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| Dragnet Paralyzes Boston as One Suspect Eludes Capture | Dragnet Paralyzes Boston as One Suspect Eludes Capture |
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| BOSTON — The manhunt for the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, which shut down a large swath of the metropolitan area for much of the day and prompted a door-to-door search, continued into the early evening on Friday. | |
| Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts said the lockdown for residents of Boston and its neighboring communities had been lifted, but he urged caution. Mass transit service has also resumed, he said. | |
| Investigators tried to piece together a fuller picture of the man and his brother, who they said were responsible for setting off the deadly marathon blasts. | |
| The two suspects were brothers of Chechen descent, law enforcement officials said. The one who got away was identified as Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev (joe-HARR tsar-NAH-yev), 19, who had been a well-liked student at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in Massachusetts, playing for the volleyball team and wrestling. The older brother, who was killed overnight after a shootout with the police, was identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev (tam-arr-lann tsar-NAH-yev), 26, a former boxer. The dead man may have had a homemade bomb strapped to his body when he was killed, two law enforcement officials said. | The two suspects were brothers of Chechen descent, law enforcement officials said. The one who got away was identified as Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev (joe-HARR tsar-NAH-yev), 19, who had been a well-liked student at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in Massachusetts, playing for the volleyball team and wrestling. The older brother, who was killed overnight after a shootout with the police, was identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev (tam-arr-lann tsar-NAH-yev), 26, a former boxer. The dead man may have had a homemade bomb strapped to his body when he was killed, two law enforcement officials said. |
| The older brother traveled to Russia from the United States last year and returned six months later, on July 17, a law enforcement official said. His father, Anzor Tsarnaev, said his son had mostly stayed with him at his home in Makhachkala, the capital of the Dagestan region, but that the two men had also visited Chechnya during that time. “We went to Chechnya to visit relatives,” Mr. Tsarnaev said in an interview. He maintained his sons were innocent and had been framed. | The older brother traveled to Russia from the United States last year and returned six months later, on July 17, a law enforcement official said. His father, Anzor Tsarnaev, said his son had mostly stayed with him at his home in Makhachkala, the capital of the Dagestan region, but that the two men had also visited Chechnya during that time. “We went to Chechnya to visit relatives,” Mr. Tsarnaev said in an interview. He maintained his sons were innocent and had been framed. |
| The manhunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev essentially shut down Boston and its environs, as officials suspended all local transit service, taxi service stopped for several hours, people were urged to stay home, and Amtrak halted service in the area. The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, where Dzhokhar was a student, evacuated its campus. | |
| The rapid developments began Thursday night, when the two men are believed to have fatally shot a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer, Sean Collier, 26, in his patrol car, the Middlesex County district attorney’s office said. Soon after that, a man was carjacked nearby by two armed men; when he was released he told investigators that the men who took his vehicle said they were responsible for marathon bombings, a law enforcement official said. The police went off in search of his car, and a frenzied chase began. | The rapid developments began Thursday night, when the two men are believed to have fatally shot a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer, Sean Collier, 26, in his patrol car, the Middlesex County district attorney’s office said. Soon after that, a man was carjacked nearby by two armed men; when he was released he told investigators that the men who took his vehicle said they were responsible for marathon bombings, a law enforcement official said. The police went off in search of his car, and a frenzied chase began. |
| The police and the suspects traded gunfire and “explosive devices were reportedly thrown” from the car by the suspects, the district attorney’s office said. A transit police officer, Richard H. Donohue, was shot and critically wounded. After a pitched gun battle with the police, the older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was fatally shot; the younger brother, Dzhokhar, managed to get away. | The police and the suspects traded gunfire and “explosive devices were reportedly thrown” from the car by the suspects, the district attorney’s office said. A transit police officer, Richard H. Donohue, was shot and critically wounded. After a pitched gun battle with the police, the older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was fatally shot; the younger brother, Dzhokhar, managed to get away. |
| One law enforcement official said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was wounded, and two other officials said the authorities had tracked him at some point during the manhunt by his blood trail. | One law enforcement official said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was wounded, and two other officials said the authorities had tracked him at some point during the manhunt by his blood trail. |
| An uncle of the men, Ruslan Tsarni, who lives in Montgomery Village, Md., told reporters that he was ashamed of their actions, bitterly calling them “losers” and sternly denouncing the bombings. And he urged the surviving brother to turn himself into the authorities. | An uncle of the men, Ruslan Tsarni, who lives in Montgomery Village, Md., told reporters that he was ashamed of their actions, bitterly calling them “losers” and sternly denouncing the bombings. And he urged the surviving brother to turn himself into the authorities. |
| “I say Dzhokhar, if you’re alive, turn yourself in and ask for forgiveness,” said Mr. Tsarni, who said that his family had been estranged from theirs, and that their father, who recently moved back to Russia, had worked “fixing cars” in America. | “I say Dzhokhar, if you’re alive, turn yourself in and ask for forgiveness,” said Mr. Tsarni, who said that his family had been estranged from theirs, and that their father, who recently moved back to Russia, had worked “fixing cars” in America. |
| Mr. Tsarni said that the family had moved to Cambridge in 2003 from Kyrgyzstan. | Mr. Tsarni said that the family had moved to Cambridge in 2003 from Kyrgyzstan. |
| Dzhokhar Tsarnaev got a green card in 2007, and became a naturalized United States citizen on Sept. 11, 2012, officials said. Tamerlan was denied citizenship after he was involved in a domestic-violence episode, his father said. | Dzhokhar Tsarnaev got a green card in 2007, and became a naturalized United States citizen on Sept. 11, 2012, officials said. Tamerlan was denied citizenship after he was involved in a domestic-violence episode, his father said. |
| The men were of Chechen background. Chechnya, a long-disputed Muslim territory in southern Russia, sought independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union and then fought two bloody wars with the authorities in Moscow. Russian assaults on Chechnya were brutal and killed tens of thousands of civilians, as terrorist groups from the region staged attacks in central Russia. In recent years, separatist militant groups have gone underground, and surviving leaders have embraced fundamentalist Islam. | The men were of Chechen background. Chechnya, a long-disputed Muslim territory in southern Russia, sought independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union and then fought two bloody wars with the authorities in Moscow. Russian assaults on Chechnya were brutal and killed tens of thousands of civilians, as terrorist groups from the region staged attacks in central Russia. In recent years, separatist militant groups have gone underground, and surviving leaders have embraced fundamentalist Islam. |
| The family lived briefly in Makhachkala, the capital of the Dagestan region, near Chechnya, before moving to the United States, said a school administrator there. Irina V. Bandurina, secretary to the director of School No. 1, said the Tsarnaev family had lived in the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan previously. | The family lived briefly in Makhachkala, the capital of the Dagestan region, near Chechnya, before moving to the United States, said a school administrator there. Irina V. Bandurina, secretary to the director of School No. 1, said the Tsarnaev family had lived in the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan previously. |
| The brothers have substantial presences on social media. On Vkontakte, Russia’s most popular social media platform, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev describes his worldview as “Islam” and, asked to identify “the main thing in life,” answers, “career and money.” He lists a series of affinity groups relating to Chechnya, and lists a verse from the Koran, “Do good, because Allah loves those who do good.” | The brothers have substantial presences on social media. On Vkontakte, Russia’s most popular social media platform, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev describes his worldview as “Islam” and, asked to identify “the main thing in life,” answers, “career and money.” He lists a series of affinity groups relating to Chechnya, and lists a verse from the Koran, “Do good, because Allah loves those who do good.” |
| Tamerlan Tsarnaev left a record on YouTube of his favorite clips, which included Russian rap videos, as well as a testimonial from a young ethnic Russian man titled “How I accepted Islam and became a Shiite,” and a clip called “Seven Steps to Successful Prayer.” | Tamerlan Tsarnaev left a record on YouTube of his favorite clips, which included Russian rap videos, as well as a testimonial from a young ethnic Russian man titled “How I accepted Islam and became a Shiite,” and a clip called “Seven Steps to Successful Prayer.” |
| For much of Friday a virtual army of heavily armed law enforcement officers went through houses in Watertown, outside of Boston, one by one in a search for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The police had blocked off a 20-block residential area and emphatically urged people there to stay inside their homes and not answer their doors. | For much of Friday a virtual army of heavily armed law enforcement officers went through houses in Watertown, outside of Boston, one by one in a search for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The police had blocked off a 20-block residential area and emphatically urged people there to stay inside their homes and not answer their doors. |
| The Boston police commissioner, Edward Davis, said, “We believe this to be a man who’s come here to kill people, and we need to get him in custody.” | The Boston police commissioner, Edward Davis, said, “We believe this to be a man who’s come here to kill people, and we need to get him in custody.” |
| In Washington, as well as in the Boston area, law enforcement and counterterrorism officials were struggling to determine whether the two brothers had any accomplices still at large and whether they had any connections to foreign or domestic terrorist organizations. One law enforcement official said that the F.B.I. and police were seeking “a number of people with whom we would like to speak in furtherance of the investigation.” Asked if any were suspected accomplices or co-conspirators, the official would say only that investigators were “not ready to classify anyone yet.” | In Washington, as well as in the Boston area, law enforcement and counterterrorism officials were struggling to determine whether the two brothers had any accomplices still at large and whether they had any connections to foreign or domestic terrorist organizations. One law enforcement official said that the F.B.I. and police were seeking “a number of people with whom we would like to speak in furtherance of the investigation.” Asked if any were suspected accomplices or co-conspirators, the official would say only that investigators were “not ready to classify anyone yet.” |
| Several law-enforcement officials, asked about the tactics apparently employed by the brothers, said that despite the devastation they are suspected of causing at the marathon, the death of one police officer and grievous wounding of another, their planning appeared, at least at this point, to be flawed. “They didn’t practice tradecraft,” said one official, a veteran counterterrorism investigator who has been briefed on the case. “Listen, I just don’t understand how anybody could do something like that and basically go home and expect that they wouldn’t get caught.” | Several law-enforcement officials, asked about the tactics apparently employed by the brothers, said that despite the devastation they are suspected of causing at the marathon, the death of one police officer and grievous wounding of another, their planning appeared, at least at this point, to be flawed. “They didn’t practice tradecraft,” said one official, a veteran counterterrorism investigator who has been briefed on the case. “Listen, I just don’t understand how anybody could do something like that and basically go home and expect that they wouldn’t get caught.” |
| As the manhunt grew in intensity, law enforcement officials throughout New England tried to chase down leads. After the authorities in Boston notified transit police officials that there was a possibility that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had boarded the last Amtrak train from Boston bound for New York City early Friday, the train was searched between stations in Connecticut, according to an official with knowledge of the matter. Investigators reviewed video surveillance footage from the stations in Providence, R.I., New Haven and New London, Conn., to make sure that he had not gotten off the train before it was stopped. | As the manhunt grew in intensity, law enforcement officials throughout New England tried to chase down leads. After the authorities in Boston notified transit police officials that there was a possibility that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had boarded the last Amtrak train from Boston bound for New York City early Friday, the train was searched between stations in Connecticut, according to an official with knowledge of the matter. Investigators reviewed video surveillance footage from the stations in Providence, R.I., New Haven and New London, Conn., to make sure that he had not gotten off the train before it was stopped. |
| The last place he was seen was Watertown, where the two men got into a pitched gun battle with the police. | The last place he was seen was Watertown, where the two men got into a pitched gun battle with the police. |
| During that exchange, a transit police officer was shot and critically wounded. The injured officer, identified as Richard H. Donohue, was taken to Mount Auburn Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition Friday morning. | During that exchange, a transit police officer was shot and critically wounded. The injured officer, identified as Richard H. Donohue, was taken to Mount Auburn Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition Friday morning. |
| When he arrived at the hospital, the officer had nearly bled to death from a gunshot wound to his right leg, said a person familiar with his treatment. The hospital’s trauma team gave him a blood transfusion and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and got his blood pressure back up, but he was still on a ventilator, the person said. | When he arrived at the hospital, the officer had nearly bled to death from a gunshot wound to his right leg, said a person familiar with his treatment. The hospital’s trauma team gave him a blood transfusion and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and got his blood pressure back up, but he was still on a ventilator, the person said. |
| A Watertown resident, Andrew Kitzenberg, 29, said he had looked out his third-floor window to see two young men of slight build in jackets engaged in “constant gunfire” with police officers. A police S.U.V. “drove towards the shooters,” he said, and was shot at until it was severely damaged. It rolled out of control, Mr. Kitzenberg said, and crashed into two cars in his driveway. | A Watertown resident, Andrew Kitzenberg, 29, said he had looked out his third-floor window to see two young men of slight build in jackets engaged in “constant gunfire” with police officers. A police S.U.V. “drove towards the shooters,” he said, and was shot at until it was severely damaged. It rolled out of control, Mr. Kitzenberg said, and crashed into two cars in his driveway. |
| The two shooters, he said, had a large, unwieldy bomb that he said looked “like a pressure cooker.” | The two shooters, he said, had a large, unwieldy bomb that he said looked “like a pressure cooker.” |
| “They lit it, still in the middle of the gunfire, and threw it,” he said. “But it went 20 yards at most.” It exploded, he said, and one man ran toward the gathered police officers. He was tackled, but it was not clear if he was shot, Mr. Kitzenberg said. | “They lit it, still in the middle of the gunfire, and threw it,” he said. “But it went 20 yards at most.” It exploded, he said, and one man ran toward the gathered police officers. He was tackled, but it was not clear if he was shot, Mr. Kitzenberg said. |
| The explosions, said another resident, Loretta Kehayias, 65, “lit up the whole house.” She said, “I screamed. I’ve never seen anything like this, never, never, never.” | The explosions, said another resident, Loretta Kehayias, 65, “lit up the whole house.” She said, “I screamed. I’ve never seen anything like this, never, never, never.” |
| Meanwhile, Mr. Kitzenberg said the other man got back into his car, turned it toward officers and “put the pedal to the metal.” The car “went right through the cops, broke right through and continued west.” | Meanwhile, Mr. Kitzenberg said the other man got back into his car, turned it toward officers and “put the pedal to the metal.” The car “went right through the cops, broke right through and continued west.” |
| The two men left “a few backpacks right by the car, and there is a bomb robot out there now,” he said. | The two men left “a few backpacks right by the car, and there is a bomb robot out there now,” he said. |
| Tamerlan Tsarnaev was critically injured with multiple gunshot wounds and taken to Beth Israel Deaconess hospital in Boston, where he was pronounced dead at 1:35 a.m., officials said. | Tamerlan Tsarnaev was critically injured with multiple gunshot wounds and taken to Beth Israel Deaconess hospital in Boston, where he was pronounced dead at 1:35 a.m., officials said. |
| Jeff Bauman, a marathon spectator who lost his legs in the bombing, described the first suspect in the marathon bombings in great detail to F.B.I. agents on Tuesday night, his father, also named Jeff, said early Friday morning. | Jeff Bauman, a marathon spectator who lost his legs in the bombing, described the first suspect in the marathon bombings in great detail to F.B.I. agents on Tuesday night, his father, also named Jeff, said early Friday morning. |
| “He gave them a perfect description of everything: the hat, the glasses, the coat, everything,” Mr. Bauman, the father, said on Friday by phone, as he watched the manhunt play out on television. | “He gave them a perfect description of everything: the hat, the glasses, the coat, everything,” Mr. Bauman, the father, said on Friday by phone, as he watched the manhunt play out on television. |
| On Wednesday night, after Mr. Bauman underwent a third operation to fit his legs for prosthetics, he drew a picture of the suspect, his father said. Bloomberg first reported Thursday that the younger Mr. Bauman had identified one of the suspects. | On Wednesday night, after Mr. Bauman underwent a third operation to fit his legs for prosthetics, he drew a picture of the suspect, his father said. Bloomberg first reported Thursday that the younger Mr. Bauman had identified one of the suspects. |
Katharine Q. Seelye reported from Boston, and William K. Rashbaum and Michael Cooper from New York. Reporting was contributed by Richard A. Oppel Jr. and John Eligon from Cambridge, Mass.; Jess Bidgood from Watertown, Mass.; Serge F. Kovaleski and Timothy Rohan from Boston; Ravi Somaiya from New York; Eric Schmitt and Michael S. Schmidt from Washington; Andrew Siddons from Montgomery Village, Md.; Sebnem Arsu from Istanbul; Ellen Barry and Andrew Roth from Moscow; and Andrew E. Kramer from Asbest, Russia. | Katharine Q. Seelye reported from Boston, and William K. Rashbaum and Michael Cooper from New York. Reporting was contributed by Richard A. Oppel Jr. and John Eligon from Cambridge, Mass.; Jess Bidgood from Watertown, Mass.; Serge F. Kovaleski and Timothy Rohan from Boston; Ravi Somaiya from New York; Eric Schmitt and Michael S. Schmidt from Washington; Andrew Siddons from Montgomery Village, Md.; Sebnem Arsu from Istanbul; Ellen Barry and Andrew Roth from Moscow; and Andrew E. Kramer from Asbest, Russia. |
| This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: | This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: |
| Correction: April 19, 2013 | Correction: April 19, 2013 |
An earlier version misspelled the name of a resident who described the police activity in Watertown, Mass. He is Andrew Kitzenberg, not Kitzenburg. An earlier version of this article also misstated where the suspects and police exchanged gunfire. It is Dexter Avenue, not Dexter Street. | An earlier version misspelled the name of a resident who described the police activity in Watertown, Mass. He is Andrew Kitzenberg, not Kitzenburg. An earlier version of this article also misstated where the suspects and police exchanged gunfire. It is Dexter Avenue, not Dexter Street. |