From the Boston Globe:
A spokesman for the MBTA said that a transit officer had been shot and was in serious condition.
Go here to read the rest. Go here for the latest developments.
Update I: AP is reporting that the two bombers are from Chechnya and have been in this country for about a year.
Update II: And the second suspect is in police custody. Good swift work to all involved:
It’s about 1PM and they haven’t finished it.
Sadly, there will be more cause for mourning before it’s over.
The Atlantic broke the MIT shooting last night, but neither I nor they made the possible connection between that incident and the bombing. With a brother at HLS, this is getting a little too close for comfort.
Also, I believe the brothers had been in the US for something closer to 10 years, only gaining citizenship in the past year.
So MSNBC and NPR and the other mainstream media will be walking back
their attempts to link the bombings to domestic, right-wing groups– when?
“So MSNBC and NPR and the other mainstream media will be walking back
their attempts to link the bombings to domestic, right-wing groups– when?”
Still to be clarified. But perhaps one of the bombers liked Obama:
http://www.bob-owens.com/twitter-feed-suggests-boston-marathon-terrorist-was-an-obama-supporter.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BobOwens+%28Bob+Owens%29
Perhaps both now:
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/04/breaking-shots-fired-in-watertown/
Phillip,
Interesting about his Twitter feed and supportive statements about Obama. Any chance the press will run with that one? Maybe ask our President if this kid’s values are similar to Obama’s (at least in the early, Alinsky years)? What if this guy had made supportive statements about Bush? Hmm…
J. Christian,
We’ll see if it turns out to be true. But if so, I’m sure the media will be all over it. Yeah. Any minute.
Hmmm…the media is all over this story which IS important…but what about the Gossnell trial???