O/T - Explosions at the Boston Marathon

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by atx840

Listening to the Boston Police scanner for most of the night, sounds like one suspect has been killed and one is still on foot. Intense shoot out with bombs going off. Sounds like a police officer was killed

God be with those brave men, women and canines hunting this coward.

Switching to CNN now to see if they've got anything on yet.. terrible another good person has died. Thanks posting the update though.

[Matthew H]

I'm watching NBC... I realize the scene is pretty chaotic at the moment, but this is the most confusing news reporting I've ever tried to follow.

[itjclarke]

It's pretty confusing.. that's one trouble with live 24/7 news coverage. They struggle to handle these things in real time.. and it sounds like there's still a suspect at large.

[RCMcKenzie]

It sounds like they got one of the idiots and he's dead and the other is on the run.

[atx840]

The scanner is really busy, they mentioned suspects names and waiting for daylight to come...slowly sweeping area.

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

It sounds like they got one of the idiots and he's dead and the other is on the run.

From what I hear, at least one is arrested and at least one is running. I'll fight the urge to post from here out, rather than play the same role as the CNN/MSNBC reporters are doing now.

Totally OT, but I jUst remember jack--ses like Geraldo reporting an army unit's attack plan during invasion of Iraq... stuff like "and C company is going to swing to the North in a flanking maneuver". Sometimes these guys need time to read a well scripted/produced and telemprompted broadcast rather than speculate

[itjclarke]

well.. I'm already guily of over speculation.. the suspect/the naked guy has been released. Yes one suspect is dead, one on the run. NOW- I will stop posting

[Matthew H]

Reporter just said "this has been a six hour crime odesessy".

It looks they've run out of real stuff to report, I'm going to sleep.

[brookdodger55]

Suspect 1 killed other on the loose as of 7 am east coast time