FBI agents are investigating whether the package bomb suspect had help

FBI agents search for clues and evidences at the Auto Zone Store in Plantation, North of Miami, on October 26, 2018 where a suspect was arrested in connection with the 12 pipe bombs and suspi — (Image credit: Michele Eve Sandberg/Getty Images)

Following Friday's arrest of Cesar Sayoc, the suspect thought responsible for mailing bombs to Democratic and media figures this past week, federal agents are reportedly still probing the possibility of additional suspects.

Citing law enforcement sources, the Miami Herald reports the FBI is conducting further interviews to determine whether Sayoc had help. One such interview Friday night with someone connected to Sayoc did not lead to any additional arrests.

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Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.