MIT: Shooter On Loose; Officer Down

Atlantic Wire ^ | 18 April 2013

[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.

[Shortstop7]

loud bangs from truck behind the Market..

[Viennacon]

Kind of makes Obama’s pre-pubescent girl-esque rant on gun control seem petty, huh?

[MarMema]

Thanks to all who are reporting.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Hearing the suspect is dead

[Sarah Barracuda]

On twitter they are saying the suspect is dead

[LongWayHome]

Suspect DEAD

[spokeshave]

@BostonGlobe One Marathon bombing suspect has been caught, and another is on the loose in Watertown after a firefight with police, officials said.

Good news...book em Danno

[justa-hairyape]

Just broke on Boston local news, they got one Marathon suspect. So it is mainstream news now.

[Viennacon]

We know how?

[shhrubbery!]

Much better pics!

Did the FBI get these from marathon bystanders, after todays release of the first photos?

[voteNRA]

Unrelated but.......

238 years ago tonight, Paul Revere jumped on a horse to warn fellow Bostonians that the redcoats were coming.

Tonight it was Free Republic

[steve86]

I have not seen any confirmation that grenades were used. If so, why aren’t a bunch of officers dead or wounded? Or at least photos of considerable property destruction? More likely were home made stuff. And no, grenades on the battlefield are not considered heavy weaponry.

[wardaddy]

Indeed

Breaking everywhere

[Shortstop7]

black SUV traveling at high rate of speed..?

[Pharmboy]

Michael Skolnik ‏@MichaelSkolnik 2m

state police confirm that explosive devices were thrown at police tonight.

Retweeted by Scott Adair

[amom]

Loving it.

[mtrott]

Main page of Boston Globe says Marathon bombing suspect in custody, does NOT say he is dead.

[awin]

heard it with my own ears from LE on police scanner!

[Ray76]

Hotspots

[penelopesire]

We heard the cops on the scanners screaming that they were throwing grenades and /or explosions early in the chase. You just missed it all.