Explosions at the Boston Marathon

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So there was just a shooting at MIT, and now a car chase involving the shooters and maybe grenades. What the fuck.


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I really think these are the guys responsible for the bombing.

10:18 PM PDT one suspect down, one in custody but there are reports of explosions near Harvard Square,
 
here it that article

Explosives Detonated in Massachusetts Standoff

Police officers with guns drawn investigated in Watertown, Mass., early Friday morning.
By RAVI SOMAIYA

Published: April 19, 2013Two young men, armed with guns and explosives in what appeared to be backpacks, engaged in a violent standoff with dozens of police on a street in Watertown, Mass., Thursday night, a resident said.

Police officers blocked off the scene of a shooting at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass.
Andrew Kitzenburg, 29, said he looked out of this third floor window to see two young men of slight build in jackets shooting at dozens of police officers from behind a black Mercedes SUV. The officers and the men were 70 yards apart, he said, and engaged in “constant gunfire.”

A police SUV “drove towards the shooters,” he said, and was shot at until it was severely damaged. It rolled out of control, Mr. Kitzenberg said, and crashed into two cars in his driveway.

The two shooters, he said, had a large and unwieldy bomb. “They lit it, still in the middle of the gunfire, and threw it. But it went 20 yards at most.” It exploded, he said, and one of the two men ran towards the gathered police officers. He was tackled, but it was not clear if he was shot, Mr. Kitzenberg said.

The other, he said, got back into the SUV, turned it toward the officers and “put the pedal to the metal.” The car “went right through the cops, broke right through and continued west.”

The two men left “a few backpacks right by the car, and there is a bomb robot out there now.” Police had told residents to stay away from their windows, he said.

The standoff came within hours of an incident at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in which a campus police officer was shot and killed.

The officer, who was not named, responded to a report of a disturbance near Vassar and Main Streets, the Middlesex County District Attorney Michael Pelgro said in a statement early Friday. He was found, the statement said with “multiple gunshot wounds” and taken to Massachusetts General Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

we'll see how much of this is correct, in a few hours

I hope the NYT is not as bad as AP
 
Boston Globe says, yes

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.

A scene of chaos descended on Cambridge and Watertown late Thursday night and early Friday morning, as police confirmed an MIT police officer was shot and killed, and an apparent carjacking led police on a wild chase into Watertown.

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.

FBI agents were on the scene in Watertown.

Boston Marathon bombing suspect in custody, another on the loose - Metro - The Boston Globe
 
Andy Daly ‏@TVsAndyDaly 3h

When an Elvis impersonator trying to kill the President is the least interesting news story of the week, you know some shit went down.
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Man, someone in Hollywood is chomping at the bit for this one.

If this all turns out to be true, this is one of the craziest stories I've ever heard.
 
SWAT team chasing a suspect on foot right now, according to Twitter users listening in to the Boston police scanners. CNN talking about shit that happened 20 minutes ago.
 
Looks like this is an account set up by Sunil Tripathi's family in an effort to find him:

https://twitter.com/findingsunny

It'll likely be taken down soon, although the screen shots will live forever. Crazy shit. There's even a tweet in there about the marathon.

Prevailing thought is that this Tripathi guy is the white hat guy from the marathon, and that he's the one still out on the run somewhere in or around Watertown. Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe we can get Alec Baldwin on the case.
 
Yikes! I have a friend that doesn't live far from Watertown.
 
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number one suspect, Mike Mulugeta? in custody and Sunil is on the run,
MSNBC twitter guy says there are more pressure cooker bombs or back packs on site
wow
 
funny now all the broadcast news stations are being very circumspect, saying we are not sure who these guys are, not sure if related to Monday bombings
 
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