FBI Solicits Leads About Pipe Bombs Found on Jan. 6

Four years after the chaos of Jan. 6, 2021, the Federal Bureau of Investigation hasn't been able to identify the masked person who placed pipe bombs near the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican national committees the night before the Capitol attack.

- C. RYAN BARBER

Searching for fresh leads, the FBI on Thursday gave the public new details about the suspect in hopes of solving the enduring mystery.

The bureau shared previously unreleased camera footage showing the suspect leaving a pipe bomb by a park bench near the Democratic National Committee headquarters shortly before 8 p.m. on Jan. 5, 2021.

For the first time, the FBI also specified the suspect's height as 5 foot 7 inches and, piecing together security footage, charted the circuitous route the person took through Capitol Hill before leaving a second pipe bomb in an alley near the Republican National Committee headquarters.

The two pipe bombs were discovered early in the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021, at the same time as rioters began to breach police barricades around the outer perimeter of the Capitol. The FBI deemed both pipe bombs viable, with the capacity to kill or severely injure innocent bystanders.