Terrorist Attack at Boston Marathon #4

[MsFacetious]

MIT police officer shot near Stata Center, confirmed dead

http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N18/shooting.html

 

[Yoda]

Head to scanner thread!!!

 

[carbuff]

Is anyone thinking the shooting at MIT has anything to do with the bombing suspects?

The local media coverage (boston.com for one) is saying that the officer walked in on a convenience store robbery or other disturbance. So probably not. http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/201...atcher-says/UAbtwLVGLwBE5VI7BUyQuL/story.html

 

[Yoda]

Oopsss

 

[TheDuchess]

Warning-there is apparently a graphic photo on the site, but it's from a distance and after what we've all seen lately, it's tame.


http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/04/theres-shooter-loose-and-officer-down-mit/64379/

 

[noodled1]

what about this backwards white cap in the center of this photo?

That would be the wrong side of the street

 

[MsFacetious]

Eric Moskowitz ‏@GlobeMoskowitz 4m

Several state PD cruisers just raced opposite direction from fire/paramedics, heading west from campus crime scene.

 

[MsFacetious]

Warning-there is apparently a graphic photo on the site, but it's from a distance and after what we've all seen lately, it's tame.


http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/04/theres-shooter-loose-and-officer-down-mit/64379/

Yeah it came from the campus paper.
It's just the blood from a distance, definitely tame.
The scanner audio is far worse than that picture. :tears:

https://twitter.com/thetech

 

[neo]

In response to jjeny
well difference is just not in lips but everything looks different..ear, nose , chin

take a look at better picture of suspect 2

http://i48.tinypic.com/4ij2hh.png

 

[Plumeria5]

Those of you familiar with Boston, was the 2nd suspect (Boston Marathon bombing) walking towards MIT after the bombing? (in that general direction I mean)

 

[TheDuchess]

How often do officers get shot at MIT??? This is just too wierd....and a suspicious package?

 

[Salem]

Scanner thread is here: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=205638&page=44

Only members may read the scanner thread - so if you are not a member, you might want to get registered.

Salem

 

[carbuff]

what about this backwards white cap in the center of this photo?

Boston Marathon 2013 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

There are a lot of people in Boston who wear their caps backwards.

 

[MsFacetious]

Also those familiar with Boston... where is that suspicious package in relation to everything else?
And is the shooting really only a mile from the bombing?

Just to clarify: The description in the shooting is a black male.
Obviously it's not one of the two from the bombing.

 

[TheDuchess]

But I am wondering how it could possibly be related. Why would a campus security officer try to apprehend a suspected terrorist? Unless he happened upon something at the wrong place and at the wrong time. I think my imagination is going wild right now.

 

[jane_tennison]

I know I heard on cnn an hour ago that boston pd had been investigating bomb threats a month prior to the marathon and I was wondering if anyone can help me locate any other source for this info

 

[carbuff]

Do #1 and #2 dress like typical east coasters? Or west coasters? They sure don't seem to be dressed as non-american tourists

They look like typical young Boston-area males.

 

[TheDuchess]

Also those familiar with Boston... where is that suspicious package in relation to everything else?
And is the shooting really only a mile from the bombing?

Just to clarify: The description in the shooting is a black male.
Obviously it's not one of the two from the bombing.

OK-thank you! That pretty much seals the deal for me, because it is quite apparent that neither of the bombing suspects were black.

 

[Plumeria5]

Also those familiar with Boston... where is that suspicious package in relation to everything else?
And is the shooting really only a mile from the bombing?

Just to clarify: The description in the shooting is a black male.
Obviously it's not one of the two from the bombing.

No the shooter isn't but I am wondering if the bombers were students at MIT?

 

[MsFacetious]

There is certainly a chance there is a third bombing suspect.
There could be a third guy that is the brains of the operation.

The "suspicious package" appears less than a mile from the shooting scene.
The bombing is a mile from the shooting.

Is this level of crime normal there?