Watertown Police Chase: Gunfire, Explosions Reported

[Mayhem]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/19/watertown-police-chase_n_3114276.html

Shortly after the fatal shooting of a police officer on the campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Thursday night, a second shooting incident was reported in Watertown, Mass.

Chatter on the police scanner revealed confusion on the scene as officers reported gunfire, explosions and chaos at the intersection of Laurel and Dexter Streets. Heavily armed officers from Homeland Security have been spotted in the area, WCVB-TV reported.

One suspect, who appeared to be naked, was taken into custody. Another reportedly remains on the loose.

Larry Victor, a dentist in Watertown, told The Huffington Post that he heard dozens of shots and at least two explosions.

In response, all police units have been ordered to retreat to a perimeter being set up near Auburn, Walnut & School Streets. Officers entering the perimeter were ordered to turn off their cellphones. A robot has been brought in to investigate the scene for explosives.

In the meantime, police are urging all residents to stay inside of their homes.

It is unknown if this latest incident involves the officer's slaying or the suspects involved with the bombing at the Boston Marathon on Monday.

This is a developing story....

Bomb robots are roaming the streets of Watertown, and officers are still suiting up and loading weapons, HuffPost reporters on scene verify.

 

[JaanaRuutu]

Watch live here: http://boston.cbslocal.com/live-video/

 

[Mayhem]

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Police have converged on a neighborhood outside Boston where there were reports of explosives being detonated and police are telling reporters to turn off their cell phones. Dozens of officers and National Guard members are in Watertown, where television outlets report that gunfire and explosions have been heard. A helicopter is circling overhead. Authorities early Friday were calling for somebody to get on the ground and put their hands up and a loud thud was heard after someone shouted "fire in the hole." Reporters are being told to move away from the scene. A police officer told a reporter: "If you want to live, turn off your cell phone." Earlier Thursday night a campus police officer was shot and killed at MIT and authorities were searching for the person responsible.

 

[JaanaRuutu]

The Boston Globe is reporting that one suspect is in custudy and that he was involved with the marathon bombing.

 

[Mayhem]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/20/us/explosives-detonated-in-massachusetts-standoff.html?hp&_r=2&

Two 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., late Thursday night, a resident said.

Andrew Kitzenburg, 29, said he looked out of his 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 toward 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 explosions, said Loretta Kehayias, 65, another resident, “lit up the whole house. I screamed. I’ve never seen anything like this, never, never, never.”

Meanwhile, the other you man, said Mr. Kitzenberg, got back into the SUV, turned it toward 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 days after two bombs had exploded at the Boston marathon, killing three and injuring more than 170. There was speculation that the two incidents were linked but, amid the chaos early Friday morning, there was no confirmation of that. The Federal Bureau of Investigation released new images of the men early Friday as part of a campaign to try and identify them.

The incident in Watertown came just minutes after a third explosion of violence in Boston — a campus police officer was shot and killed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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.

At the campus, helicopters whirred overhead, and police cars were dotted through the streets. A crime scene was cordoned off, and at least one dog unit was on the scene.

 

[LucyOHara]

Another officer shot. I hope this ends soon.

I'm off to bed. <3 :\

 

[Mayhem]

Several news outlets are reporting that Marathon Bombing "Suspect 1" is dead. WCVB reports that authorities have confirmed the death, but that "Suspect 2" is still at large, armed and dangerous.

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[JaanaRuutu]

http://tunein.com/radio/Boston-Police-Fire-and-EMS-Scanner-s146109/ Boston police scanner. Seems they've found bombs.

 

[knowone]

Except there are conflicting reports. Clearly they have a live suspect in a police car, and he is being ID'ed as Suspect #2.

I don't think there will be any clarity until after dawn.

 

[assari]

The police need more protective gear.

 

[Mayhem]

Except there are conflicting reports. Clearly they have a live suspect in a police car, and he is being ID'ed as Suspect #2.

I don't think there will be any clarity until after dawn.

I was less and less convinced every time they showed the video of Naked-Arrested guy. He had more hair than black-hat suspect, and built more squarely than white-hat suspect.

 

[Mayhem]

They have the whole Cambridge/Watertown area completely locked down.

 

[Mayhem]

The surviving suspect has been identified as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a Russian from an area close to Chechnya. Him and his partner have been in the US for approx. a year.

Update: The other guy (black-hat suspect) was his brother.

 

[FreeOnes_Anders]

https://twitter.com/shawna_england/status/325188104912785408/photo/1

Picture from Watertown residence.

 

[SabrinaDeep]

So you guys are telling me that two Chechens, whose cause back home has never been adversed by the US, if not supported (someone even say financially), plan a terror attack in US soil from a campus and put it in place successfully during a marathon patrolled by hundreds of police, they get away uncaught, go back to college and try to hijack a car, which act draws police attention and engagement? I'm not trying to play Alex Jones, here, but if this is it, it sounds too convenient and stupid to me. You successfully plan a "refined" terror attack and AFTER that you try to steal a car knowing that right now a fart would catch police attention? :dunno:

 

[Roald]

The police need more protective gear.

the obvious answer to all this is more guns!

 

[HansMoleman]

So you guys are telling me that two Chechens, whose cause back home has never been adversed by the US, if not supported (someone even say financially), plan a terror attack in US soil from a campus and put it in place successfully during a marathon patrolled by hundreds of police, they get away uncaught, go back to college and try to hijack a car, which act draws police attention and engagement? I'm not trying to play Alex Jones, here, but if this is it, it sounds too convenient and stupid to me. You successfully plan a "refined" terror attack and AFTER that you try to steal a car knowing that right now a fart would catch police attention? :dunno:

Well they may have not been expecting clear images of them to be released. That could cause them to panic and do crazy things to try to escape. Pics of them were just released to the whole world hours before so they could be recognized anywhere they go, especially in the Boston area.

As for their motives, who knows. I'm assuming it may or may not be related to Chechen independence. If so, maybe we haven't done enough in their eyes? Or maybe its totally unrelated.

 

[SabrinaDeep]

Well they may have not been expecting clear images of them to be released. That could cause them to panic and do crazy things to try to escape. Pics of them were just released to the whole world hours before so they could be recognized anywhere they go, especially in the Boston area.

As for their motives, who knows. I'm assuming it may or may not be related to Chechen independence. If so, maybe we haven't done enough in their eyes? Or maybe its totally unrelated.

Everything is possible, of course, but it's hard to believe, at least for me, that they didn't expect to be caught on one millions of cameras at an event like the Boston marathon and that they didn't plan to have a car before hand or/and an escape plan different than stealing a car after the bombing in a city patrolled by fbi, cia national guard, city police and God knows what else. Again...not trying to play Alex Jones, here, but i think that some concerns are legitimate, at this stage. Hopefully everything will make more sense at a later time.

 

[zdenka]

Everything is possible, of course, but it's hard to believe, at least for me, that they didn't expect to be caught on one millions of cameras at an event like the Boston marathon and that they didn't plan to have a car before hand or/and an escape plan different than stealing a car after the bombing in a city patrolled by fbi, cia national guard, city police and God knows what else. Again...not trying to play Alex Jones, here, but i think that some concerns are legitimate, at this stage. Hopefully everything will make more sense at a later time.

I think they simply have very tiny cocks

 

[Fatfishblu]

The brothers are from The city of Makhachkala in Dagestan not Chechnya. There are lots of Islamic extremists in that region. Did I read correctly that military grenades were thrown at the police? Where does one buy grenades anyways?