FBI Identifies Suspect in Palm Springs Fertility Clinic Bombing

Officials are treating the incident ‘as an intentional act of terrorism,’ an FBI assistant director said.

Damage to a building after an explosion near a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, Calif., on May 17, 2025. Eric Thayer/AP Photo

An FBI official said on May 18 that the bureau believes that it has identified the suspect involved in a bombing near a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, a day earlier.

Akil Davis, assistant director at the FBI’s Los Angeles field office, said at a press conference that a 25-year-old from Twentynine Palms, California, is believed to be the bombing suspect.