AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department (APD) is investigating the cause of an explosion in a parking garage at St. David's Medical Center on Aug. 9.
Police received the call just before 5:30 p.m. APD initially responded to the scene after reports of a car fire in Garage 1. Fire crews determined the car fire was the cause of a suspicious explosion and APD and EMS were called to the scene.
Police said no one was around when the explosion happened and there were no injuries.
Police arrested 38-year-old Raymond Luke Garner in connection with the explosion. He is charged with components of explosives, a third-degree felony.
Investigators are working to determine whether the explosion was intentional or accidental.
The hospital closed the garage temporarily, and no new patients were being accepted to the emergency room. There was no damage to the hospital.
A separate incident in Cedar Park on Thursday has now been connected to this incident.
On Monday, Aug. 14, Garner was released into the custody of a federal agency, according to the Travis County Sheriff's Office.
No other information is available at this time.