The subject had nihilistic ideations, and this was a targeted attack against the IVF facility,” an official said.

The car bomb he allegedly set off killed him and injured four people.There was "no loss of any sensitive material" as a result of the bombing at the IVF clinic, an FBI Los Angeles assistant director in charge said,

Bartkus is believed to be the person who detonated a bomb at the Palm Springs American Reproductive Center, which offers services like IVF, because he was aligned with the pro-mortalist and anti-natalist movements—the idea that humans should not continue to procreate.