4/19/13, "Boston bombings: one suspect killed, one on the loose – live updates," UK Guardian, Murray, Weaver and Owen.
4/19/13, "Explosives Detonated in Massachusetts Standoff," New York Times, R. Somaiya
"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., Thursday night, police and residents said.
At around 1 a.m., two residents said they heard what sounded like
firecrackers began going off in Laurel St. When they looked out of their
windows, they saw two young men taking cover behind a black Mercedes
sports utility vehicle, in a shootout with dozens of police about 70
yards away. It marked the second violent episode late Thursday night and
into early Friday morning. The chaos that descended on the residential
streets came as the community was still reeling from Monday’s bombings
at the Boston Marathon that killed three and wounded more than 170.
Andrew Kitzenberg, 29, said he looked out of this third floor window to
see two young men of slight build in jackets engaged in “constant
gunfire” with police officers. A police SUV “drove towards 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....
Meanwhile, the other young 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.
A police spokesman, Dave Procopio, told reporters that two suspects were
accounted for in Watertown, but that it is not clear if there were
others still at large. Explosives were involved, he confirmed, and bomb
disposal units were active. He declined to comment on whether the
incident was related to the bombs at the Boston marathon. The F.B.I. has
officers on the scene and had spoken to two suspects who were in
handcuffs.
At least two people were being taken from the scene in ambulances, said a resident who declined to give his name.
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 F.B.I. 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."
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