The Boston Marathon bombing suspect currently on the run has been identified as Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, of Cambridge, according to the Boston Police Department. The FBI also released a new photo of Tsarnaev, a normal portrait-type image. The Boston…
Author: John Ruch
Local colleges, museums closed today
All colleges, universities and museums in Mission Hill and the Longwood Medical and Academic Area are closed today due to the ongoing manhunt for the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect. The MBTA has shut down all public transit service and…
All T service shut down by manhunt
All MBTA public transit is shut down until further notice due to the manhunt for the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings and other crimes, according to the MBTA and officials at a televised press conference today. Officials also…
Officials indicate bombing ‘Suspect 1’ died at BIDMC
LMA—One suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing died while being treated at Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center (BIDMC) in the Longwood Medical Area, hospital officials indicated at a televised press conference this morning. They would not identify the dead patient…
Police: Bomb suspects linked to tonight’s crimes; 1 dead, 1 still at large
BPD head indicates 1 bomb suspect dead, 1 at large
Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis has indicated in a tweet that one Boston Marathon bombing suspect is dead and another is still at large. “One suspect dead. One at large. Armed and dangerous. White hat suspect at large,” Davis tweeted…
FBI releases close-up photos of bomb suspects
FBI releases images of 2 bombing suspects
Editorial: Boston and Marathon will be defined by us, not bombs
In the wake of the diabolical bombing of the Boston Marathon, a vile act of random mayhem and one of the most heinous crimes in this city’s long history, there is natural anxiety, fear and confusion. When a fellow human being,…
Local spectators tell of bomb horror
City Councilor Mike Ross, a Mission Hill resident, said in a email last night that he was watching the Boston Marathon on Boylston Street yesterday when the bombs went off along that street. “When the first of two explosions went…