Hunt for Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects 4/19/2013
Live updates on the hunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.
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"In the last 10 minutes [media] were all suddenly told we had to move, why I don't know," says CNN reporter Brooke Baldwin in Cambridge. "'It's not safe,' we were told by police." -
Via Reuters: Bombing suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev posted links to websites calling for Chechen independence on VK, a Russian-language social media site. -
RT @jtuohey21: An explosive trigger was found on the dead brother’s body at the morgue. b.globe.com/11pnNqP
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) April 19, 2013 -
AG Eric Holder, FBI Director Robert Mueller heading over to WH now to brief President Obama, per DOJ official
— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) April 19, 2013 -
A neighbor is escorted to safety as police surround a home while searching for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings in Watertown, Mass.
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TIMELINE: Overnight hunt for marathon bombing suspects. b.globe.com/XKJW55
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) April 19, 2013 -
Doctor at hospital where dead bombing suspect was treated last night said he arrived in cardiac arrest and they attempted to revive him for about 15 minutes before declaring him dead.
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NBC reports an Amtrak train from Boston to New York City was stopped and searched earlier this morning as a precaution, but has since proceeded on as scheduled.
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BREAKING NEWS: MIT police officer killed in confrontation with terror suspects was Sean Collier, 26, of Somerville, per Middlesex DA.
— Boston.com News (@BostonDotCom) April 19, 2013 -
BREAKING NEWS: MIT police officer killed in confrontation with terror suspects was Sean Collier, 26, of Somerville, per Middlesex DA.
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) April 19, 2013 -
Logan is open and operating under heightened security. Please check with your airline on flight status before heading to the airport.
— Boston Logan Airport (@BostonLogan) April 19, 2013 -
There's a concern that there may be accomplices -@petewilliamsnbc
— NBC Nightly News (@nbcnightlynews) April 19, 2013 -
"We all have confidence that this would be resolved ... but it has been quite remarkable law enforcement has been able to move on it," says U.S. Rep. Bill Keating, D-Mass.
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Classmates of Dzokhar Tsarnaev, 19, called the bombing suspect "a sweet sort of quiet guy," and "a familiar part of the community," according to BuzzFeed.
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Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis urged all residents to stay at home as the police conduct door-to-door search to.pbs.org/11JFHad
— NewsHour (@NewsHour) April 19, 2013 -
According to NBC, police looking for an additional accomplice.
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Incredible photo of swat teams, taken by the Globe's Aram Boghosian. twitter.com/billy_baker/st…
— Billy Baker (@billy_baker) April 19, 2013 -
NBC reporting third suspect sought in bombing investigation is on a train currently stopped in East Norwalk, Conn.
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MBTA transit police turn away a commuter at Malden Center station in Massachusetts as a manhunt continues for the Boston Marathon suspect still at large. (Elise Amendola/AP)
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"The helicopter continues to hone in on the area, the level of activity from our vantage point has dropped," says NBC's Lester Holt in Watertown.
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NBC: One suspect is believed to be in the Boston area. The other is believed to have taken a train to Connecticut.
— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) April 19, 2013 -
Uncle of Boston suspects who lives in Montgomery County tells reporters "I wish they never existed." bit.ly/Z4Y7Up
— DCist (@dcist) April 19, 2013 -
James Cavanaugh, NBC News analyst, speculates that given the amount of explosives suspected bombers appeared to still have, this was "a bombing campaign in its nascent stage."
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Alex Conant, spokesman for Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who has been leading the charge for immigration reform, says, "The situation in Boston is still developing and it's too soon to jump to conclusions, let alone use the tragedy to make political points."
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Bombing victim Jeff Bauman, who lost both of his legs below the knee, saw one of the bombing suspects minutes before the explosions. From Bloomberg: "He woke up under so much drugs, asked for a paper and pen and wrote, ‘bag, saw the guy, looked right at me,’” his brother Chris Bauman said yesterday in an interview.
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A Cambridge resident talks with police as a manhunt continues for a Boston Marathon bombing suspect still at large (Michael Dwyer/AP).
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CT state police told by Boston authorities that the bombing suspect at large may be operating a gray Honda CRV (plate: 316 ES9) w/ MA tags.
— Josh Elliott (@JoshElliottABC) April 19, 2013 -
#PHOTO of 26-year-old MIT police officer Sean Collier of Somerville, who was killed in shooting late last night. ow.ly/i/1VwMA
— NECN (@NECN) April 19, 2013 -
BREAKING NEWS: Police fear suspect in terror bombings is wearing an explosive vest, source tells Globe.
— Boston.com News (@BostonDotCom) April 19, 2013 -
NBC: Police believe they have cornered bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
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My beloved nephew on right, djohar tsarnaev on left, happy cambridge Rindge and Latin grads.heartbreaking twitter.com/hereandnowrobi…
— Robin Young (@hereandnowrobin) April 19, 2013 -
UPDATE: UMass Darmouth says campus closed today; bombing suspect ID'd as UMass Darmouth student bit.ly/17Lf4Wc
— Boston.com News (@BostonDotCom) April 19, 2013 -
They "appeared to embody the best of the ... immigrant experience." -- Boston Globe
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Photo: City on lockdown; an empty Kenmore Square in #Boston, Mass. (via Andrew Golden) twitter.com/NBCNews/status…
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 19, 2013 -
UMASS Dartmouth shuts campus. Confirms suspect is registered student there. businessinsider.com/umass-dartmout…
— Joseph Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) April 19, 2013 -
NBC News reports police are in a standoff with the person believed to be the second suspect in the Boston bombing.
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Per White House pool report - "Shortly after 9:45AM, the President, joined by Vice President Biden, convened a briefing in the White House Situation Room with his national security team on developments in the investigation as well as the events in Boston and Watertown, MA. Participating in the briefing are Attorney General Eric Holder, FBI Director Robert Mueller, Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Lisa Monaco, Deputy National Security Advisor Tony Blinken, Deputy Chief of Staff Alyssa Mastromonaco, Deputy National Security Advisor For Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes, Deputy Counsel to the President Avril Haines and National Security Advisor to the Vice President Jake Sullivan. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Secretary of State John Kerry, and CIA Director John Brennan joined by video conference. The briefing is currently underway. This morning’s briefing is a follow-up to the regular briefings that the President received through the night as he was routinely updated on the investigation."
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UMASS Dartmouth update: Tsarnaev lived in a dorm there... that dorm is now being EVACUATED #wcvb
— Scott Isaacs (@ScottIsaacs) April 19, 2013 -
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Bomb discovered in the Charlesgate section of Boston this morning & rendered safe by authorities - @petewilliamsnbc
— NBC Nightly News (@nbcnightlynews) April 19, 2013 -
This is crazy. We are locked down in our home. Don't understand why these monsters have done this instagram.com/p/YSOWvSkLpT/
— Tagg Romney (@tromney) April 19, 2013 -
Quietude. Boston. Streets empty. View from Cambridge. twitter.com/antonioregalad…
— Antonio Regalado (@antonioregalado) April 19, 2013 -
My parents in Newton got robocall from police chief at 6 AM saying suspects were at large, do not leave house, lock windows/doors, etc.
— Jonathan O'Connell (@OConnellPostbiz) April 19, 2013 -
Bruins, Penguins cancel morning skate; NHL, Red Sox games on hold during bomber manhunt: apne.ws/Z54CGG -AB
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 19, 2013
