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Austin bomber’s long-time friend expresses mixed emotions

KVUE sat down with a long-time friend of the Austin bomber, who shared her own experiences him.

AUSTIN — For Sierra Davis, life as she knows it has changed.

Davis' past few days have been full of answering the question: "why?"

The man she calls a friend confessed to being the suspect of the Austin bombings on a 25-minute phone recording. He died while investigators were trying to arrest him.

Davis said she met him when she was 15 years old. They were a part of Christian group in Pflugerville for home-schoolers called Riot. Davis said they, along with others, would meet up once a week and discuss biblical topics.

Police said during a taped confession the Austin bombings suspect described himself as someone with psychopathic tendencies -- something Davis said was retrospectively apparent.

“Looking back, I can see some of them. I did not know what to think it was really hard for me to believe that Mark did this,” Davis said.

Davis said she lost contact with him two years ago, but never forgot him.

Since his passing, Davis said she has been the target of mean comments online because she knew him.

“I don't want to defend him at all. He made a terrible choice to do terrible things but the blame is on him and not on his family, not on his friends,” Davis said.

She hopes this situation will lead to a bigger dialogue.

"We need to focus more on taking care those that are mentally ill, those that have tendencies to be violent," Davis said.

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