Mass on edge - gunfire and more explosions

Waco is suffering, and now this...
Heart goes out to Bostonians dealing with this on top of everything else...

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/19/us/boston-area-violence/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

 

Well crap, they're implying it's the B/M bomber....

One suspect in custody, another remains on the loose
By Wesley Lowery, Akilah Johnson, Eric Moskowitz and Lisa Wangsness
| Globe Staff

April 19, 2013

WATERTOWN — One suspect in Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings has been captured, according to an official with knowledge of the investigation. Another remains on the loose in Watertown after a firefight with police. Authorities have established a 20-block perimeter as they search for him.

Witnesses in Watertown said they heard explosions. Police officers were screaming about improvised explosive devices.

Authorities would not comment on whether the events were connected to Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings. At least one of the suspects in Watertown appeared to be a man in his 20s....

More...
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...atcher-says/4UeCClOVeLr8PHLvDa99zK/story.html

 

The revolution will not be televised

 

this shit is pretty surreal right now

they said during the police chase, they were throwing explosives from their car

RIP to the officer killed at MIT too

times like these you respect the police officers and everyone else that are laying their lives down for our safety

 

Didn't read through everything - was this posted yet?

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/boston-mit-shooting-explosion-suspect-watertown-064355149.html

Updated at 7:10 a.m. ET]

BOSTON—A late-night police chase and shootout has ended with one marathon bombing suspect dead and another on the run, police here said, leaving a still-grieving city on edge. One police officer was killed and another was seriously wounded during the violent spree.

At sunrise, Gov. Deval Patrick ordered a shutdown of all public transit and residents on the edges of Boston to stay indoors as a massive manhunt for the second suspect was underway.

“This is situation is grave and we are trying to protect the public safety,” said Massachusetts State Police Col. Timothy Alben, who ordered a temporary lockdown of Watertown, Waltham, Belmont, Cambridge, Newton, Allston and Brighton.

Federal agents swarmed Watertown after local police were involved in a car chase and shootout with the men identified Thursday by the FBI as Suspect 1 and Suspect 2. During the pursuit, officers could be heard on police radio traffic describing the men as having handguns, grenades and other explosives.

The Associated Press identified the surviving Boston bomb suspect as Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, of Cambridge, Mass., and said that the suspects were brothers.

The mayhem began at approximately 10:20 p.m. Thursday when police said the bombing suspects robbed a 7-Eleven store in Cambridge. Minutes later, police said, the men shot and killed an MIT campus officer responding to the robbery call. The terror suspects then carjacked a Mercedes-Benz with the driver inside and fled, eventually letting driver go. They were then spotted in Watertown where they exchanged dozens of rounds of gunfire with patrol officers.

Suspect 1 was shot by police and brought to Beth Israel Medical Center. He arrived at the hospital under cardiac arrest with multiple gunshot wounds and blast-like injuries to his chest. The second suspect fled on foot, leading to the tense manhunt that is still underway at this hour.

"We believe this to be a terrorist," said Boston police Commissioner Ed Davis. "We believe this to be a man who has come here to kill people. We need to get him into custody."

A transit officer was seriously wounded during the exchange of gunfire, officials said.

[Related: FBI releases photos of suspects in Boston Marathon bombings]

The FBI has yet to publicly confirm a connection between the events in Watertown and the twin explosions that killed 3 people and injured 170 others at the Boston Marathon on Monday. But according to Boston police, the suspect who remained at large was the "one in the white hat" seen in the photos released by the bureau on Thursday.

In a radio alert sent issued to fellow officers, the suspect was described as a "white male with dark complexion ... with thick curly hair wearing a charcoal gray hooded sweatshirt ... possibly with an assault rifle and explosives." Police in Watertown, Newton, Brighton and Cambridge were put on high alert. "Units use caution," an officer said. "He might have an explosive object on his person."

Worried residents in Watertown, a suburb about 8 miles from downtown Boston, were ordered to stay indoors and turn off their cell phones out of fear that they could trigger improvised explosive devices.


"Suspect 2" seen in 7-Eleven surveillance footage; police in Watertown (BPD/Getty)
Dozens of police officers, many of them off-duty, searched backyards in search of the second suspect, and a police perimeter of several blocks was established. K9 units and SWAT teams searched homes on Spruce Street as officers with a police robot searched an SUV that the suspects had abandoned. Multiple devices were left in the road and two handguns were recovered, according to police scanners.

The Watertown shootout occurred after a gunfight erupted near the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where the MIT police officer was shot and later died. The campus was placed on lockdown for several hours, and students were told to remain indoors.

Shortly before 2 a.m. Friday, MIT issued a statement on its website saying that the suspect "in this evening's shooting is no longer on campus. It is now safe to resume normal activities. Please remain vigilant in the coming hours."

President Barack Obama, who attended an interfaith service for the bombing victims in Boston on Thursday, was briefed on the overnight developments, the White House said early Friday.

At approximately 3:30 a.m., Massachusetts State Police issued a plea on Twitter for residents of Watertown to lock their doors and not open them for anyone as they searched backyards and exteriors of houses there.

"Residents in and around Watertown should stay in their residences," the alert read. "Do NOT answer door unless it is an identified police officer."

 

They're brothers. One was 19. The other 26. They've been in the country at least a year. Chechin refugees by way of Turkey, per MSNBC.

Suspected they became radicalized over the internet(theory), and aren't a part of a wider cell.

However their explosive expertise suggests military training.

 

plenty of terrorists in chechnian/turkey to learn stuff from

not all extremists come from the middle east and look like Osama..just too bad the media doesn't portray it that way

when u think of terrorism, u think of guys in muslim garb with dark skin

u dont think of white guys in street clothes

 

Just posted that on FB and some dude had the nerve to say well we all don't look alike do we. You gotta laugh because it doesn't stop the media from portraying certain people the same way. Guess its not fun when the shoes on the other foot

 

Chechen muslims.....one down (big brother Tamberlan 26,) ....one to go (little brother zhokhar still on the loose 19).........In a shoot out with police, big brother Tamberlan had so many bullets in him that doctors say they could not plug the holes and stop the lost of blood........In this life, you reap what you sow.....

 

seriously if these guys had brown skin, beanies and beard with big ass backpacks, u know the shit would never have jumped off

everyone woulda noticed them leaving bags

 

All of the sudden you can't profile someone just because of skin color the shit really has me looking at people I know sideways. NOW ITS A PROBLEM?

 

Lol

Look on the bright side...there's no racist comments on yahoo

Sure they're still blaming Muslims for all the problems in the world, but they're not throwing an entire race of people under the bus

Wonder why

 

Because they don't have a racist leg to stand on this time around

 

Could you imagine if the perp were black

Shiiiiiiiiiiet

At least we do know these guys are guilty

No trials or assuming shit

Cops show up to ur place and u start shooting...yea no trial needed

 

Real talk. Like someone at my job said for as many people in this country seem to hate black people you'd swear we're doing shit like this but we're not. We don't go fucking with innocent people on this level yet we're the ones to be feared and demonized. Smh

 

Young Chehcens on some ride or die shit...and they had days to leave town...

Interesting...

 

When could they have left? They had Boston locked down tight homie

 

The day of the bombing, the next day

 

They had a tight noose around the city fam, but you do raise an interesting question. Why not head north to Canada and go somewhere else. Escape would be a primary thought.

 

they had more damage to do