Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Next government witness is
Sgt. John MacLellan, a night patrol supervisor with Watertown police. @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
That's it for Reynolds.
Night Supervisor Sgt. John Maclellan from #Watertown PD is next.
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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Maclellan: I never had to shoot my weapon in all my years of service before that night.
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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan says he never had to use his gun before the night of April 18, 2013 @NECN #Tsarnaev
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Peter Wilson @PetesWire · 3h 3 hours ago
@JimArmstrongWBZ
Officer Reynolds.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan: Streets were quite that night when we got the call for the carjacked Mercedes in Watertown.
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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan says they had been made aware at roll call that there had been an officer shot in a "robbery" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan tells Officer Reynolds - be careful because we think there's a gun in that SUV. Wait for backup before pulling it over.
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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan got the same BOLO on the stolen Mercedes SUV, says he was told it pinged to Watertown on Dexter @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan shows jurors on a map the tight residential neighborhood where this shootout took place @NECN #Tsarnaev
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Peter Wilson @PetesWire · 3h 3 hours ago
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Sgt. MacLellan
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan said he heard Reynolds on the radio headed toward Dexter, MacLellan told him there was a gun & wait for backup @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan saw the Mercedes take a left onto Laurel, Reynolds behind it, "I said ok Joe I'm right behind ya, light 'em up" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan says Reynolds didn't have a chance to turn on his lights @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan: I arrived on scene to see someone firing a weapon on Officer Reynolds.
#Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan uses a touchscreen over an aerial map of this Watertown neighborhood to show jurors where everything happened.
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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan: I saw suspects moving around in front of the Mercedes. Headlights were on, shining on them.
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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan: I could hear shots being fired, a round went thru my windshield, I got sprayed with glass.
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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan: When I came around the corner, Reynolds was in reverse, I saw someone beyond him, firing on him @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan says the #Tsarnaev brothers moved around a lot, in front of the car, aside of the Mercedes @NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Government gets MacLellan to agree that the cruiser headlights & Mercedes headlights were shining on the #Tsarnaev brothers @NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan says as Reynolds put the car in reverse he yelled over the radio "shots fired!" MacLellan repeated it 3 times @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
MacClellan: I could hear shots being fired, a round went through my windshield & I was sprayed with glass...not hit though @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan: "I let the vehicle go & I stepped to the side of it for cover & tried to throw some rounds down range" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan says he was firing as the car advanced, was taking on gunfire as well @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan also uses his driver's side door, using it and motor of vehicle as shield; tried to get his rifle but couldn't.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan: I made decision to put my car in drive, cause a diversion, let it roll to by myself some time.
#Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan: Shots were being fired at my the whole time; I was firing back.
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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan's car comes to rest right across street from where Mercedes was.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan shows jurors where he hid behind a tree & kept firing as his car kept rolling as suspects @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan: "They were throwing explosives, the 1st one landed on the other side of my cruiser, it did explode" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan: I thought they were throwing M-80s at us, because the first explosion "really wasn't that impressive".
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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan: I saw 2 suspects; I noticed one was bigger than the other and they had different styles of how they threw the devices.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan demonstrates for jurors, "one was throwing like a baseball & the other one was being thrown like a hook shot" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan now stands in the witness box to show how 1 #Tsarnaev brother threw like a baseball, the other like a "hookshot".
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
He says Tamerlan threw like a baseball, Dzhokhar had the hookshot Sgt. MacLellan explains, taking his seat again.
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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
One of the bombs did not go off, he says.
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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan IDs #Tsarnaev in court as the brother who threw two of the three bombs.
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan says Dzhokhar was throwing like a hook shot, says he threw the 2nd & 3rd bombs, points him out in court @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan on the larger bomb: "it was incredible, it was horrendous, very loud, a lot of debris, debris rained down" @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
When the pressure cooker bomb off, he says it was "horrendous". He had to re-holster his weapon to collect his head, he says; chaos.
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan is now reviewing photos taken by neighbors that night; similar to those taht have been seen in our TV coverage.
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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Jurors are now seeing two figures in the dark, in front of the SUV with its lights on, shining on them @NECN #Tsarnaev
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
MacLellan & Reynolds both identified the men in front of the SUV as the #Tsarnaev brothers @NECN
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The jury has seen a number of Google image photos of Laurel St, now looking as a diagram with the Mercedes & police cars @NECN #Tsarnaev
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
That image shows the #Tsarnaev brothers standing on Laurel Street.
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Peter Wilson @PetesWire · 3h 3 hours ago
@JimArmstrongWBZ
Here are a couple from shootout.
Credit: Andrew Kitzenberg