As authorities Friday continued investigating the bombing at a Palm Springs fertility clinic, the FBI said the suspect had access to a large supply of commercial chemicals that could be used to make a homemade bomb.
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The FBI announced earlier this week that DNA from the human remains found at the scene matched Guy Edward Bartkus, the suspect in the bombing. Authorities had previously said the remains were presumed to be those of the 25- year-old Twentynine Palms resident.
The blast occurred around 11 a.m. Saturday at the American Reproductive Centers facility clinic, 1199 N. Canyon Drive. The clinic was closed at the time of the explosion, but four people were injured at the scene.
Akil Davis, assistant director of the FBI's Los Angeles field office, issued a statement Thursday, saying, "...the FBI can confirm that investigation to date revealed that the Palm Springs bombing subject Guy Bartkus had access to a large quantity of commercially available chemical products, which could be combined to create a home-made explosive device."
Davis added that specific details about the device are not being released due to the ongoing nature of the case.
Authorities described the attack as an intentional act of domestic terrorism and said Bartkus was believed to have written an "anti pro-life manifesto," which investigators are reviewing.
The clinic and several other businesses nearby sustained damage, with debris strewn for hundreds of feet around the blast. However, all embryos inside the IVF center were safe, officials said Sunday.
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