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Boston News Conference: 6:00 PM ET: Indoor Stay Lifted

By Jeralyn, Section Crime in the News
Posted on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 05:13:17 PM EST
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Sounds like the suspect is no longer in Watertown or even in the vicinity. The indoor stay in Watertown has been lifted.

Col. Alben: They have not not apprehended suspect yet, but they will. They followed leads in Eastern Mass, none were fruitful.

They will draw back the tactical teams in Watertown. FBI is leading the investigation.

Shorter version seems to be either he got away or he's dead.

Since patrols are continuing, are they looking for other suspects or people that aided the brothers?

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    Boston News Conference: 6:00 PM ET: Indoor Stay Lifted | 27 comments (27 topical)

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    Can't think of how he got out of the dragnet.... (none / 0) (#1)
    by magster on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 05:43:54 PM EST
    without some help.

    Shots fired (none / 0) (#2)
    by Slado on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 06:02:29 PM EST
    Could be the end

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    I hope he is captured alive.... (none / 0) (#4)
    by magster on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 06:07:53 PM EST
    I want to know why?

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    Totally agree (none / 0) (#5)
    by shoephone on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 06:08:40 PM EST


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    Me too (none / 0) (#6)
    by Slado on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 06:11:52 PM EST
    But seems unlikely.

    He was already hurt according to a witness..  Sounds like suicide by cop.  Hope not.

    He's just a kid after all.

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    Per Kos: CBS saying FBI interviewed.... (none / 0) (#10)
    by magster on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 06:17:47 PM EST
    ... older brother 2 years ago about extremist ties at request of foreign country.

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    When we learn (none / 0) (#9)
    by NYShooter on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 06:13:18 PM EST
    the actual background of this young man is when we'll understand how it was possible for him to elude being apprehended for this long.

    If he considers himself a soldier in a political movement, and if he had some training in avoiding capture "behind enemy lines" the answer will be more understandable.


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    He was apparently hiding inside a boat ... (none / 0) (#16)
    by Donald from Hawaii on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 06:45:19 PM EST
    ... in someone's backyard. It was clearly only a matter of time before he would have had to move from that locale and reveal himself.

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    The scanner is back online. (none / 0) (#3)
    by Mr Natural on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 06:06:48 PM EST
    Best news source available all day.

    Forget everything they just said (none / 0) (#7)
    by jbindc on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 06:12:08 PM EST
    CNN reporting (take with a grain of salt) that they have him cornered and are working to get him out.

    They are also telling people (none / 0) (#8)
    by jbindc on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 06:12:35 PM EST
    Stay inside.

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    I'm not listening to CNN anymore (none / 0) (#12)
    by scribe on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 06:38:41 PM EST
    They've been too wrong too many times.

    OTOH, it's kind of interesting how two guys, one a teenager, have managed to make the combined forces of the federal, state and local governments run in circles for a week.

    FWIW, he's got very little to look forward to if taken alive.  Between the media pressure and the public prejudgment*, he'll never draw another free breath.  All he can do by letting himself be taken into custody help make Carmen Ortiz look good and Obama's decision to keep her look correct.

    •  E.g., Barney Frank, interviewed on MSNBC earlier this afternoon, saying that if the remaining suspect came out of this dead it wouldn't bother him a bit.


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    They have "run circles" (none / 0) (#17)
    by jbindc on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 06:49:29 PM EST
    Because the easy thing would have been put multiple bullets in him and be done with it.

    But when you are trying to keep the public safe and keep him alive, you are going to get more "running in circles".

    And I don't think this is about Carmen Ortiz or Obama. This is about two guys who allegedly went on a rampage and should get (or got) exactly what is/was coming to them.

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    NBC News just played a Tape (none / 0) (#18)
    by NYShooter on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 06:54:54 PM EST
    of the shots fired. The authorities may "desire" to capture the young man alive, but more than a hundred rapid fire automatic weapon shots tells me he is either dead, or dying.

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    The revenge response (none / 0) (#23)
    by shoephone on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 07:13:17 PM EST
    This is about two guys who allegedly went on a rampage and should get (or got) exactly what is/was coming to them.

    And dead men don't talk, in which case we don't find out:

    1. Why they set off the bombs
    2. How long they'd been planning it
    3. If anyone else was involved

    What's more important: That we give them "what they deserved" or that they go to prison and we get the information that could possibly help us deter this in the future?

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    And, most important re #3 (5.00 / 2) (#27)
    by Towanda on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 09:18:46 PM EST
    is whether, if others were involved, another bombing is planned and can be prevented.

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    The house: (none / 0) (#11)
    by Mr Natural on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 06:34:07 PM EST
    67 Franklin Street, Watertown

    Foxnews reporting (none / 0) (#13)
    by Slado on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 06:39:41 PM EST
    He is alive and surrounded

    The Boston Globe ... (none / 0) (#15)
    by Donald from Hawaii on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 06:42:45 PM EST
    ... is suggesting at this moment that while he's surrounded, he might not be alive.

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    Is Dzhokhar Tsarnaev dead? (none / 0) (#14)
    by Donald from Hawaii on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 06:40:16 PM EST
    He was apparently hiding in a boat in someone's back yard.

    According to the scanner (PD) broadcasts (none / 0) (#19)
    by Mr Natural on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 06:55:46 PM EST
    he's still moving around.

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    Yes (none / 0) (#21)
    by jbindc on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 07:01:56 PM EST
    They apparently have a visual on him and are getting ready to deploy gas.

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    Here's the (none / 0) (#20)
    by Mr Natural on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 06:57:12 PM EST
    scanner.

    218,723 current viewers.  

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    Drats, they noticed. (none / 0) (#24)
    by Mr Natural on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 07:14:13 PM EST
    "We also have an issue with your downlink. It's being broadcast on the internet."

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    It's like the OJ car chase all over again, (none / 0) (#22)
    by Anne on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 07:12:46 PM EST
    with who knows how many thousands - millions? - of people glued to their TVs taking in every last syllable the media are uttering, and the media just rankly speculating to fill air time.  I mean, Brian Williams hears shots fired and he can say that those were shots fired with intent?  

    And - I'm sorry - but how stupid do the people in these neighborhoods have to be to be taking photos and videos with their phones?  Do they think this is just a movie?

    I was out most of the day with my daughter, trying to get as much wedding stuff done as we could, so I was blissfully unaware of the ongoing drama.  Well, the courthouse only had one entrance open - my daughter wanted to get the marriage license today - but security was no more rigorous or intrusive than normal - they even let me take my bottle of water in.

    I wish I didn't feel like the media really want this to be a Muslim extremist attack - almost like they've missed how quiet things have been here.

    I am dreading whatever fresh authoritarian hell is going to come out of this, but in the meantime, I think I'm not going to watch any more of the dreck that passes for "reporting" on this whole situation.

    How scary is it (5.00 / 2) (#25)
    by sj on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 07:34:31 PM EST
    when Entertainment Weekly is making more sense than the anchors on TV?

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    Ya. Mr. Angel and I kept the remote going to (none / 0) (#26)
    by Angel on Fri Apr 19, 2013 at 08:12:53 PM EST
    find something we could tolerate.  Glad it was over as quickly as it was because I'm not sure we could have tuned in for much longer.  

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