2 years later, Jan. 6 pipe bomber remains a mystery
The reward for information on the suspect who placed pipe bombs a day before Jan. 6 has climbed to $500,000. Two years later law enforcement is raising the reward to $500,000 for any information leading to the arrest of the suspect accused of placing two pipe bombs outside Democratic and Republican national headquarters a day before Jan. 6. The announcement came two days before Friday's second anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Nearly two years ago, wearing a sweatshirt with the hood pulled up, a pair of Air Max Speed Turf shoes with a yellow Nike logo, a backpack and gloves, a suspect walked through Capitol Hill alleyways equipped with what investigators say were two live pipe bombs. Starting around 7:30 p.m. the night of Jan. 5, 2021 that hooded figured placed those pipe bombs outside the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee. They did not detonate, but the case has vexed federal and local law enforcement ever since. The F.B.I. is offering ...