Two men terrorized Bostonians with
violence overnight, and police believe they could be the same men who planted
bombs that killed three in the Boston Marathon Monday.
One of the suspects is dead after a
shootout with police, said spokesman Captain Paul MacMillan.
The other man is still at large, he
warned, and believed to be armed and dangerous. Officers from various police
departments and the FBI are searching house to house in the neighborhood of
Watertown, Massachusetts, to try to track him down.
Boston police circulated a surveillance
camera image of the man, which resembled photos of one of the two suspects
sought after for their alleged involvement in the marathon attacks.
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Two violent incidents kept Bostonians
on edge over night, just days after the bombing of the iconic Boston Marathon.
It started with the shooting death of a college police officer Thursday night
and ended with a carjacking that may have involved explosives early Friday.
Police believe at least one suspect
used explosives against their officers in the second incident.
Howling sirens pierced the night quiet,
and flashing lights lit up the darkness, as dozens of officers from state and
city police responded to the deadly shooting on the campus of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology in Cambridge. Hardly an hour later, they were chasing
at least one suspect in a hijacked vehicle less than five miles away.
Police cornered the vehicle in the
suburb of Watertown and arrested a suspect. He may have used explosives in the
futile attempt to elude police, police spokesman Dave Procopio told CNN.Massive police operation in
Watertown
CNN photographer Gabe Ramirez arrived
in Watertown as the chase ended.
Two suspects, one
stripped down
"Police were in a standoff with
the vehicle just down the hill," Ramirez said. They ordered one suspect
out and commanded him to strip down completely naked before putting him in a
patrol car, which did not leave the scene.
FBI agents approached the squad car,
and police ordered the suspect back out of the car. FBI agents questioned him
-- still fully undressed -- on the sidewalk.
Later, police lead the man in handcuffs
to a patrol car.
Officers quickly locked down the
streets of the Watertown neighborhood after isolating the vehicle. The Boston
Police Department said in a statement that they consider the incident to be
still active and ask that residents remain in their homes.
Police carrying assault rifles ran down
the streets, according to CNN affiliate WCVB, which broadcast images from the
area.
In an early phase of the lock down, a
man could be seen lying face down on the street in a surrender pose with his
hands outstretched in front of him and his legs crossed. It is unclear if he was the suspect arrested.
Explosives once more
Police requested that people in the
area turn off their cell phones.
CNN Senior producer David Fitzpatrick
reported hearing a loud bang Friday morning in Watertown after the police had
stopped the vehicle, but police have not confirmed an explosion.
Dozens of police from various units
arrived in Watertown, some in SWAT uniforms, others wearing helmets. Large
crowds gathered around a trove of emergency vehicles that had congregated in
the neighborhood, WCVB reported.
Homeland Security Investigations has
deployed agents to Watertown to try to determine if there is a connection
between the Marathon bombing Monday and tonight's violence, a Homeland Security
spokesman told CNN.
Police also said they were going door
to door, street by street, searching the Watertown area.
It is still unclear if the arrest in
Watertown was related to the shooting on the MIT campus or any other incident
in the Boston area.
Residents in the area have been on edge
after two bombs ripped through the crowd near the finish line of the Boston
Marathon, killing three people and injuring 178 others.
Federal, state and local agencies are
still investigating the marathon bombing, and police were seeking two suspects
in the attack, who were still at large.
How the night erupted
The mayhem began, after a university
police officer died in a shooting on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
campus in Cambridge late Thursday, state police spokesman Lt. Mark Riley said.
The MIT officer was responding to a
disturbance when he was fired upon, according to the state district attorney's
office. He sustained "multiple gunshot wounds."
State police and the FBI were called in
after the shooting and found the campus policeman near Building 32 on MIT's
campus. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was pronounced
dead, the district attorney's office said.
The university issued a statement of
condolence. "MIT is heartbroken by the news that an MIT Police officer was
shot and killed in the line of duty," it read.
Dozens of officers surrounded and
cordoned off the building, known as the Stata Center, which houses computer
science laboratories as well as the department of linguistics and philosophy,
according to MIT's website.
The university, which lies adjacent to
the city of Boston, had requested people stay away from the building, but have
since said the campus is safe and that the suspect is no longer present.
Students and faculty received e-mails
to alert them to the event, CNN affiliate WCVB reported.
Many news media outlets are in the area
covering the investigation into Monday's bombings and arrived at MIT to cover
the shooting, WCVB reported.
Within an hour, police were called to
respond to the carjacking, which lead them on the chase through Watertown.
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