Explosions at Boston Marathon

Bloomberg News @BloombergNews
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Boston police, National Guard moving
in convoys through the streets of
Boston

“All officers, use
extreme caution. Suspect may have
suicide vest on,” officer says on Boston PD
scanner. … “SUSPECT IS REPORTED TO BE
WEARING SUICIDE VEST,” another officer
says seconds later. … DECEASED
“SUSPECT 1″ HAD TRIGGER ON HIS
BODY FOR EXPLOSIVE DEVICE …"

 

One of em's dead. The dude in the white hat.

 

dude in the white hat is still on the run.

 

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Boston police scanner: "He is posting
online. I will kill all of you as you killed
my brother."

Boston Police Dept. @Boston_Police
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#MediaAlert : WARNING: Do Not
Compromise Officer Safety by
Broadcasting Tactical Positions of
Homes Being Searched.

 

My husband's new company is headquartered in Cambridge. Naturally, the offices are closed this morning because of the lockdown. I think my husband's happy it's not two weeks ago when he was in Cambridge all week, or next month when he's up there again.

 

Thank God for that.

 

That's like die hard movie stuff going on up there. I'll be glad when they get the other bomber. Hope they take him alive so they can get some info.

 

Michael Skolnik @MichaelSkolnik
2m
PD stopped an Amtrak train in CT that
was going from Boston to NYC,
looking for Dzhokhar. was not aboard,
but shows he may not be in Boston .

RT America @RT_America
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BREAKING: Police put out bulletin for
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's car, Honda MA
plates, 316-ES9

http://www.ct.gov/despp/cwp/view.asp?A=4226&Q=523138

Today, April 19, 2013, the Connecticut
State Police received information from the
Boston Investigation that a suspect vehicle
could POSSIBLY be occupied by a wanted
suspect.
The vehicle is described by BOSTON AREA
AUTHORITIES; the SUSPECT MAY BE
OPERATING A :
GRAY, HONDA, CRV
REGISTRATION: 316 ES9 Massachusetts

 

Dateline NBC @datelinenbc
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According to authorities in Boston ,
police are now looking for 2 suspects.
One believed to have taken a train to
CT

 

Three dozen FBI agents were surrounding
the Cambridge, Mass., home
where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his older
brother Tamerlan grew up

Across the area, as police cars screamed
down streets and helicopters hovered
overhead, authorities urged the public to
stay inside, their doors locked to anyone
but law-enforcement officers.

"There is a massive manhunt under way,"
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said.
"We are asking people to shelter in place."

The lockdown initially affected more than
300,000 people in Cambridge, Watertown,
Newton, Brighton, Allston and Belmont, but
by 8 a.m., the entire city of Boston was
paralyzed, officials said.

Watertown, where the second suspect was
last seen, was the epicenter of the search.
Frightened residents were trapped in their
homes as convoys of heavily armed
officers and troops arrived by the hour.

“There was a long exchange of gunfire,”
Andrew Kitzenberg of Watertown told NBC
News in an interview.
“They were also utilizing bombs, which
sounded and looked like grenades, while
engaging in the gunfight,” he said. “They
also had what looked like a pressure-
cooker bomb.
“I saw them light this bomb. They threw it
towards the officers,” he said. “There was
smoke that covered our entire street.”

Officer Down, Officer Down
A transit officer, identified as Richard H.
Donahue, 33, was injured in the gunfight.
Authorities said he was in surgery at Mount
Auburn Hospital.

Kitzenberg said he saw the firefight end
when Tamerlan Tsarnaev ran toward the
officers and ultimately fell to the ground.
Tamerlan— the man in the black hat from
FBI photos released six hours earlier —
had an improvised explosive device
strapped to his chest, law enforcement
officials said.

Dzhokhar -- who was wearing a white hat
in the surveillance photos from the
marathon -- drove the SUV through a line
of police officers at the end of the street,
he said.

Armored humvees and busloads of law-
enforcement could be seen rolling into
Watertown in the hours after the gunfight.