Reward Pool Grows to Over $300K After Nashville Blast

Businesses and TV personalities in Nashville are offering more than $300,000 in reward money to catch those responsible for the massive explosion that rocked downtown Nashville early Christmas morning."

"We can't have our streets terrorized like this," Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis, who CNBC's "The Profit," wrote in a tweet. Lemonis has pledged $250,000 toward the reward pool.

The reward pledges started Friday after the National Convention and Visitors Corp made an initial pledge of $10,000 and later increased it to $35,000. Reward pledges began Friday after a local tourism body, Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp, made an initial contribution of $10,000, later increasing it to $35,000.

OutKick founder Clay Travis has pledged $10,000, and two businesses, the Lewis Country Store and Music City Proud Boys have offered a combined $20,000 toward the reward pool.

Three people were injured and communications systems were knocked out across Tennessee after the explosion, which came from a parked RV, went off after a recorded message broadcast from the vehicle counted down a warning to evacuate the area. Possible human remains have been found near the site of the blast, according to local police.

Police and federal agents are still seeking clues and motives about the explosion.

Nashville city leaders are recognizing six city police officers as heroes after they helped downtown residents evacuate their apartments in the minutes before the vehicle exploded.

"Officers immediately began knocking on doors and evacuating residents here, not knowing if the bomb was going to detonate immediately or if it was going to go off in the time that it was stated," Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake said.

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department identified the six officers as:

• Officer Brenna Hosey, who has been with the department for 4 years.
• Officer James Luellen, who has been with the department for 3 years.
• Officer Michael Sipos, who has been with the department for 16 months.
• Officer Amanda Topping, who has been with the department for 21 months.
• Officer James Wells, who has been with the department for 21 months.
• Sergeant Timothy Miller, who has been with the department for 11 years.

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