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In reply to the discussion: *Chaos in Watertown, MA - Cops Under Fire, Suspects Have Grenades* [View all]Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)21. +1 thank you. Is this about the Boston marathon bombing or MIT or...
...are these two events related somehow?
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ChangeUp106
Apr 2013
OP
Have you got a link for that? I can't get it from what's on these other posts.
freshwest
Apr 2013
#101
I heard grenades, not IEDs, but clearly some serious shit is going down.
winter is coming
Apr 2013
#66
I'm getting: HTTP Error: 503 (Service Unavailable). Got something else? Police scanner?
freshwest
Apr 2013
#94
I already tried that, it shows itself as an application. I defaulted it to iTunes and it won't start
freshwest
Apr 2013
#108
I can't get it to open. Is there a scanner like we had for Hurricane Sandy link?
freshwest
Apr 2013
#90
Maddezmom, I set default when I tried to open this to iTunes and it didn't work.
freshwest
Apr 2013
#211
That's one of the problems I've had. Choose the wrong app and a choice is never offered again. Sigh.
freshwest
Apr 2013
#224
Something fucked up is unfolding. Some kind of carjacking of a police vehicle or something...
Poll_Blind
Apr 2013
#42
I don't know. I really don't know. This seems...I dunno. Like you said, cray-cray. nt
Poll_Blind
Apr 2013
#48
Police informed their own cell phones may set off "unexploded ordinance". Ordered to...
Poll_Blind
Apr 2013
#36
Robot bomb disposal on upland street, second device planted where officer is down.
Poll_Blind
Apr 2013
#38
Multiple locations of devices. Now telling officers to power down all cell phones.
maddezmom
Apr 2013
#40
It's unbelievable that they haven'tbroken in with this on the networks!
alcibiades_mystery
Apr 2013
#44
No info, really, at the moment. This country has 300m people. It could be unconnected. nt
Poll_Blind
Apr 2013
#75
was a heavy white man laying on the street. doesnt look like the suspects to bombing.
seabeyond
Apr 2013
#131
The folks at CNN are probably reading this DU thread. I'm not kidding, either. nt
Poll_Blind
Apr 2013
#82
TV station says policeman at MIT(?) confirmed dead. One suspect arrested. Still not over, though.
freshwest
Apr 2013
#162
CNN reporter stating one of the suspects in Watertown/MIT shooting matches description of Marathon
npk
Apr 2013
#117
Matches the *general* description. And they don't know for sure that there's any connection
winter is coming
Apr 2013
#121
One of the suspects was made to disrobe fully before being taken into custody
maddezmom
Apr 2013
#118
Now they're saying two suspects apprehended -- but they're not saying they're the
gateley
Apr 2013
#125
Per FOX: Caucasian male in custody. Another at large, ARMED AND DANGEROUS (police scanner)
anneboleyn
Apr 2013
#128
New report sez this kid was just caught up in things. No longer a suspect...
FailureToCommunicate
Apr 2013
#186
NBC local WHDH (FIOS channel 7) has their reporter and cameraman ON THE SCENE
FailureToCommunicate
Apr 2013
#140
I'm streaming both MSNBC and CNN - and flipping back and forth on the mute buttons :) n/t
Tx4obama
Apr 2013
#153
No doubt, but as chaotic as things are right now, I'm not suprised they stopped
winter is coming
Apr 2013
#179
Ravi Somaiya @ravisomaiya 9m Local resident says two men threw what appeared to be "pressure cooker
Hissyspit
Apr 2013
#165
Somebody who blew up the Boston Marathon, and suddenly needs money to flee?
alcibiades_mystery
Apr 2013
#187
If so, the explosions in Watertown are a last-ditch effort to create distraction and escape?
winter is coming
Apr 2013
#190
Why steal the car? It would make more sense to have a vehicle, salted with weapons,
winter is coming
Apr 2013
#235
I heard that mentioned once in passing. Two different gas stations near the current scene. n/t
winter is coming
Apr 2013
#192
I heard a Shell station and a Philips station mentioned, but it wasn't clear if that was real
winter is coming
Apr 2013
#203
Could be. NYT says he was responding to a disturbance, but I've heard on TV that
winter is coming
Apr 2013
#214
I would be shocked if this Watertown incident is not connected to Marathon bombing, but...
npk
Apr 2013
#199
No. It just seems like every time you turn around anymore, there's some sort of
winter is coming
Apr 2013
#239
My brother is nearby in Watertown calling (land line)...several helicopters still overhead...police
FailureToCommunicate
Apr 2013
#218
Policeman is walking around his house right now...and searching cars coming down street...
FailureToCommunicate
Apr 2013
#256
We're following reddit and reports advise residents to move to the rear of their homes...
FailureToCommunicate
Apr 2013
#279
Reports that White Hat guy is the At Large Suspect, said to be armed with a rifle and maybe explosiv
MadBadger
Apr 2013
#258
BTW, the television station is showing a full face photo of the Boston bomber suspects now:
freshwest
Apr 2013
#269
CNN now reporting that suspect that stripped naked is being questioned by FBI at the scene.
npk
Apr 2013
#275
So CNN says both are alive and in custody and others claim 1 dead, 1 at large?
winter is coming
Apr 2013
#301
CNN now saying they have got a "suspect" in a police car and another "suspect" has been arrested n/t
Turborama
Apr 2013
#278
CNN reports naked white dude questioned on curb by FBI, "Middle Eastern" looking guy frogmarched
alcibiades_mystery
Apr 2013
#284
Wesley Lowery @WesleyLowery 4m Local here telling stories of being pulled from houses. Each person
Hissyspit
Apr 2013
#288
Local News reports Transit Officer also shot (in addition to MIT officer) - stable condition
jpak
Apr 2013
#304
transit officer has been shot and is in stable condition according to live feed WHDH nt
steve2470
Apr 2013
#305
Brother sez action is picking up towards him (west of the initial action) ...more police..
FailureToCommunicate
Apr 2013
#306
Well,except for all the live reporting, scanners, from the area, including,eh, people we know...
FailureToCommunicate
Apr 2013
#326
Suit yourself. I gonna stay on the phone to my brother for now...
FailureToCommunicate
Apr 2013
#334
Mass. State Police telling Watertown residents to NOT answer their doors.............
steve2470
Apr 2013
#323
Got it thanks. Brother heard also. (Kinda logical at 3:45 in the morning)
FailureToCommunicate
Apr 2013
#330
If they go 'door to door' and yet have told people NOT to answer the door...
FailureToCommunicate
Apr 2013
#337
Open the door to identified officers. If you have any doubts about ID, call 911.
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2013
#356
That will be easier now in the light of day. Last night in the dark with plainclothed officers
FailureToCommunicate
Apr 2013
#357
On Fox: they are saying that the MIT case is indeed connected to the Watertown situation
anneboleyn
Apr 2013
#344