FBI Identifies Guy Edward Bartkus
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Authorities are investigating what appear to be radical views the Palm Springs bombing suspect expressed online in the months before Saturday’s attack. Here is what we know.
Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, of Twentynine Palms, California, was identified by the FBI in the apparent car bomb detonation that damaged the American Reproductive Centers fertility clinic on Saturday.
The car bombing outside a California fertility clinic that killed one person and injured four others appears to have been driven by anti-natalist ideology, according to two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the incident.
The suspect behind the explosion at a Palm Springs, California, fertility clinic, Guy Edward Bartkus, died as a result of the attack. Law enforcement officials said Bartkus made a series of posts on social media, including a 30-minute audio recording, that supported anti-natalist views, the belief that nobody should have children.
Guy Edward Bartkus was identified as the suspect accused in the bombing targeting a Palm Springs, CA, fertility clinic, and authorities are investigating a possible manifesto, according to the FBI. The bombing occurred on May 17,
The father of the suspect in Saturday’s terrorist bombing of the American Reproductive Centers clinic in Palm Springs spoke out for the first time to Nexstar’s KTLA.
Here are the morning’s top stories on Monday, May 19, 2025… Federal authorities are seeking help to piece together the timeline of their primary suspect in the explosion at a Palm Springs fertility clinic over the weekend.
Bartkus was identified as the key suspect by the FBI on Sunday, after his body was discovered near a burned-out vehicle outside the clinic. He had reportedly attempted to livestream the explosion, with a camera found set up on a tripod nearby, although no footage was uploaded online.
Guy Edward Bartkus has been linked to the Palm Springs explosion. He allegedly mentioned Sophie Tinney, a woman who died from gunshot wounds, on his website.