Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Jury Trial - discussion *GUILTY*

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
FBI Agent Sarah De Lair is back on the stand. There are at least 3 bags/cans of evidence & a surgical glove in front of her @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The judge and jury are in court and testimony with Agent De Lair resumes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
De Lair will review "several" evidence items from the 500+ that were introduced yesterday.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Jury is seeing a photo of the aftermath scene in front of Forum. Agent De Lair is putting on gloves & opening a container @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Exhibit 50 is being opened in court.
De Lair wears rubber gloves, cuts open the container, to reveal the shreds of a backpack.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
It is a black and white backpack, tattered and torn almost beyond recognition. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The corresponding photo shows the backpack was collected at the edge of the crosswalk near Forum on Boylston St @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The next piece of evidence Agent De Lair is opening is "part of a pressure cooker" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
De Lair next opens what's IDed at exhibit 74.
"It's part of a pressure cooker," she says calmly.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
You can hear the evidence tape ripping and the plastic evidence bag crinkling as De Lair removes the pressure cooker @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
As De Lair opens each item, the jury is shown photographs of where it was found on Boylston Street. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The photo shows the part of the pressure cooker the jury is looking at was found on Boylston St near Forum @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The pressure cooker is pretty mangled, bent and twisted, as it was found on scene @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
She holds up for the jury a twisted, charred piece of metal.
It was found in the middle of the street in front of Forum, she explains.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Agent De Lair has now taken a green piece of wiring out of a smaller evidence bag to show to the jury @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
De Lair pulls out what she describes as a piece of a backpack "It's a piece of material that says the word 'Fox' on it" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
De Lair agrees with prosecution that Fox is a brand name of a backpack. It was found near the curb on Boylston St near Forum @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Exhibit157 is next; a piece of material that says the word "fox" on it; it's the brandname of a backpack, De Lair says.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
The accompanying photo of X.157 shows it near the curb on Boylston, where it was found.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Exhibit 82 is next opened.
A relatively small, clear plastic bag containing small piece of green wire; she holds it up for the jury.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Jurors also see closeup photo of wire; De Lair says it's the part "of the bomb that would make it go off." #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Final exhibit she will show jury is 186; contents are in a paint can which De Lair carefully opens.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Inside evidence can: "BBs encased in paper, shards of metal, a zipper, pieces of black material, small nails & duct tape" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
It's pieces of shrapnel, she says: many BBs, a zipper, shards of metal, small nails, duct tape.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Prosecution ends; defense will cross.
It's Judy Clarke's first appearance at a cross examination.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Clarke wants to talk about the backpack (exhibit 50), specifically pieces of paper she says are inside.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
De Lair says it's styrofoam-like, not paper. Clark asks if there were fingerprints taken from there. De Lair doesn't know @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Much fumbling with the computers in court, with which prosecutors seem more able to work...

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Clarke now wants to talk about a piece of signed cardboard and duct tape found at both scenes; she gets De Lair to say they are evidence.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense is now asking about a photo of evidence of a piece of cardboard with duct tape - one end looks charred @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
De Lair is told she can step down, after Clarke ends, without any more specifics on that cardboard.

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
As evidence is cleaned up from the witness stand, attorneys go to sidebar.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Fairly loud piano music is piped into courtroom, to make sure no one can hear what happens at sidebar. I'd call it Light Jazz.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
During this sidebar, the courtroom is filled with some jazz music, putting smiles on some jurors' faces @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Jurors whisper among themselves, smiling, laughing.

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Sidebar ends, music is softly faded out...

Prosecution witness #35 is called: Chad Fitzgerald, FBI special agent based out of Atlanta.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Back from sidebar, government's next witness is FBI Special Agent Chad Fitzgerald, a cellular analysis survey team member @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Fitzgerald says they interpret and analyze cell phone data, primarily for child abductions @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Fitzgerald is being questioned by AUSA Aloke Chakravarty @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Cell phone data can be "voluminous" Fitzgerald says, but also incredibly helpful in investigations; he works a lot w/ child abductions.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
He uses cellular data "every day" to determine where a phone is at any given moment. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Fitzgerald says they do cell site analysis, says they determine the general geographic area where a phone is located @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Fitzgerald says his team helped this investigation "We flew up here as soon as we knew we were going to be needed up here" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
To give you an idea how much cell phone data is used, Fitzgerald has testified in court cases 3 times in the past week @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Fitzgerald says his CAST crew stayed here for about a week, then another team relieved them @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Fitzgerald's presentation starts with photos of cell phone towers as he explains to jurors how cell signals work @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
He shows pictures of how cell towers are "hidden" in public; water towers, basketball hoop, cactus.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Fitzgerald uses analogy of teacher calling on student in classroom as how a cell tower connects to a cell phone @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald: a city the size of Boston has many cell phone towers. He explains how your phone finds a tower when you want to make a call.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald says each cell tower has multiple cell companies on it, each company may have 3 sectors to handle multiple phones @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald can see which sector on which cell tower a certain phone connected to & can tell a general area where a phone is @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald: your call is handed off from tower to tower seamlessly.
Prosecutor: i guess you've never driven under the Prudential center.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Jurors are still engaged in this testimony it appears; some are taking notes, all are looking at their private screens to see these slides.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald uses a map to show how sectors can overlap a little, that's where calls are handed off without user even knowing @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald now explains to the jury how cell phone call detail records work & what info he can get from them @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald says they can get some data connections, but many text message records aren't handed over @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald: depending on your provider, we can sometimes get tower information when texts are sent, too. Even when data is used.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
We move now to #Tsarnaev's phone records.
Focus is on the week of the marathon bombings ... and a day around Xmas 2012.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald says he reviewed phone record registered to Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev in April '13 service had been terminated for lack of payment @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev's TMobile account was terminated for lack of payment in April, 2013 Fitzgerald explains.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald reviewed Tamerlan's phone records for the week around the bombings as well. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald says he also looked at a phone record registered to Tamerlan #Tsarnaev for the week of the marathon bombing @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald is showing a map where a phone registered to Dzhokhar called a phone registered to Tamerlan at 2:49pm 4/15/13 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The cell tower map shows Dzhokhar's phone was calling from the sector that covers the Forum @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
We can see a map of where the phones were when they were calling each other on 4/15/13.
Dzhokhar also bought a prepaid phone on 4/14/13.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev gave his name on the prepaid phone as "jahar tsarni".

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
First call between the brothers' phones was at 2:49pm on Marathon Monday; both are hitting the same tower, but from different sides.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The cell tower map shows Tamerlan's phone received the call from a sector that is on the border of Marathon Sports @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald: another call between brothers at 2:51pm on 4/15. This is Tamerlan calling Dzhokhar, he says.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald: This data cannot tell exactly where the phones are to the precise spot - just general area.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
At 2:53pm, both phones have moved down Boylston, closer to Public Garden. The phones are now much closer together.
Dzhokhar calls Tamerlan.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
In 2nd map, Tamerlan's phone pinged off a different sector on the same cell tower including Marathon Sports & an area north @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
3rd map shows call from Dzhokhar to Tamerlan at 2:53pm 4/15/13 & both phones ping off same sector near Newbury & Berkeley @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Maps show 2 more calls were made at 3:14pm & 3:30pm on 4/15/13 pinging off cell tower sectors closer to the Whole Foods in Cambridge

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
At 3:14 and then 3:30, two more calls from Tamerlan phone in the area of the Central Square Whole Foods we've heard about.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald: We had witness info at the time that the suspects had stopped at Whole Foods; so we sent a team there to look at surveillance.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Video of suspect at the Whole Foods in the time between those two Cambridge phone calls, Fitzgerald finds.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald says he told investigators to check out the surveillance video at Whole Foods. It was a good hunch. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
That's where investigators recovered surveillance video of Dzhokhar buying milk right around the time of those calls @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald says the phones pinged at about 10:28pm on 4/15/13 on a tower near the #Tsarnaev Cambridge home @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
From about 8:30 - 8:37pm Tamerlan phone is very active; pinging off a tower very close to #Tsarnaev family home.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
On the next day, 4/16, Fitzgerald says both brothers' phones are in Boston in late afternoon

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald: on 4/16/13 both phones pinged in Boston during the afternoon, at 9pm they pinged in New Bedford-Dartmouth area @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Late afternoon on 4/16, Dzhokhar's phone has moved far south, to the area around UMass Dartmouth. #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
On 4/17, Tamerlan phone stays in and around Boston all day.
Dzhokhar's phone hits towers around New Bedford/Dartmouth around 8pm.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
On 4/17/13 phones pinged in New Bedford-Dartmouth area at night @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
On afternoon/early evening of 4/18/13 the map shows both #Tsarnaev brothers' phones pinging in Cambridge near their home @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
On 4/18, the Thursday after the bombings, both brother's phones are in Cambridge, pinging near their Norfolk Street house.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
On 4/18, Dzhokhar starts using his prepaid phone again for the first time since the bombings. #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Tmobile records are in Pacific time, which complicates things.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald says on 4/18/13 a call is made between the #Tsarnaev phones after 11pm @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Tamerlan's phone pings in Boston, Dzhokhar's phone pings in Cambridge, but very close together near Charles River @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
On night of 4/18, looks like Tamerlan in Boston calls Dzhokhar in Cambridge just after 11pm.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald's map shows the two cell tower sectors overlap so they could be close together @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The map shows 45 Laurel St, Watertown nearby where the final call is made between the #Tsarnaev brothers' cell phones @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald has another slide of activity on Dzhokhar's phone from 12/25 and 12/26 in 2012.
It shows everywhere the phone went those 2 days.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Dzhokhar's phone was all over Boston and Cambridge those two days, when prosecutors point out he was on break from UMass Dartmouth.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald pointed out in his testimony that Dzhokhar used a pre-paid phone bought the day before the bombing on 4/15 & 4/18 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald is showing records for Dzhokhar's AT&T phone being used in Cambridge near #Tsarnaev home on Christmas & day after 2012 @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Prosecution is done with Fitzgerald. Defense will do cross examination after morning break @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense has indicated they will cross examine, but it's 11 on the nose, so jurors get their morning break.
Back in 15.
#Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
We are back from morning break. Fitzgerald is on the stand but jury hasn't been brought in. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Back from break.
Defense attorney Miriam Conrad will handle the cross-examination of FBI cell phone expert Chad Fitzgerald.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Judge is allowing defense attorney Miriam Conrad to question Fitzgerald about his notes & work on this without jury present @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
First, Conrad has some "matters" she wants the judge to hear about.
She's concerned about the agent's charts he developed re: cell records.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad has questions for Fitzgerald to be asked before the jury returns; concerns about how he put together the maps and charts.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: did you have notes or spreadsheets you kept while building those maps/charts?
Fitz: No.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: did you have any early drafts?
Fitz: yes.
- How many?
- Just one.
- I want it.
Objection: she has it.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad seems done.
Judge asks what's next.
Govt: we will talk about the FBI press conference to look for brothers, then move to MIT incident

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense objects to one photo of slain MIT officer Collier, his graduation picture.
Judge: why do we need 3 photos of Collier?

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt: all three photos tell the story of Collier's life.
Judge: I think one photo will suffice.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Prosecution said the photos will be shown when MIT Police Chief John DiFava testifies @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt: we will show 3 autopsy photos of Officer Collier, but we don't want them shown on the big screens to the gallery or the media.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense, Atty Mellin says, agrees with decision not to show the autopsy photos publicly, other than the jury.
Judge agrees.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Judge says jurors will only see paper copies of the autopsy photos so they don't have to be put on the big TV monitors here.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
With all that resolved, the jury is being brought back in @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense attorney Miriam Conrad begins cross examination of Fitzgerald @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: let's talk about 4/15 calls, when brothers were near Forum and Marathon Sports.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad asks if records show Dzhokhar was in vicinity of Forum & Tamerlan was in vicinity of Marathon Sports at 2:49pm - yes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad wants to examine the larger "source" records from which Fitzgerald gathered the cell data.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad points out the prosecution only showed a government-selected portion of the cell phone records @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: doesn't it often happen that you call someone on your cell and it takes a long time to start ringing?
Fitz: yes

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad gets Fitzgerald to agree that there can be a lag between when someone presses send on their phone & when it connects @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
So you can't tell how long the actual call lasted, she asks, because the total time includes time waiting for phones to connect?

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad says on Dzhokhar's AT&T records it shows the connection time varied from 4 to 21 seconds @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad gets Fitzgerald to admit while there's an elapsed time listed on records you don't know how long the conversation was @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Fitzgerald says he doesn't know based on cell records even if a person picks up the phone @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense has its own call logs, highlighting outgoing Dzhokhar call of 19 seconds; Fitz says the call itself would've been shorter than that.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitz: in fact, we can't even tell if the brothers actually spoke.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad gets Fitzgerald to admit that another call, listed at :30 was likely closer to :18, and there's no proof the brothers spoke.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Fitzgerald says while AT&T provides the "seizure time" or time it takes to connect to a tower, T Mobile does not @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
On April 15th & 18th, the cell records show both #Tsarnaev brothers were using T Mobile cell phones @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dzhokhar's T Mobile phone was the prepaid phone he bought the day before the bombings. His AT&T phone was shut off on 4/17 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad shows 2:49pm call from Dzhokhar to Tamerlan was :19 & 2:51pm call from Tamerlan to Dzhokhar was :30 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad gets Fitzgerald to admit he doesn't know how long the conversation was in either call nor if they had a conversation @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev still slouches in seat, but does appear to be following along w/ this talk of when & where he & his brother were on the phone.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
More tech struggles as defense tries to show their evidence to the witness; laptops are communicating easily with courtroom tech.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad is showing Tamerlan's "extraction" records from his phone showing the 2:51pm call actually lasted :18 not :30 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald says extraction records show the "forensic report generated from the hardware on the phone itself" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad points out the "extraction" record for the 2:49pm call was actually :08 not :19 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald says he doesn't know how extraction records measured duration "you're kind of comparing two different entities" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad gets Fitzgerald to explain why the phone records would show two different times for the same call @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald says one time is when the call is placed, the other time is when the receiving phone gets the signal & rings @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fitzgerald says the bulk of the calls were not between the two brothers, he was just asked to highlight the ones that were @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad gets Fitzgerald to agree the majority of Dzhokhar's calls were made & data used in New Bedford-Dartmouth area @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Cross examination done. Prosecution has a few follow up questions @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev is leaning back in his chair as his attorneys talk in front of him. He seems to have paid pretty close attention to this @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
AUSA Al Chakravarty is back up, asking about calls b/w the brothers on bombing day.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
AUSA Chakravarty tries twice to get Fitzgerald to answer questions about the cell call times in relation to the bombings @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense objects twice, judge sustains and adds that it isn't proper redirect questioning @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Chakravarty wants Fitzgerald to testify about when calls were made relative to bombings themselves.
Conrad objects twice, both sustained.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Many of Chakravarty's questions were shot down by the defense; judge agreed that some questions were not appropriate for a re-direct.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Govt: what does a :19 call duration mean?
Fitz: that's how long a phone used resources on the network.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Govt: the connection time could take a long time, or no time at all, right?
Fitz: yes.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Chakravarty asks Fitzgerald whether changes in cell sectors indicates movement - defense objects, judge sustains @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
On redirect Fitzgerald says even though Dzhokhar's AT&T cell service had been shut off, he could still text & use data @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Judge is allowing a brief recross about the texting - Fitzgerald says it would not show in cell records, just data records @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Conrad herself now asks for a re-cross examination.
This is most scrutiny a witness has undergone.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
She asks one question about text records, and is done.

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The next government witness is James Eppard, who manages the http://FBI.gov website @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Eppard works on the http://fbi.gov website - public outreach, fugitive searches, etc.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Eppard: post-bombings, we created a special webpage with continuous updates on the case - press releases, news conferences.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Eppard: "after explosions & FBI's involvement in Boston we created a page that would include continuous updates on the case" @NECN #Tsarnav

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Eppard says on that page they put info for victims, tip line & continuing updates on the marathon bombing case @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Eppard: in hours leading up to that press conference we received images & video prepared to upload to http://FBI.gov @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
There was a 4/18 press conference in Boston, set for 5pm.
In hours before presser, Eppard says they had received images of the suspects.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
FBI press conference was 5pm on 4/18/13. Eppard says when posters were turned around for public to view, his site went live @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
He says once it went live public & media could view the images & video immediately on http://FBI.gov @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Eppard was uploading the pics & info, getting ready to publish them online - the 1st public images of the suspects, to focus attn, he says

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Eppard: there was a moment during press conference when posters were turned around to view photos; at that second, we published them online.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Jury is seeing still shots from the video & images released on 4/18/13 of the "white hat" & "black hat" suspects @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Eppard: "The page was viewed 12 million times within the first 24 hours of its release" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Eppard says once he published info online, he watched it be broadcast widely on all news media - print, radio, online, TV.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Eppard: "The page was viewed 12 million times within the first 24 hours of its release."
They usually get about 10 million/MONTH.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Web traffic was "unprecendented" Eppard says. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Eppard says http://FBI.gov generally gets only 10 million views in a month. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Eppard: there were additional images released around 2am April 19th of both suspects & 8:20am of Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Entered into evidence are still images from the @cbsboston and #WBZ live coverage of that FBI news conference.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
The pictures include the news conference itself and those first surveillance pictures of the brothers. #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Eppard: more pics were released on 4/18 and 4/19 - clearer, sharper images. By latter time, suspect 2 was IDed as Dzhokhar.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Eppard: there were additional images released around 2am April 19th of both suspects & 8:20am of Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Eppard: additional posters had been created to aid Dzhokhar's capture; that was put on http://FBI.gov as well @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
As the FBI wanted poster pops up on a screen in front of him, Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev leans way forward in his chair, looking at the screen @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Eppard now showing the FBI official wanted poster of Dzhokhar.

#Tsarnaev is leaning forward in his seat, scrutinizing it in detail.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
That was the most animated I have seen #Tsarnaev get in response to evidence. He put his face right in the TV screen in front of him.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Sidebar called as prosecutors try to get the FBI WANTED poster admitted into evidence so they can show it to jury. #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense asks for sidebar #Tsarnaev sits back w/attorneys Judy Clarke & Miriam Conrad talking to each other in front of him @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Brief sidebar over. Eppard says tip line was established, "we got an enormous amount of tips" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Prosecution is done with direct questioning. Defense attorney David Bruck begins cross examination @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Back from sidebar, Chakravarty moves on, and quickly ends.
Defense atty David Bruck will do his first cross-examination.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Bruck asks about screen grab shown to jurors. Eppard says bright circle isolating Dzhokhar in video was done by news station @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Bruck: contrary to what this image shows, focus was on both suspects, not just the individual in the white hat - Eppard: yes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Bruck wants to see one of the images from CBS broadcast; he's questioning the highlighted oval around #Tsarnaev's picture.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Bruck: The FBI didn't do that highlighting, right?
Eppard: No.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Bruck: so there was no extra FBI focus on Dzhokhar, despite what this video shows b/c of its highlighing?
Eppard: No.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Bruck points out the black hat suspect (Tamerlan) is actually in front of Dzhokhar but not highlighted. Eppard agrees @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Bruck: and do you see a backpack in this photo?
Eppard: no...uh, are we looking at the same photo?

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Cross examination is done. Eppard is excused. @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The next government witness is MIT Police Chief John DiFava. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Chief DiFava is being questioned by AUSA Nadine Pellegrini @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
MIT police chief John DiFava is the next government witness. He will begin the phase of the case involving the killing of one of his men.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
DiFava begins by explaining the ins and outs of his department, how many officers, what they do.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Chief DiFava says MIT has 62 officers & 3 civilian officers @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
DiFava says MIT officer do carry firearms & batons, they work out of marked vehicles @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
DiFava says he was chief when Officer Sean Collier was brought on the MIT police department @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
DiFava says Collier paid his own way through the Transit Police Academy to try to become a police officer @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
DiFava: Sean Collier came to us sponsored by the Somerville PD where he'd worked as a civilian. He paid his own way thru the academy.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
DiFava is being shown Collier's picture, wearing his MIT uniform.
In another image, he's in "civilian attire".

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Jury is seeing photos of Collier, first in his uniform then in civilian clothing, smiling from the screen @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Collier's face now fills the screens in front of the jurors and the courtroom gallery.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
DiFava now describes the semi-automatic pistols and holsters his officers are issued.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
DiFava says Collier & all MIT officers carried .45 cal semi-automatic Smith&Wesson firearms held in "triple threat" holsters @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
DiFava holds up for the jury a sample holster that contains a "replica" weapon used for trainings.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
DiFava is holding & showing the jury the holster with a gun in it that will not fire. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
DiFava says this is known as a "triple threat" holster for the 3 levels of protection & safety it offers - only the officer can remove gun.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
DiFava says the holster is made so it is difficult for someone else to remove the gun @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
DiFava himself signed off on his department's switch to these more protective holsters.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
DiFava says he was leaving campus at about 9:30pm on 4/18 when he last saw Sean Collier @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
DiFava last saw Collier on night of 4/18.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
DiFava: We chatted for a few minutes, "I told him to be safe, and I left."
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
DiFava says that's the last time he saw Sean Collier alive. Prosecution is done with Chief DiFava. Defense has no questions. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Did you ever see Collier alive again?
No I did not.

Govt is done, no cross.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
We are in recess for lunch now @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
#Tsarnaev is back in court after the lunch break. We're just waiting for the judge & jury @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Back from lunch - right to sidebar...
Cue the piano.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Judge O'Toole comes in & he and the attorneys go into an immediate sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
In gallery: MBTA Officer Dic Donahue, Mr. & Mrs. Richard, Carlos Arredondo... as we prepare for emotional Collier testimony.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Sidebar over. The jury is being brought in @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The next government witness is MIT Police Officer David Sacco @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco is a Medford native; started off as civilian employee of MIT; joins PD there in 2002.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco had the day off on Marathon Monday; he didn't have to work again until 4/18, the 3-11pm shift.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Officer Sacco was on duty as a dispatcher at MIT on April 18th, 3pm-11pm @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco says he saw the FBI press conference at 5pm on April 18th @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco had to work dispatch on the 18th, not on the street.
He watched that FBI press conference on TV while at work; he remembers pictures.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco: Sean Collier worked my same 3p-11p shift. "I got to know him well," he says.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco and Collier were texting back and forth, talking on police radio too.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco says Collier was assigned to Sector 1-2 in cruiser 285 on April 18th @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco: around 10:20, phone call comes into PD from someone reporting "very loud sounds". We see an MIT police car out there, caller says.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco says he got a call from someone who said they were hearing loud banging like someone banging on a drum @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco says the caller said he looked out a window & saw an MIT police cruiser @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Jury will now hear that 911 call.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Jury hearing 911 call: "we're hearing a lot of loud noises outside our window...there is a police officer in the vicinity" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Caller says...they don't sound exactly like gunshots, but...and there's an officer in the vicinity, and we don't know what's going on.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco swallows hard listening to his own voice on that call, asking caller what he's seeing.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco: I called over radio to Officer Collier to get him to respond, didn't hear back from him, tried again & no response @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco tries to dispatch Collier to check out the suspicious noises; Collier does not respond to the call.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco sent a Sgt to check it out, "his radio transmission was 'officer down get me help here!'" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco tries to call Collier's private cell on which they were just texting, then an amount of time "that wasn't comfortable" went by.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Jury hearing dispatch call regarding Collier "All units report, officer down, officer down!" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Sgt. Henneger was the one who found Collier, his voice was urgent, stressed as he yelled "officer down" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco says he began dispatching help, handling phone calls, got help from midnight crew coming in @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
A sergeant goes by the scene to check it out, comes upon the scene, radios for help.
Jury will now hear that call.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco sends Sgt Henneger
"Oh my goodness...all units! Officer down, officer down!" he screams upon arrival.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco: "When I heard that transmission...it startled me."
He calls for an ambulance, chief calls in, phone lines flood.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
The 12a shift starts to show up at this time, Sacco immediately asks what cameras do we have in that area?
There is one nearby, he sees.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco says someone was called in to access the surveillance cameras, saw 2 people walking up to cruiser @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco's computer guy can pull up the video immediately; they watch "2 persons" walk to Collier's cruiser

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco says the two people walked up to the car, stayed there for sometime & then walked back @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco is now looking at a still image of part of the MIT campus; he's showing the path the 2 suspects took, tracing it on the screen.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco draws on an aerial photo of the MIT campus to show where the 2 figures on surveillance walked up to Collier's car @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
The surveillance camera that captured the video is far away, on top of a 20+ story building. Image is wide.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
But the images can be enhanced; you can zoom in.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The surveillance video is focused on the Koch Institute looking down at it from a 22-24 story building @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco takes the computer guy right to the scene of the shooting, tells him they have to let the commander know what's on the video.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco says the 2 people on surveillance walked between the Koch Institute & North Court to get to Collier's cruiser @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Sacco says they brought the surveillance video to the command post near where Officer Collier was killed @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Prosecution is done with Officer Sacco. No questions from the defense. @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
MIT Police Sgt. Clarence Henniger is called to the stand; he is the 39th government witness.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The next government witness is MIT Police Sgt. Clarence Henniger @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger is a 40 year veteran of the MIT police force.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Sgt. Henniger is a patrol supervisor for MIT, mentors and trains younger officers @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Sean Collier was on Henniger's squad; he helped train and mentor Collier, he says.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Officer Collier was on Sgt. Henniger's squad. He mentored and trained him @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Sgt. Henniger says Collier was positioned on the plaza by the Koch Institute. Henniger says he drove by him around 10:20pm @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger was on his way to the PD when he saw Collier's cruiser parked on campus; nothing seemed wrong from what he could see.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger is now seeing same images Off. Sacco just IDed - jury can see their stories and descriptions match up.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger says nothing seemed wrong when he drove by Collier's marked police cruiser @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger says he drove down Main St & turned onto Vassar going right by Collier's cruiser @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger gets back to PD just as Sacco is trying to get Collier on radio; H. says, I just saw him, maybe he's already responding?

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger says he drove back to the MIT police station about 4-5 mins away @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger goes to check on Collier; calls him on the way, but call goes right to voicemail.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger says on the drive over to Collier he tried him on his cell phone. Sacco was trying to reach him on the radio @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger says Collier's cruiser was running, lights on, driver window down & door open @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger: I got to scene, lights were on, car was running, driver's side door was open, window was down.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger: "I looked inside and that's when I discovered Officer Collier had been shot. I observed a wound to the temple..."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger: when I arrived at the cruiser I looked inside & that's when I observed that Officer Collier had been shot @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger says there was blood all over the car, all over Collier's body - he had been shot in the head & hand @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger: I saw wounds to his neck and his hand.
There was blood all over the car and his body.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger looked around the area to see if it was safe, and he called for help.
H. went back, took Collier's pulse. Slight pulse there.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger: "I could hear gargling...coming from his mouth."
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger & the jury are listening to his call for help - "all units respond, officer down!" - he screams "GET ON IT!" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
MIT Officer West is first to respond, Henniger testifies, within 45 seconds.
Henniger shows him Collier: West freezes.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger says another officer responded, they worked together to get him out of the cruiser, put him on the ground @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
The men take Collier out of cruiser, pull him to the ground, trying to give him assistance. His right foot was jammed near the brake pedal.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
West asks Collier to hang in there...who did this to you?
Collier: no response.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger says they began CPR & other officer said "hang in there" he asked who did this to him, but Collier was unconscious @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Jury is looking at photo of Officer Collier's car, medical equipment strewn on the ground, Collier had been put in ambulance @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger now seeing a photo taken that night. It is Collier's car - debris from medical equipment throughout.
Shown to jury.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger: Collier had his firearm when we found him; there was so much blood, I thought his gun was gone; couldn't see it.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger: one of the 3 safety latches on Collier's holster was undone.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger says when he found Collier he still had his firearm on him @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger says one of the three prongs holding his weapon in his holster had been "breached" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger says the holster & gun were so covered in blood at first he thought the gun had been taken @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger shows the jury the 2nd safety on the gun had been pushed down, but gun can't come out without pressing a button @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger took Collier's gun & holster & secured it in his car, in a photo of it you can see blood all over the weapon @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
On a similar holster, Sgt. Henniger demonstrates safety mechanisms for the jurors.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger removes Collier's belt and weapon almost immediately, to secure it.
Jurors see photos of it now.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
There is blood covering Collier's weapon and holster; most of the rest of the belt is clean.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Henniger says he saw Officer Collier taken away in an ambulance, never saw him alive again @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Prosecution is done with Sgt. Henniger. Defense has no questions for him @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
MIT Police Chief John DiFava testifies today about killing of Off. Sean Collier. #Tsarnaev courtesy: Jane Rosenberg

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Next government witness is Cambridge Police Detective Brendan O'Hearn. He was a night patrolman in April 2013 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Govt is done; nothing from defense.

Next witness: Cambridge Police detective Brendan O'hern, formerly of Watertown PD.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
O'Hearn was a night patrolman the night of April 18th, 2013. 3p - 11p shift on foot near Central Square.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
He gets call for armed robbery at the Central Sq. 7-11.
Never got inside the store b/c he gets call for an officer down.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
O'Hearn says on the night of April 18th, a call came in for a robbery at the 7-11 in Central Square @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
O'Hearn says he never made it to the 7-11, heard the call come over the radio for officer down nearby , diverted there @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
O'Hearn rushed to scene to find Off. Collier on the ground, face-up, other MIT officers trying to help him.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
O'Hearn tried chest compressions on Collier; his partner tried to ventilate Collier

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
O'Hearn says when they got there Collier was lying on his back on the ground, they helped with CPR @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
O'Hearn brought a medical bag from the cruiser to try to assist, they used it to help ventilate. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
O'Hearn: "His face & his neck were covered in blood, he had a wound to his head, there was blood coming from his mouth" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
O'Hearn: Collier's face and neck were covered in blood, it was coming from his mouth, there was some type of wound to his head.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
O'Hearn: It sounded almost like a gurgling coming from his mouth.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
O'Hearn says they tried for a long period of time to get Collier breathing with CPR until ambulance came @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
O'Hearn: "There was blood everywhere."
He ends up covered in it as well.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
O'Hearn says Cambridge Fire's rapid response team came to assist as well. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Collier is taken away, area becomes a crime scene.

Govt is done; nothing from defense.

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Next witness: Matthew Isger; he maintains the video surveillance system at MIT.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Next government witness is MIT employee Matthew Isgur. He maintains the school's video surveillance system @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Isgur says there are about 1200 surveillance cameras on MIT's campus. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Isgur begins by reviewing the same aerial still photos we have seen of the MIT campus.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Isgur points out where some of the cameras are positioned near where the shooting of Officer Collier happened @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
AUSA Bill Weinreb shows how the cameras can pan around 360 degrees, as well as up and down @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Isgur shows the jury where the camera is that captured the images of Collier's murder; the top of a tall nearby campus building.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Isgur says he was called in to access the MIT surveillance cameras on April 18th 2013 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Jurors will now be shown surveillance video from the night of the Collier shooting @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Isgur reviewed the footage from this camera.
The jury is about to see the footage; prosecutors are getting an extra large TV screen.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Image is in fact a wide shot, but clear.
We see Collier's cruiser drive into the shot.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Collier stops; 7 minutes later, you see two men walk in from the right hand side of the screen, walking towards Collier.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
6-7 mins after Collier's cruiser parks near North Court, you see 2 dark figures walking toward him along the Koch Institute @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
They are now just feet away; they come upon the cruiser after turning a corner, unclear if they knew it was there.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Moments after the 2 figures come up to the cruiser, the brake lights go on, about 30 seconds later they go off, then back on @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Then you can see the 2 dark figures running from the cruiser back from where they came @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
In a matter of seconds, the two men sprint away from the scene in the direction from which they came.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
While all this is going on someone on a bicycle rides by @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The jury just saw an enhanced and zoomed in version of that video where you can see the dark figures going up to the car @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
The cruiser's brake lights remain on; Collier's foot was jammed there, we were told.
We now see another figure approach car (Sgt. Henniger).

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
In seconds, another cruiser, blue lights flashing, arrives on scene.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
There also exists a close-up version of this same video, about to be seen by jury now.
It starts with Collier car already parked.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
In close up version, you can see someone riding their bike past the cruiser just as the two men approach Collier.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Isgur: this was the only camera that MIT has pointed at that particular area.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Although the video is enhanced, you cannot tell which person fires the gun. The prosecution has said it doesn't matter @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The jury is now seeing Google images of Ames St, the direction in which the 2 people in the surveillance video ran @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Jurors are intensely interested in this video; the close-up version lets you see much more, but not great detail; just blurry figures.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Isgur: another camera exists nearby, it shows a car "fleeing Ames Street," he says, moments after Collier's shooting

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Several jurors are taking notes as the prosecution discusses video of "a car fleeing Ames St" but doesn't show video to jury @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Govt introduces 2 videos from that camera as evidence but does not show jury yet; will do later.
Isgur is done; no cross.

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
MIT grad. student Nate Harman is up next; he was the guy who happened to ride his bike by the Collier murder.
#Tsarnaev looks up at him.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Next government witness is MIT grad student Nathan Harman. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
As a PhD student in Math, Harman has an office on campus; he's travelled through this courtyard more times than he can say.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Harman says he travels through the North Courtyard at MIT all the time at night, says it's pretty well-lit @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Harman says he was in his office at night April 18, 2013 working on a problem set. He left around 10:20pm, riding his bike @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Harman was in his office the night of 4/18 working on homework; he "gave up" on it when it saw it was after 10pm.
Took his bike home.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Harman: "There was someone leaning into the driver's side door" of a cruiser when I was riding past it.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Harman: when I went by the front door was open & there was someone leaning into the driver side door @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Harman: they were leaning in, they stood up startled as I rode by on my bike @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Harman: They "stood up, startled" when I rode my bike past; he was 5-6 feet away.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
"He snapped up, stood up, turned around and look startled. We made eye contact."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Harman: he snapped up, stood up & turned around, he looked startled...I got a pretty good look at his face @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Harman: "I just assumed he was an MIT student," looked normal, young.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Harman: sweatshirt was dark, something light on front, couldn't see.
He looked skinny, shorter than me (I'm about 6' he says)

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Harman: "I remember thinking he had a big nose, but nothing beyond that."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Asked to ID the person he saw leaning into driver side of the cruiser, Harman points to Dzhokhar who sits up uncomfortably @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Harman: "He's right there, has a blue shirt on," points at #Tsarnaev for several long seconds.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Collier says he thought he just startled the person at the car, didn't realize what was going on @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Harman says he only saw one person, was riding by fairly quickly on his bike @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Looking at photos of Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev from that night Harman says it could definitely be the person he startled at the car @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Harman nods when he sees himself biking on this video. "That's me," he says.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Harman: "I just laughed actually," when I startled the guy, and kept going. Says he saw only Dzhokhar there.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Now seeing 2 photos of #Tsarnaev in black sweatshirt w/ white lettering; that could definitely be the same guy I saw that night, he says.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Harman says the person he saw was wearing a knit hat, Dzhokhar is wearing a white paperboy type hat in photos @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Harman remembers #Tsarnaev wearing more a knit hat; in these photos, he's got what looks more like a cap.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
At any rate, these two pictures have never been seen in public before; seems like another surveillance camera captures #Tsarnaev's image.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
One of the photos shown of Dzhokhar has never before been released. He's looking over his shoulder @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Harman looks at a photo of a knit hat & says it looks more like what he saw on the man he startled that night @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Prosecutor goes into the evidence photos, produces a knit cap photo that looks like it came from the bombing scene; not shown to jury.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Prosecution is done questioning Harman, defense has no questions, we are done for the day. @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Tsarnaev's 'manifesto': OK to kill civilians

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/10/us/ts...n=Feed:+rss/cnn_topstories+(RSS:+Top+Stories)
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BostInno ‏@BostInno 2h2 hours ago
What mobile phone data tells us about where the #Tsarnaev brothers were after the bombing http://buff.ly/1AjBKHY

 

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New Images Show Sean Collier Murder Scene After Boston Marathon Bombing

http://abcnews.go.com/US/images-sho...597&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
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MIT student connects Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to murder of cop, jury sees shredded backpack that carried bomb during trial

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...-shown-mangled-remains-bomb-article-1.2145491

 

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Understanding Tsarnaev's coldness

http://www.cruxnow.com/faith/2015/03/11/understanding-tsarnaevs-coldness/

 

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Witness at Dzhokhar Tsarnaev trial: There was 'blood everywhere' in MIT Police Officer Sean Collier's cruiser

http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2015/03/sean_collier_shooting.html

(MIT Police Sgt. Clarence Henniger on the stand on March 11, 2015 at Moakley Courthouse in the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. [ane Flavell Collins/Courtroom Sketch Artist] )

 

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"This is scanner audio from April 19, 2013, between 1 am and 3 am. This was during the height of the manhunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev. There are reports of shots fired, confusion over whether suspects are in custody or still at large, and other interesting details.

There are two overlapping sources for the audio:

1. The "Boston Police, Fire and PW" scanner feed; and

2. The "Cambridge Police" scanner feed."

https://soundcloud.com/efreet69/boston-marathon-manhunt-police-scanners-watertown-2013-04-19-1am-3am

 

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Jon ‏@jon_kamp 12m12 minutes ago
MIT grad student says he saw Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at Sean Collier's cruiser http://on.wsj.com/1EcGSCl via @WSJ

 

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a HUGE thank you my friend and fellow queen.......:tyou:.......i couldn't follow this trial without your wonderful effort here......how time consuming and thoughtful of you.....i doff my crown......:Crown:

:rose:for the victims