Boston's day of bedlam: how the hunt unfolded
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10:48pm (18 Apr)
(Massachusetts State Police)
BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING SUSPECTS. IF YOU RECOGNIZE EITHER OF THEM, CALL 1-800-CALL-FBI IMMEDIATELY.
3:52am (19 Apr)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
There is a report of an active shooter in the vicinity of Bldg. 32 (Stata). Please stay clear of the area.
4:44am
@MITnews (MIT)
Shooting incident continues to be investigated. Stay vigilant, stay indoors and away from Building 32/76 (Stata/Koch).
7.35am
jraske Watertown eyewitness
The shoot-out literally occurred outside our house. This is the care [sic] they were driving. You can’t tell, but the windows are blown out.
8.37am
(Massachusetts State Police)
If any concerns about someone at door, call 911 immediately. Repeat – do not answer door, stay away from windows, keep doors locked.
11:20am
@jraske 6h
jraske
We’ve been evacuated.
1:21pm
Shawna England Watertown eyewitness
View from my house...crazy #watertown pic.twitter.com/LFl1gVfASt
1:28pm
Boston Police Department
#WANTED: Suspect identified as 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev of Cambridge. Considered armed & dangerous.
4:43pm
NBC Nightly News
FBI wanted poster for bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
4:49pm
David Abel
Boston Globe reporter
Roommate of fallen #MIT police officer puts up American flag in front of their home.
5:24pm The Washington Post
Reporter Dan Morse writes: “More than 50 reporters had gathered outside Ruslan Tsarni’s red-brick home on a cul-de-sac in Montgomery Village when the uncle [above] of the bombing suspects walked outside... Asked why his nephews could have set the explosions, he said: ‘Being losers. Hatred to those who were able to settle themselves. These are the only reasons I can imagine. Anything else to do with religion, with Islam, it’s a fraud.”
5:44pm
Boston Police Department
#CommunityAlert: Chief Ed Deveau thanks Watertown residents for their exceptional patience & co-operation.
6:06pm
Boston Police Department
The BPD extends thoughts and prayers to family and friends of fallen hero, MIT Police Officer Sean Collier.
11pm
Police lift lockdown and stay-indoors request for the Boston area. Suspect still at large.
12am
Gunfire in Watertown as police surround a house where the suspect is believed to be hiding.
1.58am
Boston Police Department
CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won. Suspect in custody.
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