One Boston Bombing Suspect Dead, Another on Run

One Boston Bombing Suspect Dead, Another on Run

By | 2013-04-19T11:29:01-04:00 April 19th, 2013|News|0 Comments
One Boston marathon bombing suspect has been shot dead, while another, believed to be “armed and dangerous”, is being chased by police. 
 
One police officer was also shot dead and a second wounded during the late night operation in Watertown, near Boston, authorities said.
 
Police forces sealed off much of the town as they killed one suspect and continue to hunt for the other, according to reports.
 
State Police announced in the early hours of the morning that they would be going “door to door, street by street, in and around Watertown.” They warned residents to stay inside and not answer the door unless the person is clearly identified as a law-enforcement officer, The Boston Globe reported. 
 
The incident follows reports that a gunman shot and killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer on Thursday in an eruption of gunfire at the prestigious university.
 
The university said the situation was “extremely dangerous” and warned students in an emergency alert on its website to stay indoors, adding that one building on campus had been surrounded by police.
 
Massachusetts State Police spokesman David Procopio said early Friday that the violent events at MIT and Watertown appeared to be connected, and that federal authorities were investigating whether the violence of Thursday night and Friday was connected to the marathon bombings, earlier in the week, according to The Globe.
 
Authorities made no comment on whether there was a link between the manhunt and Monday’s bombing in which three people were killed and about 180 injured.
 
However the operation came only hours after the Federal Bureau of Investigation released photos of the suspects they believe planted the bombs.
 
A second police officer was wounded in a gunfight in the town, they added.