Officials: Boston suspect had no firearm when barrage of bullets hit hiding place

The Washington Post ^ | April 24 | Sari Horwitz and Peter Finn

[CMB_polarization]

Although police feared he was heavily armed, the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings had no firearms when he came under a barrage of police gunfire that struck the boat where he was hiding, according to multiple federal law enforcement officials.

[Fitzy_888]

Do you think law enforcement wanted it to come out immediately that they declared martial law and ordered people out of their homes at gun point for an unarmed.

Just when you thought this mess couldn’t get worse, now you can cast aside any faith in law enforce. If boot lickers here don’t like that comment you know where you can go.

[tomkat]

I’d guess you meant 180° ?

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Yeah but your feet would get wet.

[onyx]

I knew he had no firearms on him or with him, save for the one shot that was reported.... which I assumed was the one he he used on himself.

Now they're saying no gun was found?

Maybe someone on the scene wanted a souvenir?

[molson209]

typical Obama minions , first it’s blue ,oh wait it’s green ,no it’s yellow ,truth never

[muawiyah]

Easy ~ he shot himself earlier ~ lost the gun (which was instantly recovered and put in a very safe place by somebody who needed a gun) ~ so when he was finally apprehended he didn’t have his gun.

[Salamander]

It got dropped in Fort Marcy park.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Maybe it’s the one the feds lost that I read about a while back.

[Kickass Conservative]

Good thing he wasn’t in a Blue Toyota Pickup.

Boston would have ended up giving him $4,000,000...

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/atf-loses-an-assault-weapon-in-milwaukee-wisconsin/question-3493513/

[PGalt]

Of course he didn’t have firearms. There is NO evidence he had acquired a license to have a firearm. MORONS. /s

[caww]

That’s a stretch, especially in light of the fact many of those bullits were fake...same with the bang bombs...all met to startle him...

Further they weren’t out to kill him, and that was said the night of the chase many times...they wanted him alive.

[caww]

ROTFLOL

[familyop]

“Professional” job of self-defense and guarding the safety of surrounding residents. Excellent marksmanship! *Applause*

LOL!

[Nita Nupress]

Now they're saying no gun was found? Maybe someone on the scene wanted a souvenir?

Strange, huh? It's usually the other way around.

"Hurry, put the throw-down gun in his hand. Here comes another squad car!"

The gun(s) were probably traced back to the Islamic jihadists who were funding them. Either that, or maybe they got them from Holder. So now, lo and behold, they HAD no gun.

[ladyjane]

Police were told to capture him alive.

Yeah - like the newspaper girls out in Los Angeles.

[Nita Nupress]

...in light of the fact many of those bullits were fake.

What's a "fake" bullet that leaves holes in a boat? Rubber? Those holes weren't made by rock salt or nerf guns.

[maggief]

LOL!

Unregistered, oh yeah, and unarmed.

MSM dutifully sold down the muddy river.

#Axelrod

[BluH2o]

Frankly I was astounded the entire city of Boston was shut down while looking for this 19 year old. His 26 year old brother was dead when the decision was made to shut the entire city down. This was pure panic on the part of law enforcement, city & state government ... the immediate area Watertown, I understand ... or a portion of this suburb. A bomb goes off in NYC and they shut the city down ... highly unlikely ... Boston is bush league.

[spokeshave]

“So how’d he shoot himself in the throat?”

He had the gun but then he never did.

Maybe the gun was assembled from parts left over from putting together the gun that shot Vince Foster