A Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) police officer bodycam footage shows a police officer walking on a street before an explosion in Nashville, Tennesee, U.S. on December 25, 2020 in this still image taken from video.  Metropolitan Nashville Police Department/Handout via REUTERS   ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.  MANDATORY CREDIT.  MUST CREDIT METROPOLITAN NASHVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
A still from a police officer's bodycam footage shortly before the explosion in Nashville on Christmas day. Metropolitan Nashville Police Department

Nashville police release bodycam footage of Christmas blast


Police in Nashville have released a 12-minute video from bodycam footage as officers responded to a call-out minutes before a huge explosion set off by terrorist suspect Anthony Quinn Warner.

Warner died in the blast and his remains were later identified by DNA testing.

The video shows the officers responding to the scene where a recreational vehicle, which police later established was owned by Warner, was playing a recorded warning to evacuate.

"That's so weird, like something from a movie," one of the officers can be heard saying, as Christmas hit Rockin' around the Christmas tree can be heard playing from a nearby mall.

Within minutes, a huge blast knocks the police personnel sideways, but they quickly regain their bearings to evacuate bystanders. Three people were taken to hospital after the blast, but their injuries were not life threatening.