The FBI is releasing new details about the person who planted pipe bombs in Washington, D.C., on the night the U.S. Capitol riot nearly four years ago, in hopes of solving a long-standing mystery, NPR reports. Officials are still trying to identify the individual who placed the devices — which did not detonate — near the headquarters of the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee. Authorities have conducted 1,000 interviews, reviewed 39,000 video files and sifted through some 600 tips. The would-be bomber remains elusive, despite a $500,000 reward for information leading to the capture and the conviction of a suspect.
For the first time, the FBI is sharing a height estimate of the suspect — 5 feet 7 inches tall — and providing new footage of the person placing a bomb at the DNC. "This case involves an unknown person placing two pipe bombs that could have killed someone, not just near the Democratic and Republican National Committee headquarters, but in a neighborhood, a place where people live, a place where people work," said FBI agent David Sundberg. "This is not something that the FBI is going to let go of. We simply can't have a case that we stop working that involves someone placing explosive devices inside a neighborhood in any American town or city." Because the suspect is wearing a medical mask and nondescript clothing like a gray hooded sweatshirt and black gloves, it's been challenging for investigators to find that person. The suspect wore black and light gray Nike Air Max sneakers with a yellow logo. The FBI says only about 25,000 pairs of those shoes had been sold at the time of the mob scene at the Capitol.
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