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The man authorities believe is responsible for bomb attack in Palm Spring Saturday has been identified by authorities Guy Edward Bartkus.
Who is he? Authorities said Bartkus is believed to be the person killed in the attack. He was 25 and a resident of Twentynine Palms.
What's next: Officials are asking for the public's help in identifying Bartkus' whereabouts leading up to the 11 a.m. attack near a fertility clinic that suffered significant damage.
Authorities have identified Guy Edward Bartkus, a 25-year-old resident of Twentynine Palms, as the man they say is behind a car bombing in Palm Springs.
Bartkus, authorities said, was killed in the bombing. A fertility clinic nearby — believed by authorities to be his target — was badly damaged in the attack. Four people injured in the blast have been released from hospital or medical care.
Authorities said Bartkus was driving a silver Ford Fusion sedan, information they released asking for help from the public on his whereabouts ahead of the explosion. You can share information with the FBI via tips.fbi.gov or by calling (800) CALL-FBI (225-5324).
The FBI said Bartkus had not previously been on their radar, but they were working with local authorities to determine if he had other contacts with law enforcement.
Bartkus appears to take responsibility for the attack via a website that surfaced after the bombing. Authorities referred to that "manifesto" at the news conference Sunday, saying that was how they tied him to "nihilistic" beliefs and his opposition to IVF. They also confirmed he attempted to live stream the attack.
On that site, he does not use his name in writing or in an audio file detailing his beliefs. The site also featured a FAQ explaining his intention for the attack.
Bartkus describes himself as being “promortalist” and a “misandrist.” Promortalism has been described as the belief that it’s ethical to end suffering by ending lives.
He said in the recording: "Basically I’m anti-life. And IVF is like kind of the epitome of pro-life ideology.”
“ It just comes down to I am angry that I exist, um, and that, uh, you know, nobody got my consent to bring me here, and I know what you're gonna say. How could we have got your consent because you didn't exist, blah, blah, blah.”
The person speaking appears calm. He refers to notes that he has written down, but is speaking off the cuff.
On the website, he also talks about the death of a friend he says was suicide. He and the friend, he said, shared beliefs that were “anti-sex, [Vegan Antinatalist], and negative utilitarian.”
“I've known for a few years now I wasn't going to allow myself to make it past my 20s…we had agreed that if one of us died, the other would probably soon follow,” Bartkus wrote.
He also said in the recording that he believed a more effective "right to die" in the U.S., which he also calls "a graceful way to exit," would reduce mass shootings.
Specifically he says he's against IVF clinics, which he describes as the "extremely wrong" because "these are people who are having kids after they sat there and thought about it. How stupid is that?"
He calls himself "anti-life" and describes IVF as "ultimate pro-life ideology." He appears to justify any harm to IVF worker because of their involvement in the industry.