added, will "stand together, we're going to get back on our feet, we're going to get our businesses back up and running, we're going to get our infrastructure and the cell coverage back up and running." The explosion damaged part of an AT&T transmission building on Friday, leading to widespread cell phone outages.

Three individuals have been identified so far as having been injured in the blast, which occurred in Nashville around 6:30 a.m. on Friday.

Cochran at the press conference referred to the as-yet-unidentified bomber as the "ultimate Scrooge who on Christmas morning, instead of spreading joy and cheer, decided to spread devastation and destruction."