Crime & Safety

Second Boston Suspect Captured, Patch Reports

Watertown Patch: After a tense standoff between the second bombing suspect and law enforcement, police have taken Dzhohkar Tsarnaev alive.

 

After law enforcement killed the first Boston bombing suspect yesterday and a gun battle and explosions erupted last night, , Watertown (Massachusetts) Patch reports. 

This brings to an end a horrible week for the Boston area, and for the nation which watched as the iconic Boston Marathon was accosted Monday by terrorists, with three killed and more than 100 wounded. 

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Both suspects fired shots and threw explosives last night, killing one law enforcement officer and injuring another. 

Watertown residents posted on Patch all day long what it was like to heed their governor's order to "shelter in place" and stay home with the doors locked. 

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