Explosions at Boston Marathon

[CountDeMoney]

Sounds like White Hat shot his way out of the police perimeter, and is still loose in that Watertown neighborhood.  He's gotta be holed up in somebody's house.
Cops are moving in with tactical vehicles to evacuate people one house at a time.

[CountDeMoney]

Law enforcement sources said the suspects have international links and have been in the country legally for about a year.

The suspects approached the MIT officer and shot him in head, the sources said. The two then stole the MIT officer's cruiser, robbed a nearby 7-11 and carjacked a Mercedes SUV, briefly kidnapping the driver, the sources said. At various points, the suspects threw explosives out the window of the moving car.

The dead suspect had an improvised explosive device strapped to his chest and the law enforcement sources warned that the suspect on the run may as well.

Watertown resident Andrew Kitzenberg described the earlier police shoot out outside his house. "They engaged in gunfire for a few minutes," Kitzenberg told NBC News. "They were also utilizing bombs, which sounded and looked like grenades, while engaging in the gunfight. They also had what looked like a pressure-cooker bomb."

Kitzenberg said when he looked out the window he saw two people taking cover between a black Mercedes SUV and a sedan, and watched them shooting 70 or 80 yards toward six Watertown police vehicles.

He said the pair took cover behind the Mercedes SUV and were shooting westward toward the police officers. They also had backpacks.

"It was a firefight," he added. "There was a long exchange of gunfire."

One of the shooters then ran toward the officers, while the other got into the SUV, Kitzenberg recounted.

The person on foot later fell to the ground, but Kitzenberg said he was unable to tell whether he had been tackled or shot.

The other drove the SUV through the line of police cars at the end of the street, he added.

[CountDeMoney]

Trauma surgeon at Beth Israel Hospital said Black Hat had gunshot wounds "more than he could count" and explosives injuries.

[Duque de Bragança]

Law enforcement sources said the suspects have international links and have been in the country legally for about a year.

The suspects approached the MIT officer and shot him in head, the sources said. The two then stole the MIT officer's cruiser, robbed a nearby 7-11 and carjacked a Mercedes SUV, briefly kidnapping the driver, the sources said. At various points, the suspects threw explosives out the window of the moving car.

The dead suspect had an improvised explosive device strapped to his chest and the law enforcement sources warned that the suspect on the run may as well.

Watertown resident Andrew Kitzenberg described the earlier police shoot out outside his house. "They engaged in gunfire for a few minutes," Kitzenberg told NBC News. "They were also utilizing bombs, which sounded and looked like grenades, while engaging in the gunfight. They also had what looked like a pressure-cooker bomb."

Kitzenberg said when he looked out the window he saw two people taking cover between a black Mercedes SUV and a sedan, and watched them shooting 70 or 80 yards toward six Watertown police vehicles.

He said the pair took cover behind the Mercedes SUV and were shooting westward toward the police officers. They also had backpacks.

"It was a firefight," he added. "There was a long exchange of gunfire."

One of the shooters then ran toward the officers, while the other got into the SUV, Kitzenberg recounted.

The person on foot later fell to the ground, but Kitzenberg said he was unable to tell whether he had been tackled or shot.

The other drove the SUV through the line of police cars at the end of the street, he added.

Fixed it, just in case.

[katmai]

Watertown on lockdown.

[Caliga]

If I still worked at Harvard I'd have a three-day weekend.  Damnit.

[Razgovory]

Sounds like White Hat shot his way out of the police perimeter, and is still loose in that Watertown neighborhood.  He's gotta be holed up in somebody's house.
Cops are moving in with tactical vehicles to evacuate people one house at a time.

Damn.

[Tonitrus]

Talking head on NBC/Today just out tossed out that they're Chechen.

[katmai]

MSNBC reporting that they were brothers.

[Razgovory]

Apparently the naked guy is no longer a suspect. He was just naked.

Now to get that broomstick!

[katmai]

From near Chechnya, so i blame Dguller and Spellus.

[Grinning_Colossus]

I guess they're jihadis after all.

[OttoVonBismarck]

Yup, explosive trapped to chest, fighting to the death on the street--that's Jihadists. Guys like McVeigh are probably ultimately resigned to the fact that they may get caught and imprisoned and even executed, but they tend to surrender when caught, survivalist types don't seem to enjoy dying in a blaze of glory for whatever reason.

[OttoVonBismarck]

Trauma surgeon at Beth Israel Hospital said Black Hat had gunshot wounds "more than he could count" and explosives injuries.

Given the situation with them throwing explosions and having killed a officer earlier I suspect several different guys emptied into him. The transport to the hospital was probably a formality.

[Viking]

Yup, explosive trapped to chest, fighting to the death on the street--that's Jihadists. Guys like McVeigh are probably ultimately resigned to the fact that they may get caught and imprisoned and even executed, but they tend to surrender when caught, survivalist types don't seem to enjoy dying in a blaze of glory for whatever reason.

... cause their objective is to, eh, survive?