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This FBI file concerns Richard Jewell, the security guard who discovered the backpack bomb at Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Olympics and was subsequently investigated as a possible suspect. The released material includes Jewell's recorded statement of July 27, 1996, describing his discovery of an unattended olive-green bag, his efforts to alert law enforcement and evacuate the sound-and-light tower area, and the blast that followed. It also contains FBI follow-up records, including an interview with a former colleague who criticized Jewell's conduct as a police officer and reported two 1993 phone-booth explosions in Demorest, Georgia. Other records document address and vehicle inquiries, a follow-up at a Sautee, Georgia residence, and an NCIC-related charge-out entry dated 1999.

FBI file number: 266A-AT-82137 | Documents span: 1996-1999 | Released in 1 part
Names in this file: Richard Jewell, Gregory Ellingson, Harrison Nix
Subjects: Centennial Olympic Park bombing, Atlanta Olympics, bomb investigation, security guard, FBI investigation