The FBI and Port Authority Police arrested a man at JFK Airport in Queens overnight in connection with the investigation into last month’s bombing of a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, two people familiar with the matter say.
The individual is arrested in connection with that bombing in a federal arrest warrant out of California and is expected to make his initial court appearance this afternoon in Brooklyn federal court, according to the two sources.
Investigators have been looking into this individual to see whether they helped provide material for the bomb, the people say.
The primary suspect was killed and at least five others were hurt when a car exploded outside the American Reproductive Centers fertility clinic on May 17.
The deadly bombing in Palm Springs appears to have been driven by anti-natalist beliefs, two senior law enforcement officials have told NBC News. Authorities called it an “intentional act of terror.”