Miller: Tsarnaev Brothers Killed MIT Officer Because They Needed A Gun

[dkf]

“The original question is they walked up to that car and appeared they shot the officer in the head unprovoked, that it was an assassination. But why? How did that fit into their plan? The operating theory now in the investigation is they were short one gun. The older brother had a gun. They wanted to get a gun for the younger brother and the fastest and most efficient way they could think of doing it was a surprise attack on a cop, to take his weapon and go. Officer Collier had a locking holster, it’s like a three-way lock. If you don’t know how to remove the gun, you’re not going to get it out. There was apparently an attempt to yank it and they couldn’t get it and left. “

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/04/23/miller-tsarnaev-brothers-killed-mit-officer-because-they-needed-a-gun/

[BeyondGeography]

1. Charming

[jakeXT]

2. Brilliant move, someone needed maximum attention.

After the gunshots at MIT, hundreds of cops descended on nearby Watertown, where residents heard gunshots and a loud explosion. residents of nearby Watertown reported an explosion, but it wasn't clear whether there was any connection to the shooting.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323309604578431754054345908.html

I've seen better timelines, but I can't find them now

We now know they didn't rob the store

Approximately 10:20 p.m.: Reports of a robbery at a convenience store near the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge.
Approximately 10:30 p.m.: An MIT university police officer is found shot in his vehicle. Sean Collier, 26, is later pronounced dead at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Reports of an armed carjacking in Cambridge. Police say the suspects commandeered a Mercedes SUV, and later released the owner unharmed at a gas station. Police searching for the SUV follow it to Watertown.
Approximately 1 a.m. Friday: Watertown residents report hearing gunfire and the sounds of explosion. Police say the suspects reportedly throw explosives and exchange gunfire with authorities in pursuit. The "black hat" suspect is wounded, and a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority officer is shot. The "white hat" suspect flees.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/04/19/177923309/a-timeline-of-the-boston-manhunt

[lunasun]

3. so they needed another gun to kill more people?- what was the whole night about ?wanted to go down

in flames maybe

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. But they were found with two handguns and a rifle

They didn't actually get Collier's gun, so where did the other guns come from? They obviously HAD other guns: the Watertown police chief is on record stating that the brothers fired 200-300 rounds at his men: you don't do that with ONE handgun. You do it in part with the M4/AR-15 rifle found with the younger Tsarnaev. Where'd that gun come from?

The "theory" doesn't make much sense at all. People have been floating the idea that the M-4/AR-15 that the younger Tsarnaev was found with came from Collier. Clearly not true. They got ZERO guns from Collier.

This sounds like a reporter talking out of his ass.