Boston's day of bedlam: how the hunt unfolded

 

Saturday 20 April 2013 03:13 BST
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10:48pm (18 Apr)

@MassStatePolice

(Massachusetts State Police)

BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING SUSPECTS. IF YOU RECOGNIZE EITHER OF THEM, CALL 1-800-CALL-FBI IMMEDIATELY.

3:52am (19 Apr)

@MITnews

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

There is a report of an active shooter in the vicinity of Bldg. 32 (Stata). Please stay clear of the area.

4:44am

@MITnews (MIT)

Shooting incident continues to be investigated. Stay vigilant, stay indoors and away from Building 32/76 (Stata/Koch).

7.35am

@jraske

jraske Watertown eyewitness

The shoot-out literally occurred outside our house. This is the care [sic] they were driving. You can’t tell, but the windows are blown out.

8.37am

@MassStatePolice

(Massachusetts State Police)

If any concerns about someone at door, call 911 immediately. Repeat – do not answer door, stay away from windows, keep doors locked.

11:20am

@jraske 6h

jraske

We’ve been evacuated.

1:21pm

@shawna_england

Shawna England Watertown eyewitness

View from my house...crazy #watertown pic.twitter.com/LFl1gVfASt

1:28pm

@Boston_Police

Boston Police Department

#WANTED: Suspect identified as 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev of Cambridge. Considered armed & dangerous.

4:43pm

@nbcnightlynews

NBC Nightly News

FBI wanted poster for bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

4:49pm

@davabel

David Abel

Boston Globe reporter

Roommate of fallen #MIT police officer puts up American flag in front of their home.

5:24pm The Washington Post

Reporter Dan Morse writes: “More than 50 reporters had gathered outside Ruslan Tsarni’s red-brick home on a cul-de-sac in Montgomery Village when the uncle [above] of the bombing suspects walked outside... Asked why his nephews could have set the explosions, he said: ‘Being losers. Hatred to those who were able to settle themselves. These are the only reasons I can imagine. Anything else to do with religion, with Islam, it’s a fraud.”

5:44pm

@Boston_Police

Boston Police Department

#CommunityAlert: Chief Ed Deveau thanks Watertown residents for their exceptional patience & co-operation.

6:06pm

@Boston_Police

Boston Police Department

The BPD extends thoughts and prayers to family and friends of fallen hero, MIT Police Officer Sean Collier.

11pm

Police lift lockdown and stay-indoors request for the Boston area. Suspect still at large.

12am

Gunfire in Watertown as police surround a house where the suspect is believed to be hiding.

1.58am

@Boston_Police

Boston Police Department

CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won. Suspect in custody.

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