CEDAR PARK, Texas — New details have emerged about the investigation of an explosion in a hospital parking garage last week.
Travis County authorities told KVUE suspect Raymond Luke Garner has been transferred from the Travis County Jail to federal custody. He's accused of having explosive material in his home.
The Cedar Park Police Department, along with the FBI and Austin Police Department (APD) Bomb Squad, were investigating an incident at an apartment complex in Cedar Park on Thursday, Aug. 10.
According to Cedar Park police, officers were called out to Cypress Garden apartments at 335 Cypress Creek Road. They temporarily evacuated some residents out of caution as the bomb squad examined "an object at the scene."
APD said this investigation was connected with the explosion at St. David's Medical Center in Austin on Wednesday. Police were called out to the hospital just before 5:30 p.m. after an explosion in a parking garage.
Austin police arrested 38-year-old Garner and charged him with components of explosives, a third-degree felony.
Public records show that Garner once lived at the Cypress Garden apartments in Cedar Park, where officials were investigating Thursday. However, it's not clear how long he lived there.
According to an affidavit, following the explosion from his truck at St. David's Medical Center, Garner texted an individual, asking them to take a box from his home "as soon as possible." The individual brought that box from Garner's home to their apartment, the affidavit said.
Law enforcement later searched that box and found a canister with a powdery substance, another canister with a liquid and wires. The affidavit said the box was found to contain two of the three precursor chemicals for the manufacture of high explosive HMTD and safety fuses. A small quantity of HMTD was also found in a plastic bag.
On Monday, Aug. 14, Garner was released into the custody of a federal agency, according to the Travis County Sheriff's Office. He will have a court hearing in Austin on Wednesday, Aug. 16.