Explosion at fertility clinic in Palm Springs, at least one dead

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Emergency personnel are responding to an explosion near the American Reproductive Centers building in Palm Springs, California.
The incident has rattled homes and startled residents, part of the USA TODAY Network, reported. Some residents are reporting smoke and an odor, according to the outlet.
Palm Springs Police Department told the Desert Sun said the explosion at about 11 a.m. local time in downtown Palm Springs, which was felt as far as 2 miles away, appears to be a car explosion by the American Reproductive Centers clinic. Lt. William Hutchinson said that there appears to be at least one fatality.
"Everything is in question, whether this is an act of terrorism," he said on the scene.
Palm Springs Police and Fire crews are currently on the scene. The city of Palm Springs advised residents to stay away from the area so that emergency crews can work the incident.
According to it's website, American Reproductive Centers started in 2006 and is "Coachella Valley’s first and only full-service fertility center & IVF lab."

This is a developing story

videos from the scene (working on archiving):

https://x.com/_nimasworld/status/1923802998427508737

Lookner is streaming right now

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

Did the live stream get uploaded yet?

There's no way. I think he meant it to be self-uploaded to his website and it didn't work (and the website is dead now). Best we can hope for is that some footage was recorded, not destroyed, and it could be FOIA'd or leaked later.

 

[Steam Deck Verified]

Crossposted from the Sanctioned Suicide thread -- bomber was a brief, but active member. His account is public, though the threads he started were all closed, including his final thread referencing the "drama" he is going to create. Some more insight into what a loser he was -- BPD, raged against a Disney visit, repulsed by sex, hates religion/nihilism/stoicism.



https://sanctioned-suicide.net/threads/co-ctb-tomorrow-morning.205920
https://archive.li/Lxd9z

Spoiler: Some other choice screengrabs

 

[Phantom]

This part in particular stood out to me. Maybe it's just because this guy was a massive autist and shut-in, though.

Looks like they might try to figure out how he got his hands on explosives, or materials to make them.

Reminds me of this greentext

https://youtu.be/fEuFDuCoe20

 

[clipartfan92]

Various footage from the scene and press conferences:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7AIPdc1r8k (archive.ph)(PreserveTube)(1080p pomf.lain.la archive.org)

 

[clipartfan92]

Man allegedly linked to Palm Springs bombing arrested at JFK airport
Los Angeles Times (archive.ph)
By Richard Winton and Brittny Mejia
2025-06-04 15:45:32GMT

Spoiler

Federal authorities have arrested a man at JFK airport in New York who allegedly provided bomb parts to the suspect responsible for last month’s attack on a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

The individual, who sources said was detained around 5 p.m. last night at the airport, will appear in a Brooklyn federal courtroom on Wednesday afternoon on charges related to the Palm Springs attack. The sources requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the pending case.

The sources identified the man arrested Daniel Park, 32 of Kent, Washington.

The U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles and the city’s FBI’s top official are expected to announce the developments in the case at a 9 a.m. press conference Wednesday. Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in L.A., previously said his office and the FBI would lead the investigation into the incident, which has been labeled domestic terrorism.

Guy Edward Bartkus, the primary suspect, is believed to have detonated a bomb at American Reproductive Centers in Palm Springs on May 17, killing himself and injuring at least four people.

The FBI described the Palm Springs blast — powerful enough to damage buildings several blocks away — as “probably the largest bombing scene that we’ve had in Southern California,” eclipsing the 2018 bombing of a day spa in Aliso Viejo.

Law enforcement sources told The Times that the bomber used a very large amount of explosives — so much that the bomb shredded his remains. Investigators have been examining how Bartkus acquired the massive cache of bomb materials.

Law enforcement sources said that authorities recovered explosive materials from Bartkus’ home and that he was skilled in assembling explosive devices. He also was a longtime rocket builder.

FBI case investigators, as well as law enforcement sources, characterize Bartkus, 25, as having “antinatalist” ideations, a conclusion drawn from social media posts and other online materials authorities have linked to him.

In those public posts, he argued that procreation without the consent of the unborn is unethical and unjustifiable in a world struggling with environmental harm, violence and overpopulation.

The online trail that authorities are scouring to glean some insight into Bartkus’ motives include a website that appears dedicated to the Palm Springs bombing. It features a 30-minute recording that site data indicates was uploaded at the time of the explosion, and promises a video — never posted — of the blast. There are also YouTube videos under a web alias associated with Bartkus, and threads on Reddit and a suicide forum.

In those, Bartkus voiced despondence over the death of a “best friend,” Sophie, a woman who lived in Washington who ran multiple social media sites espousing radical feminism, veganism and intentional suicide. She died in April, allegedly shot in the head by her partner. That man told police he was acting at her request.

 

[GunCar Gary]

I decided to listen to this guys recording and after about 10 minutes in I just thought "forget it". He doesn't make single good point other then just saying "I didn't ask to be born mum!!!", "life is like a drug dude and you're addicted to it" and mixing in some Reddit smugness.

someone has to be exceptionally boring and exceptionally unintelligent to find absolutely no joy in life. even trannies find joy in life through accumulating porn and hunting down women to abuse. imagine being less connected to the world than a tranny

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

someone has to be exceptionally boring and exceptionally unintelligent to find absolutely no joy in life. even trannies find joy in life through accumulating porn and hunting down women to abuse. imagine being less connected to the world than a tranny

He literally equates life to a drug and "friends" as drug pushers.

He's a full on retarded faggot and we're all better off without him.

 

[clipartfan92]

ANFO strikes again.

Washington State Man Arrested on Federal Charges Alleging He Provided Material Support to Palm Springs Fertility Clinic Bomber
U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California (archive.org)
2025-06-04 16:23:44GMT

Spoiler

LOS ANGELES – A Washington state man has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint alleging he provided material support to the Palm Springs fertility clinic bomber by shipping and paying for significant quantities of ammonium nitrate – an explosive precursor – prior to the suicidal terror attack last month, the Justice Department announced today.

Daniel Jongyon Park, 32, of Kent, Washington, was arrested last night shortly after his flight from Poland arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.

Park is charged with providing and attempting to provide material support to terrorists.

He is expected to make his initial appearance today in United States District Court in Brooklyn, New York.

“This defendant is charged with facilitating the horrific attack on a fertility center in California. Bringing chaos and violence to a facility that exists to help women and mothers is a particularly cruel, disgusting crime that strikes at the very heart of our shared humanity,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “We are grateful to our partners in Poland who helped get this man back to America and we will prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law.”

“This defendant is charged with providing material support to a terrorist by shipping large quantities of explosive precursors to the man whose suicide bombing last month destroyed a fertility clinic in Palm Springs,” said United States Attorney Bill Essayli. “Domestic terrorism is evil and unacceptable. Those who aid terrorists can expect to feel the cold wrath of justice.”

“Park allegedly sent large amounts of explosive precursors to the man who drove a car bomb to a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, an attack that potentially could have killed innocent people,” said FBI Director Kash Patel. “The FBI and our partners work together to find and hold accountable those who engage in domestic terrorism and other illegal activity. I also want to express my thanks to authorities in Poland for their vital assistance in this case.”

“Mr. Park’s contribution to the destructive device detonated on May 17 led to today’s charges and we continue to ask the public to come forward with any information,” said Akil Davis, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office. “We must strive to prevent another attack like this and the way we do that is to learn everything we can about what exactly caused the explosion, who knew about it or planned it, and why.”

According to an affidavit filed with the complaint, Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, of Twentynine Palms, California, drove a car containing a bomb to a fertility clinic in Palm Springs on May 17. Bartkus detonated the bomb, killing himself, injuring numerous victims, destroying the fertility clinic’s building and damaging surrounding buildings and areas. Bartkus’s attack was motivated by his pro-mortalism, anti-natalism, and anti-pro-life ideology, which is the belief that individuals should not be born without their consent and that non-existence is best.

Park – who shares Bartkus’s extremist views – shipped large quantities of explosive precursor materials to Bartkus, including approximately 180 pounds of ammonium nitrate. Days before the Palm Springs bombing, Park paid for an additional 90 pounds (40.8 kilograms) of ammonium nitrate that was shipped to Bartkus.

Park sent the first shipments of approximately 180 pounds (81.7 kilograms) of ammonium nitrate to Bartkus shortly before traveling to Bartkus’s residence, where he stayed with Bartkus from January 25 to February 8. Three days before Park arrived at Bartkus’s house, records from an AI chat application show that Bartkus researched how to make powerful explosions using ammonium nitrate and fuel.

During his stay at Bartkus’s residence, Park and Bartkus spent time in Bartkus’s room as well as in a detached garage “running experiments,” according to the affidavit. This was the same garage where law enforcement, during a search after the May 17 bombing, located significant amounts of chemicals commonly used in the construction of homemade bombs.

Four days after Bartkus conducted the suicide bombing, Park flew to Europe. On May 30, Park was detained in Poland and later was ordered deported to the United States.

A criminal complaint contains allegations. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

If convicted, Park would face a statutory maximum sentence of 15 years in federal prison.

The FBI’s Inland Empire Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating this matter. Considerable assistance was provided by the Palm Springs Police Department, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department; the FBI’s legal attaché in Warsaw, Polish authorities, and FBI field offices in Seattle, New York, San Diego, Las Vegas, and Portland.

Assistant United States Attorneys Sarah E. Gerdes and Anna P. Boylan of the Terrorism and Export Crimes Section are prosecuting this case, with substantial assistance from Trial Attorney Patrick J. Cashman of the National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section.

Scoop: Bondi helps secure expulsion of fertility clinic bombing suspect from Poland to U.S.
Axios (archive.ph)
By Marc Caputo
2025-06-04 17:11:29GMT

Spoiler

During a trip to Poland, Attorney General Pam Bondi helped ensure the expulsion of a suspect charged Wednesday in a deadly car bomb attack on a California fertility clinic, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: The May 18 car-bombing of the clinic, which killed the chief suspect, was one of the highest-profile attacks yet by what authorities say is a rising movement of people opposed to in-vitro fertilization clinics.

• "Bringing chaos and violence to a facility that exists to help women and mothers is a particularly cruel, disgusting crime that strikes at the very heart of our shared humanity," Bondi said in a statement to Axios.

Zoom in: Bondi was in Poland this week for an international meeting of attorneys general. Poland is where alleged bomb-making suspect Daniel Jongyon Park had fled to four days after the attack on the Palm Springs clinic.

• Park had been detained two weeks in Poland and was later ordered removed from that country. Bondi helped arrange that.

Catch up quick: The bombing attack killed Park's alleged co-conspirator, Guy Edward Bartkus, who was identified in a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday as a suicide bomber. Four others were injured in the blast.

• Park was flown Wednesday to New York and formally charged with providing and attempting to provide material support to terrorists.
• He is to be flown next to California to stand trial in the jurisdiction of the crime.

 

[Sperg Spectating]

Daniel Jongyon Park, 32, of Kent, Washington

From what I can tell, this is actually a well known TASer (aka Tool Assisted Speedrunner), basically he autisticly plays Super Mario 64 one frame at a time. He even won 1,000$ from it.

(L) / (A)
He gets very worked up over his Mario speedruns.


Park has been tweeting worrying shit from his Xitter/Bluesky over the last few months.




Park seems to be a very extremist neoliberal, or he's just dissatisfied with other leftists. Either way he hates the right wing.

As a side note, he seems to have a very huge problem with Hax$ supporters...

Proof this account is his.
He uses this email and password everywhere, and it already has nearly his full name, however his Twitch and various other accounts also have "Park" in them.



One of the data breaches he is in shows his IP as being in Seattle, Washington.


And there seems to only be one Daniel Jongyon Park in Washington.


Socials:
YouTube / PreserveTube
Xitter / (A)
Bluesky / (A)
Twitch / (A)
Github / (A)
Discord ID: 83077052118339584

 

[notorietus]

Xitter / (A)

Xitter history

Twitch / (A)

Twitch History:

I'm noticing he's active in hasanabi's chat, but he stopped chatting on Twitch talking about hungrybox in mew2king's chat. Might be related to Hax$?
(also, a copy of his chat is attached in the attachments below)

YouTube / PreserveTube

YouTube comment history (attached in youtube_comments_jongyon.txt):

danielp7192@gmail.com export:

Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=ARodPesD9BWcr5GHGjm1Yw (archive)
Plex: https://app.plex.tv/desktop/#!/u/daniel8071 (archive)
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dan-park-7192p (archive)
Imageshack: https://imageshack.com/user/jongyon7192p (archive)
Trello: https://trello.com/u/danpark25/activity (archive)
Gravatar: https://gravatar.com/jongyon7192p (archive)
Github: https://github.com/jongyon7192p (archive)

Breaches (attached in report-2025-06-05.txt)

Spoiler: long screenshot

Full image:

 

[clipartfan92]

From what I can tell, this is actually a well known TASer (aka Tool Assisted Speedrunner)

Good job, it's definitely him. He shows his face in this video from 2025-05-18:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5YUAq_1Avw (archive.org)(PreserveTube)(1920p catbox.moe archive.org)

It's the same guy in the mugshot, note the ear ring in the right ear, the acne locations, eyebrows:

source (a)

 

[clipartfan92]

@notorietus minor note about the community features post that needs to be edited for clarity, you refer to Park as the bomber. He's the co-conspirator who sourced the ammonium nitrate used in the bombing.

Great work everyone.

 

[notorietus]

@notorietus minor note about the community features post that needs to be edited for clarity, you refer to Park as the bomber. He's the co-conspirator who sourced the ammonium nitrate used in the bombing.

Fixed.

 

[clipartfan92]

Here's the criminal complaint:
https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews....ed25mj00400duty-lodged-complaint_redacted.pdf (archive.org)

 

[Sperg Spectating]

This was a Reddit post made by u/gexequice103 on r/antinatalism on March 21st, 2025. (L) / (A)

Currently trying to find more information on this reddit account, help is appreciated.

Park and Bartkus seem genuinely fucking retarded LMAO.

 

[clipartfan92]

Video of the bombing exists (page 5):

 

[neger psykolog]

speedrunner redeemed once again
most mentally stable hobby on the internet since fucking toasters

 

[Avenue]

This guy is a real goofball.

Steam profile bio featuring a DOB and an address that leads to a parking lot

Steam profile A

Blogs
old blogspot page A
inactive tumblr

And a soundcloud, my favorite
https://soundcloud.com/derockproject A

"Into the Darkness You Bring.m4a"

So miss purple horse, what did we learn today?
Providing and procuring ammonium nitrate for terrorists makes someone a bad friend.

 

[PonderosaPete]

From what I can tell, this is actually a well known TASer (aka Tool Assisted Speedrunner), basically he autisticly plays Super Mario 64 one frame at a time.

Looks like he moved on to Bomberman 64

 

[Ravier Xavenblood]

What is it with Koreans and adopting insane ideologies?