Posted on 04/21/2013 1:04:18 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
The alleged Boston Marathon bomber may have tried to kill himself rather than surrender after he was cornered by police - but failed in his suicide attempt, it has been revealed.
A new report says Dzhokhar Tsarnaev shoved his pistol in his own mouth and pulled the trigger as SWAT officers and federal agents closed in on the boat where he was hiding in Friday night. However, instead of killing him, the bullet simply passed through his neck.
Authorities have said they cannot question him because of a throat wound. He remains in 'very serious' condition at a Boston hospital.
Boston Mayor Tom Menino revealed on Sunday that federal agents may never be able to interview Tsarnaev. Menino didn't elaborate on his comment and it is unknown whether the gunshot also caused brain damage.
The new twist in the story of Tsarnaev's dramatic capture comes as the Boston police commissioner warns that he and his brother Tamerlan were plotting more bomb attacks on the city and they were caught just in time. Authorities insisted that the pair were working alone.
CBS News correspondent John Miller reports: 'They say it appears from the wound that he might have stuck a gun in his mouth, and fired and actually just went out the back of his neck without killing him.
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'That's one of the reasons he's unable to communicate, but he can understand what they're saying. And they believe there will be a point where he will be able to talk to him.'
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Officials said late Friday after Tsarnaev was detained that they would use a public safety exemption to delay the suspect’s Miranda rights.
However, the exemption expires 48 hours after the arrest, so quick actions must be taken.
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0bamaCare doesn't go into full effect until next January.
After that ... everybody bleeds out.
It could be the guy whose car they hijacked. They let him go after about a half hour.
He has Hillary Syndrome?
This quickly approaching the downhill part of the road that leads to a complete circle jerk conclusion.
The tarp in that photo looks to be torn — ripped by the device that the police used to tear it away. He certainly did not do all that damage to it on entering the boat and it didn’t look like that when the police arrived. That photo had to have been taken the night they captured him as he was exiting the boat.
Let him tweet his responses.
SAUDIAS, SAUDI However u spell it, that happens, when no spell check and your screaming
Uh, huh...
How bout I start taking the 1st layer of skin off, in a windy room and douse him in tomato juice.
He’ll probably start talking real fast and I may have to record his new found turrets and play it back at normal speed, on my computer, just to understand his jive jibberish.
And additionally, the older brother was denied citizenship because he beat up his wife - so the earlier news reports claimed.
As a result, my husband had no voice. He could not speak for three months until a voice specialist operated and put a substance on the left vocal cord so it would artificially meet with the right vocal cord. That is how he got his voice back.
His neck was in a pristine condition when they went in to clean out the carotid. This bomber's neck was shot up by a bullet even before they went into the neck. It's very possible he cannot talk due to damaging that vital nerve required to speak.
“Talk or we’re going to set you free on the streets of South Boston after a press conference to announce the date and time.”
He is a citizen. His brother was not.
Considering how the body works with a wound, his throat may have swelled up on Saturday. An infection sets in today...
Just speculation - but it might be an intentional misinformation campaign intended to convince any others involved in the plot that they haven’t been compromised... yet.
Apparently one of the victims who lost both legs was not able to talk, but he did give police their first clue by writing on some paper. Wrote bag. Bomber looked right at him.
I believe you are correct. I was going to say the same, glad I kept reading before jumping in.
The tarp gives it away.
I don’t believe for a moment that this guy shot himself in the throat. This entire story is looking more and more made up as they go.
Neck wound, leg wound, and almost 24 hours of blood loss and he still climbed off of the boat by himself. The kid is tough. Put the screws to him.
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