$115,000 Reward Offered in Unsolved ‘08 Times Square Bombing

Shattered glass is spread all over the entrance to the U.S. Armed Forces Career Center after a bomb was placed by a person riding a bike at Times Square, New York, on March 8, 2008. U.S. Marine Corps/Cpl. Karim Delgado

NEW YORK—Several persons of interest have been identified and are being pursued in the unsolved 2008 bombing at the Times Square military recruitment station, federal officials said Wednesday, but authorities are asking the public for help.

No one was injured in the blast, which happened before dawn on March 6, 2008, but someone could have been, FBI and police said.

“Moments before the device detonated, individuals walked by, unaware of the potential danger and imminent explosion,” Police Commissioner William Bratton said in a statement.

Officials said the explosion may be connected to other unsolved early morning bicycle bombings in New York: one at the British Consulate in May 2005 and the other at the Mexican Consulate in October 2007.

Still from a video of a bomb exploding outside the U.S. Armed Forces Recruiting Station at New York City's Times Square, on March 6, 2008. Authorities believe a bicyclist rode up to the doors of the facility and left a bomb that exploded and damaged the front entrance. FBI