Posted on 04/18/2013 8:22:45 PM PDT by NautiNurse
MIT issued an emergency alert at 10:48 on Thursday night reporting shots fired on the university campus. The school newspaper reports, "Shots fired near 32 Vassar St (Stata Center), police officer down. Please stay inside." That report is backed up by CBS News's Bonney Kapp who reports hearing "officer down" on the police scanner just before the MIT alert went out. For now, details are scarce, but the suspect is on the loose and considered armed and extremely dangerous.
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I got maybe 4 hours sleep today... between about 10:30 am and 2:30pm, LOL.
So glad you understand and know this terminology! thanks
Great... what is the exact address of that Twitter account? I couldn’t find it earlier...
CP to all officers in outer perimeter. Hold Fast
You did better than me! I gave up at 6am and came back to life at 11am
Did the transit officer who was shot last night survive?
Sounds like they are getting ready to rock and roll.
Heard the same on FNC same show...weird no more info or mentions....glad you heard the same...
Last I heard, he did.
Now they are saying their is an abandoned black bag on another street. Missed the rest...dang it
HRT only in the area of the boat...
Alternating between https://twitter.com/dannysullivan/watertown & https://twitter.com/dannysullivan/boston-scanner
Via Twitter: cops using bullhorn to talk to suspect.
What is HRT?
Abandoned bag 17th and Broadway
Another name for SWAT team, Hostage Rescue Team
They got him!
Suspect in custody!
Lot of cheers breaking out, started by the officers
Good stuff, FRiend! Especially the latter one... the boston-scanner twitter feed.
Did they say he was in custody?
Did they just say the suspect is in custody???
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