Breaking News: Explosion at Boston Marathon Finish Line
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well i guess both party's are right so far as to if this is or is not a terrorist attack
the motive isnt out yet so i guess we should stop tossing the T word around. the goal was to incite fear, just don't know if it was for some sort of political agenda. I looked up the definition to be sure, and i guess stocker "sorta" is right (GASP)
Doesn't matter though, we all can hope that the Westboro Baptist Church, who is already planning to head to boston and picket funerals, figure out rather quickly what happens when you piss off people from boston.
NINJA EDIT:: apparently the bombs were disguised inside of a pressure cooker in a backpack.They also believe it was packed with sharp objects.
the fear/hate mongering is already in full swing as:
the motive isnt out yet so i guess we should stop tossing the T word around. the goal was to incite fear, just don't know if it was for some sort of political agenda. I looked up the definition to be sure, and i guess stocker "sorta" is right (GASP)
ter·ror·ism
/ˈterəˌrizəm/
Noun
The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.
/ˈterəˌrizəm/
Noun
The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.
Doesn't matter though, we all can hope that the Westboro Baptist Church, who is already planning to head to boston and picket funerals, figure out rather quickly what happens when you piss off people from boston.
NINJA EDIT:: apparently the bombs were disguised inside of a pressure cooker in a backpack.They also believe it was packed with sharp objects.
the fear/hate mongering is already in full swing as:
Investigators told police Monday to be on the lookout for a "darker-skinned or black male" with a possible foreign accent in connection with the marathon bombs, according to a law enforcement advisory obtained by CNN.
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Even more sad is the fact that the 8 year old and his family were running away from the first blast when the second one went off and killed the boy. I'm not sure if I could live with myself if something like that happened to me. I would always be thinking "I should have run the other way".
Stories like this, and all the bad things in general going on in the world right now make me sick. I don't understand why crap like this needs to happen, especially to kids.
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Some people kill for the thrill of it. It doesn't HAVE TO be terrorism, no matter how many bombs there were.
...not that it will stop the .gov for ratcheting up the police state activity
...not that it will stop the .gov for ratcheting up the police state activity
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sounds like they caught em!!
this is some copypasta from reddit about what people heard over the police scanners
it looks like we made a thread at the same exact time. since this post is getting more attention i'll switch here.. copy pasting my notes here. FOR THE RECORD: i do not know if this is/are the marathon suspects. though there are reports of more homemade explosives, and it's boston, and the age range matches, and the profiles match. still, please be responsible with this information, and wait for a reliable news source or the FBI directly. just transcribing the police scanner. k. sorry. thanks.
3:35am I'm tired folks, I hope I helped keep you guys informed and maybe even some relief that they got these fucks if they indeed did. There's another update thread here that's a little more organized than mine. Please feel free to PM me if you have question and I'll answer in the AM.
** ONE MORE since it's important ** ANYONE LIVING IN SURROUNDING AREA IN 20 BLOCK RADIUS police are making a 20 block radial sweep. do NOT answer to anyone but uniformed officers/FBI windbreakers and if you have firearms... dont be an idiot
THIS TWEET states explicitly that the suspect in custody is the marathon suspect but i do not know who that is that is tweeting, i'm guessing a reporter, but reporters have f*cked up already.
NOTEplease.read!:
periods generally indicate a new person speaking. sorry it's hard to keep this coherent even with a fast WPM.
Question marks indicate me either a) not sure of what i heard or b) a guess I've made based off something cryptic.
Square brackets [ ] indicate my input on something or something related.
most recent updates are at bottom.
Just gonna type out stuff as i hear it... "Officer down hazel and dexter... explosions at the scene. 94 spruce St."
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12:56-1:00am Office down, patch it up. Hands grandes and automatic gunfire. Spruce and Lincoln. MAY HAVE SUSPECTS INJURED ON SCENE. may have explosives on scene. the location of the incident is dexter and laural. we are being ordered back
1:00am-1:10am All units in area POWER DOWN ALL CELL PHONES. If anyone have a description of the party at large... 144 Dexter ave. We're headed to the hospital they got one of them suspects [inaudible]. Power down their cell phones. Confirm here we have multipel departments were trying to find out. One in custody one down on the ground at gunpoint. Incident at Mt auburn and laurel and mt auburn and spruce.
1:10am-1:20am Asking everyone to switch over to channel 1. 109.
It's now about a domestic despute involving a knife. Guess they did change channels. Damn that was intense. If i f*cked up at all by posting this can someone let me know and I'll take it down? thanks
1:33-1:43am Childrens [hospital] still on lock down. Im at spruce and lincoln which vehicle do I check. The second vehicle that fled from the scene after the 303, do we have that vehicle in custody?
IMAGE OF SUSPECT ON GROUND personal observation: his hair looks too light,skin too white but then again there's a light right on his face...
1:40am-1:50am best description of the man that fled the scene give your best description clearly ok. deputy wilson? go ahead. speak to you on 8 please. (talking to citizen) can you make sure no one coems down this street please?
**IMAGE OF BOMBSITE (not marathon) found this on this twitter account
COPY PASTE FROM REDDIT CHAT
History:
Shooting at MIT. Guard shot dead.
Perps fled scene, stole a car headed towards harvard
Chase led to watertown neighborhood where they have apparently been boxed in
Perps have thrown grenaded and IEDs, explosions reported multiple times
There has been a lock down at childrens hospital and another hopsital in the area (there are conflicting reports of a shooter at Childrens, some say yes, some say no.)
Right now it seems they are eluding the authorities and have not yet been found.
1 suspect in custody.
tactical team requested 14 Hazel. below
K9 units in on Auburn.
Massachusettes ID read off as follows: Mass ID: [CENSORED] DOB: //1991 Last name Mulugeta (maybe Muligetta, Mullugetta, spelling was rushed). [sorry , i edited this, i dont want to be responsible for posting personal information that specific] Arent ID's structured as suc hthat the first letter (in this case S) is the first letter of the last name? Mulugeta begins with an "M". ID must belong to a yet to be identified person.
Unidentified subject struck by a car ( unclear if suspect or bystander or other)
14 Hazel Street APT #2 has been cleared
Person of interest (suspect): White male, grey hoody, black curly hair. assault rifle and explosives.
1:56am-2:06am -Middle eastern man sweat pants and beanie? with christ mas motif. [from OP: ] BPD responding to 189 to Mass Ave in response to a man who "put a device in a trench.". responding to male with a device. We need a helicopter to light it up and hover over us please. Lincoln and spruce that's the area we need. we have an officer down (ducked down?) on spruce 84 if you could relay that to commander.
2:06-2:16am no shooter at childrens. that hazel is two blocks down off of dexter, so if you come 2 blocks down take a right. anyone who is not engaged i need you to go to your vehicle and lock it down [this voice sounds very much like someone in charge, ive heard him repeatedly, communicating clearly and authoritatively]
2:15am "Line of cops walking down Dexter Rd is now well over 100." - from twitter acccount @sethmnookin.
2:15am-2:25 there were definitely long guns fired at that shooting scene unknown. [ wikipedia link to "Long Gun" ]. Suspect on ground is released?
2:28am-2:40am can we confirm shots fired by the [inaudible]. that's affirmative we have shots fired by the shawl (?). plate number 487pt9 gold nissan maxima. [positive on plate number].
NEW photos of suspects from FBI.
Video on Facebook of a shitload (~30) gunshots, brief narration by filmer "theyre saying show me your hands posted by u/GTDeathRow
2:46am-3:00am Suspect may have IED device on him so please approach with caution. THE SUSPECT THAT IS STILLL OUTSTANDING IS THE SUSPECT THAT IS WEARING THE WEIGHT HAT FROM THE PHOTOS [i heard this verbatim. again - don't jump the gun folks, but this sounds pretty certain]
2:56am some pretty reliable live video news here thanks u/kittypuppet.
"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. " thanks u/Roez
thanks for the gold whomever gave it. i'm starving, what is the exchange rate for reddit gold to burritos?
more from twitter user @sethmnookin "This scene just cleared out pretty quickly. 2:09 am -- MIT alert goes out that all's clear." "One more suspect at large. Two accounted for should be revised. One accounted for. One at large." - state police PIO. Mass transit police injured. Explosives deployed against officers. At least one more who we are looking for. Not confirming condition." [he is apparently a reporter.]
another photo from FBI.
3:02am-3:12am - Channel 7 who has been reliable so far is saying these are IN FACT THE SUSPECTS FROM MARATHON BOMBING. one suspect accounted for. got this information from this stream. They note that this information was given/said with "much certainity"
3:13am-3:25am - from Ch 7 "there are at least 100 officers in the area from multiple departments. Explosives [the mark left on ground rather?] were perhaps from grenades. " All officers not activity involved or all officers on a static perimeter post or crime scene post report to the command post at the [inaudible] and proceed with lieutenant morgan.
CONFIRMED DEAD: 1 MIT Campus Officer, 1 Boston PD Officer. [safe assumption these were from gunshot wounds? The photo of the blast area from either grenade/IED showed no blood in surrounding area]
3:20am HOLY CRAP from twitter account @ghughesca
"BPD scanner has identified the names : Suspect 1: Mike Mulugeta Suspect 2: Sunil Tripathi" PLEASE NOTE I CANNOT VERIFY ABSOLUTE AUTHENTICITY OF THIS. I did NOT hear this myself on the radio stream, but the other name matches up with a name i heard. If so, that redditor from the other thread that said it might have been him... good job. again please wait for either Ch. 7 or FBI to confirm as they have been very reliable.
REddit Chat history update:
Activity at 343 Arsenal (Arsenal Mall, mentions of "behind the brick buildings")
343 Arsenal requests K-9
465 Aresenal now a point of interest (open doors at location)
3:48am-4:00am tactical team moving to arsenal and dexter. there are 2 [heard 3 previously] devices [assuming explosives or questionale bags].
this is some copypasta from reddit about what people heard over the police scanners
it looks like we made a thread at the same exact time. since this post is getting more attention i'll switch here.. copy pasting my notes here. FOR THE RECORD: i do not know if this is/are the marathon suspects. though there are reports of more homemade explosives, and it's boston, and the age range matches, and the profiles match. still, please be responsible with this information, and wait for a reliable news source or the FBI directly. just transcribing the police scanner. k. sorry. thanks.
3:35am I'm tired folks, I hope I helped keep you guys informed and maybe even some relief that they got these fucks if they indeed did. There's another update thread here that's a little more organized than mine. Please feel free to PM me if you have question and I'll answer in the AM.
** ONE MORE since it's important ** ANYONE LIVING IN SURROUNDING AREA IN 20 BLOCK RADIUS police are making a 20 block radial sweep. do NOT answer to anyone but uniformed officers/FBI windbreakers and if you have firearms... dont be an idiot
THIS TWEET states explicitly that the suspect in custody is the marathon suspect but i do not know who that is that is tweeting, i'm guessing a reporter, but reporters have f*cked up already.
NOTEplease.read!:
periods generally indicate a new person speaking. sorry it's hard to keep this coherent even with a fast WPM.
Question marks indicate me either a) not sure of what i heard or b) a guess I've made based off something cryptic.
Square brackets [ ] indicate my input on something or something related.
most recent updates are at bottom.
Just gonna type out stuff as i hear it... "Officer down hazel and dexter... explosions at the scene. 94 spruce St."
12:53 2010 dodge caliber, color black.
12:56-1:00am Office down, patch it up. Hands grandes and automatic gunfire. Spruce and Lincoln. MAY HAVE SUSPECTS INJURED ON SCENE. may have explosives on scene. the location of the incident is dexter and laural. we are being ordered back
1:00am-1:10am All units in area POWER DOWN ALL CELL PHONES. If anyone have a description of the party at large... 144 Dexter ave. We're headed to the hospital they got one of them suspects [inaudible]. Power down their cell phones. Confirm here we have multipel departments were trying to find out. One in custody one down on the ground at gunpoint. Incident at Mt auburn and laurel and mt auburn and spruce.
1:10am-1:20am Asking everyone to switch over to channel 1. 109.
It's now about a domestic despute involving a knife. Guess they did change channels. Damn that was intense. If i f*cked up at all by posting this can someone let me know and I'll take it down? thanks
1:33-1:43am Childrens [hospital] still on lock down. Im at spruce and lincoln which vehicle do I check. The second vehicle that fled from the scene after the 303, do we have that vehicle in custody?
IMAGE OF SUSPECT ON GROUND personal observation: his hair looks too light,skin too white but then again there's a light right on his face...
1:40am-1:50am best description of the man that fled the scene give your best description clearly ok. deputy wilson? go ahead. speak to you on 8 please. (talking to citizen) can you make sure no one coems down this street please?
**IMAGE OF BOMBSITE (not marathon) found this on this twitter account
COPY PASTE FROM REDDIT CHAT
History:
Shooting at MIT. Guard shot dead.
Perps fled scene, stole a car headed towards harvard
Chase led to watertown neighborhood where they have apparently been boxed in
Perps have thrown grenaded and IEDs, explosions reported multiple times
There has been a lock down at childrens hospital and another hopsital in the area (there are conflicting reports of a shooter at Childrens, some say yes, some say no.)
Right now it seems they are eluding the authorities and have not yet been found.
1 suspect in custody.
tactical team requested 14 Hazel. below
K9 units in on Auburn.
Massachusettes ID read off as follows: Mass ID: [CENSORED] DOB: //1991 Last name Mulugeta (maybe Muligetta, Mullugetta, spelling was rushed). [sorry , i edited this, i dont want to be responsible for posting personal information that specific] Arent ID's structured as suc hthat the first letter (in this case S) is the first letter of the last name? Mulugeta begins with an "M". ID must belong to a yet to be identified person.
Unidentified subject struck by a car ( unclear if suspect or bystander or other)
14 Hazel Street APT #2 has been cleared
Person of interest (suspect): White male, grey hoody, black curly hair. assault rifle and explosives.
1:56am-2:06am -Middle eastern man sweat pants and beanie? with christ mas motif. [from OP: ] BPD responding to 189 to Mass Ave in response to a man who "put a device in a trench.". responding to male with a device. We need a helicopter to light it up and hover over us please. Lincoln and spruce that's the area we need. we have an officer down (ducked down?) on spruce 84 if you could relay that to commander.
2:06-2:16am no shooter at childrens. that hazel is two blocks down off of dexter, so if you come 2 blocks down take a right. anyone who is not engaged i need you to go to your vehicle and lock it down [this voice sounds very much like someone in charge, ive heard him repeatedly, communicating clearly and authoritatively]
2:15am "Line of cops walking down Dexter Rd is now well over 100." - from twitter acccount @sethmnookin.
2:15am-2:25 there were definitely long guns fired at that shooting scene unknown. [ wikipedia link to "Long Gun" ]. Suspect on ground is released?
2:28am-2:40am can we confirm shots fired by the [inaudible]. that's affirmative we have shots fired by the shawl (?). plate number 487pt9 gold nissan maxima. [positive on plate number].
NEW photos of suspects from FBI.
Video on Facebook of a shitload (~30) gunshots, brief narration by filmer "theyre saying show me your hands posted by u/GTDeathRow
2:46am-3:00am Suspect may have IED device on him so please approach with caution. THE SUSPECT THAT IS STILLL OUTSTANDING IS THE SUSPECT THAT IS WEARING THE WEIGHT HAT FROM THE PHOTOS [i heard this verbatim. again - don't jump the gun folks, but this sounds pretty certain]
2:56am some pretty reliable live video news here thanks u/kittypuppet.
"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. " thanks u/Roez
thanks for the gold whomever gave it. i'm starving, what is the exchange rate for reddit gold to burritos?
more from twitter user @sethmnookin "This scene just cleared out pretty quickly. 2:09 am -- MIT alert goes out that all's clear." "One more suspect at large. Two accounted for should be revised. One accounted for. One at large." - state police PIO. Mass transit police injured. Explosives deployed against officers. At least one more who we are looking for. Not confirming condition." [he is apparently a reporter.]
another photo from FBI.
3:02am-3:12am - Channel 7 who has been reliable so far is saying these are IN FACT THE SUSPECTS FROM MARATHON BOMBING. one suspect accounted for. got this information from this stream. They note that this information was given/said with "much certainity"
3:13am-3:25am - from Ch 7 "there are at least 100 officers in the area from multiple departments. Explosives [the mark left on ground rather?] were perhaps from grenades. " All officers not activity involved or all officers on a static perimeter post or crime scene post report to the command post at the [inaudible] and proceed with lieutenant morgan.
CONFIRMED DEAD: 1 MIT Campus Officer, 1 Boston PD Officer. [safe assumption these were from gunshot wounds? The photo of the blast area from either grenade/IED showed no blood in surrounding area]
3:20am HOLY CRAP from twitter account @ghughesca
"BPD scanner has identified the names : Suspect 1: Mike Mulugeta Suspect 2: Sunil Tripathi" PLEASE NOTE I CANNOT VERIFY ABSOLUTE AUTHENTICITY OF THIS. I did NOT hear this myself on the radio stream, but the other name matches up with a name i heard. If so, that redditor from the other thread that said it might have been him... good job. again please wait for either Ch. 7 or FBI to confirm as they have been very reliable.
REddit Chat history update:
Activity at 343 Arsenal (Arsenal Mall, mentions of "behind the brick buildings")
343 Arsenal requests K-9
465 Aresenal now a point of interest (open doors at location)
3:48am-4:00am tactical team moving to arsenal and dexter. there are 2 [heard 3 previously] devices [assuming explosives or questionale bags].
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tl;dr
this is slightly easier to read
http://www.news.com.au/world-news/no...-1226624370358
Cliffs: Police found the guys, who ran and are now having an epic gunfight in suburban boston.
this is slightly easier to read
http://www.news.com.au/world-news/no...-1226624370358
Cliffs: Police found the guys, who ran and are now having an epic gunfight in suburban boston.
