Video Transcript

On January 5th, 2021, between 7:30 and 8:30 p.m., an unidentified individual placed pipe bombs near the offices of the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee in Washington, D.C. 

As we mark the four-year anniversary of the night the pipe bombs were placed on Capitol Hill, the FBI and our partners are renewing our call for tips from the public to help us identify the suspect. We are releasing additional details about the suspect, as well as previously unreleased video of the suspect placing the bomb at the Democratic National Committee.

A reward of up to $500,000 is available for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the individual responsible for this attempted attack. 

If you have any information, please call the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI. You can also submit tips online at tips.fbi.gov.

One previously unreleased detail is the FBI's estimate of the suspect's height to be approximately five foot seven inches tall. The suspect wore a face mask, a gray hooded sweatshirt, and black gloves. They used a backpack to transport each of the devices. They were wearing distinctive Nike Air Max speed turf shoes, which are black and gray with a yellow Nike logo. Fewer than 25,000 of these shoes were sold between August 2018 and January 2021.

The first time the suspect is seen is at approximately 7:34 p.m. at the intersection of First Street and North Carolina Avenue Southeast. The person walks southwest on North Carolina Avenue, turns north on New Jersey Avenue, west on D Street, and then south on South Capitol Street. 

This footage of the suspect on South Capitol Street shows the person setting down their backpack, which is believed to contain one of the bombs at this time. The suspect appears to put on a pair of glasses and scan the area, standing on tiptoes, before picking up the backpack, turning around, and heading back the way they came on South Capitol Street.

After reaching the corner of D Street, the suspect turns around again and, this time, walks south all the way down South Capitol Street to a bench outside the Democratic National Committee headquarters building. Here, we see the suspect sit on the bench for a few minutes. They do not place the bomb at this time.

The suspect then walks east on Ivy Street, turns north on New Jersey Avenue, and then pauses near the corner of D Street before retracing their steps back to the DNC bench, where the first bomb is placed. This previously unreleased footage shows the suspect sitting on the DNC bench before placing the first bomb. Here, we see the suspect place the bomb at approximately 7:54 p.m.

From there, the person walks north on South Capitol Street, east on D Street, south on New Jersey Avenue, northeast on North Carolina Avenue, when we lose video coverage of the suspect at approximately 8 p.m. Eight minutes later, at about 8:08 p.m., we pick the suspect back up on camera, heading north on Second Street. The suspect walks west on C Street, enters an alley that leads to Rumsey Court, and then walks west on Rumsey Court. This footage shows the suspect pass between the RNC and the Capitol Hill Club, holding the backpack out to the side.

The person continues between the RNC and the Capitol Hill Club, then continues north on First Street, east on C Street, back into the alley toward Rumsey Court, back onto Rumsey Court, where they place the second pipe bomb at approximately 8:16 p.m. The suspect then turns back onto Rumsey Court, walking east until the person is last seen on camera at approximately 8:18 p.m. wearing the backpack on their shoulders. The bomb is believed to have been placed shortly before this video, based on how the suspect is carrying the backpack.

We still believe there is someone out there who has information they may not have realized was significant until now. We are asking you to come forward to share that information with the FBI. Please call the FBI with any information at 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit tips online at tips.fbi.gov. 

Tips can remain anonymous.

A $500,000 reward is available for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for this dangerous attempt to harm innocent people.