MIT Shooting

[blueNDgold44]

Seemed to have narrowed it down to Dexter & School. (where they want to encounter the suspect, I assume)

 

[blueNDgold44]

Mall was opened to make a police HQ

 

[blueNDgold44]

Evacuating Dexter & Arsenal using buses and moving them to the mall

Also evacuating Watertown residents

 

[blueNDgold44]

Hearing they are going to wait until sunrise to engage

 

[blueNDgold44]

Things are slowing down on the scanner a lot, turning away workers who would be inside perimeter

 

[clashmore_mike]

Looks like there will be a news conference coming up soon.

 

[blueNDgold44]

Reports of male with heavy backpack on riding bike

 

[blueNDgold44]

Reddit said 2nd suspect is dead but I haven't heard any confirmation from any other source

 

[blueNDgold44]

Black Hat is dead, White Hat is still holed up somewhere. They're briefing the squad on how they will strike once sunrise comes

 

[Andy in Sactown]

Possible Suspect
Last Updated by Sam 12 minutes ago
Dark hoodied male broke into a red sedan and drove off.

Again, this is far from the area police are concentrating on (other side of the river). Wouldn't it suck to be a car thief and not watch the news? Grand Theft Auto, apprehended by federal agents, that would certainly warrant a hearty lol.

 

[DoverShores]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>NBC says both suspects are not American born, have been here for a year with military training overseas. would debunk missing brown student.</p>— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) <a href="https://twitter.com/MichaelSkolnik/status/325173294322044928">April 19, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Pete Williams is sticking to his claim that they are "foreign nationals" and were here "legally." Pete Williams hasn't been wrong this week.</p>— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) <a href="https://twitter.com/MichaelSkolnik/status/325177657128005632">April 19, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[blueNDgold44]

When they carjacked the first car they had a "hostage" for 30 mins and then let him go, seems fishy to me

 

[BGIF]

As a journalism student, I can't help but think that in 15 years, professors will be asking students, "where were you the night social media officially passed cable TV news?"

There is info on Redit and Twitter, coming from police scanners and witnesses, that reporters are putting out hours before LIVE news.

So as a journalism student in an endangered occupation soon to be extirpated have you chosen your new major yet or will you be camping out in a park in a couple of years protesting your student loans and grim job prospects?


I hate to break this industry secret but the media have used police scanners for 70 or 80 years. Actually a scanner wasn't required as back then had the police bands as a tuneable feature on something called r-a-d-i-o.

To the credit of MSNBC, Fox, CNN, and the ABC affliate I watched tonight they ALL noted that they had information such as names but unlike the irresponsible bloggers and tweeters they ALL refrained from "confirming" information that law enforcement had not confirmed. They all connected the dots/similarities but noted they would await positive I.D. from law enforcement.

The on site media reported that they were told by law enforcement to turn off cell phones to minimize an accidental discharge of a possilbe bomb and they complied with that directive. The "eye witness" social media crowd kept those cell towers hopping getting their 15 minutes of fame without regard for anyone's safety.

 

[BGIF]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>NBC says both suspects are not American born, have been here for a year with military training overseas. would debunk missing brown student.</p>— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) <a href="https://twitter.com/MichaelSkolnik/status/325173294322044928">April 19, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Pete Williams is sticking to his claim that they are "foreign nationals" and were here "legally." Pete Williams hasn't been wrong this week.</p>— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) <a href="https://twitter.com/MichaelSkolnik/status/325177657128005632">April 19, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Is IrishPat, Pete Williams?

 

[BGIF]

When they carjacked the first car they had a "hostage" for 30 mins and then let him go, seems fishy to me

Why does that seem fishy?

 

[dublinirish]

would not surprize me if all these events turn out to be a total cluster**** and some innocent kid is being hunted right now...it just seems too dirty to me and so public.

 

[blueNDgold44]

Activity is picking up on the scanner, seem to be preparing to make their move

 

[blueNDgold44]

would not surprize me if all these events turn out to be a total cluster**** and some innocent kid is being hunted right now...it just seems too dirty to me and so public.

Innocent kids don't have bombs

 

[Andy in Sactown]

When they carjacked the first car they had a "hostage" for 30 mins and then let him go, seems fishy to me

Why does that seem fishy?

You don't commit acts of mass violence without a motive. Motive does not mean a complete lack of morality; altered as it may be. We have no idea how these murderers view the world. Something fishy implies you know something none of us possibly could (since we're not them).

 

[blueNDgold44]

It's definitely a stretch but why haven't we heard about the hostage. For all we know either of the suspects could be 1/2 way to California by now.

And if they did have a hostage, how did they just get rid of him. They were in a car chase

 

[blueNDgold44]

White male with bag trying to flag down ride from random cars

 

[blueNDgold44]

 

[BGIF]

Innocent kids don't have bombs

Seems like a grasp of the obvious that should be readily apparent to everyone, doesn't it?

I doubt that slain MIT cop's family or the wounded cop's family or the families of all those local, state, and federal cops and guardsmen on scene in harm's way think this is pursuit of the innocent.

We're staying up late following the drama. None of us have to dread the prospect of a police chaplain showing up at our door tonight bringing bad news. Lots of other families have had this brought to their homes tonight complete with gunfire and explosions within earshot of their sleeping children.

 

[Andy in Sactown]

It's definitely a stretch but why haven't we heard about the hostage. For all we know either of the suspects could be 1/2 way to California by now.

And if they did have a hostage, how did they just get rid of him. They were in a car chase

I read on one of the feeds that the hostage escaped while they tried to rob a gas station after the initial carjacking. For cash? Probably not, but some gas to make a run for it? Hard to tell since the focus isn't on those early events since it's an ongoing law enforcement action.

Other possibility: they viewed the hostage as an innocent in their morality. Since we know nothing about the terrorists or the hostage, it's pure speculation.

 

[dublinirish]

It's definitely a stretch but why haven't we heard about the hostage. For all we know either of the suspects could be 1/2 way to California by now.

And if they did have a hostage, how did they just get rid of him. They were in a car chase

they dropped him off at a gas station of course! And when you have just committed an atrocity of course what you do is rob a 7-11 on MIT campus at 2am three days later...flip that laying low crap!

 

[blueNDgold44]

Your guess is as good as mine, just thought it was interesting

 

[blueNDgold44]

"It's gonna be in and out real quick." - Police scanner

 

[Andy in Sactown]

they dropped him off at a gas station of course! And when you have just committed an atrocity of course what you do is rob a 7-11 on MIT campus at 2am three days later...flip that laying low crap!

If you and your partner in crime's pictures were going to be front page news the next morning would you make a run out of town or wait for your landlord to call the police? It's extremely logical.

 

[blueNDgold44]

White male, dark hair, gray hoodie, jeans seen at 1160 Comm Ave running to flag down cabs

 

[blueNDgold44]

Fresh blood found