Boston on lockdown as police hunt suspect(Video)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0" height="270" id="flashObj" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=2311395733001&linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Faje.me%2FZBpOzO&playerID=664965303001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAmtVJIFk~,TVGOQ5ZTwJZbyLu770YWZ_LE4OaoU5Nv&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=2311395733001&linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Faje.me%2FZBpOzO&playerID=664965303001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAmtVJIFk~,TVGOQ5ZTwJZbyLu770YWZ_LE4OaoU5Nv&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="480" height="270" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object><br /><h2 class="articleSumm" id="ctl00_cphBody_dvSummary" style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px;">One marathon-blasts suspect dead and massive manhunt under way for second suspect at large, Massachusetts police say.</h2><div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The US city of Boston and surrounding area have been locked down amid a massive manhunt for a second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, after the first suspect died following a shootout with police.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">"The shelter in place recommendation has been extended throughout the city of Boston," Ed Davis, police commissioner for Boston, said on Friday.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">"We are working very closely with federal authorities in Washington. We are examining all databases, all potential leads," he said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">"If you see anything suspicious, let us know."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The huge police operation started after a police officer was killed at the nearby MIT university campus late on Thursday.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Police were conducting a door-to-door, street-by-street search on Friday due to what they called a fluid situation.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">NBC and the Associated Press news agency reported that the suspects were originally from Russian region near Chechnya.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The <em>New York Times</em> newspaper's website, quoting a US law-enforcement official, identified the surviving suspect as 19-year-old Dzohkar A Tsarnaev of Cambridge. His brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the other suspect, was killed in a gun battle with police overnight.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><strong>Residents warned</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Massachusetts state police warned local residents not to open their doors while the hunt for the second suspect was under way</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">"We believe this to be a terrorist," Davis, Boston police commissioner, said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">"We believe this to be a man who has come here to kill people. We need to get him in custody."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><a class="InternalLink" href="http://www.fbi.gov/news/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston" style="color: #fb9d04; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The US Federal Bureau of Investigation had earlier released pictures and video </a>of the bombing suspects, enlisting the public's help in identifying two men wearing backpacks and baseball caps in the crowd minutes before bombs exploded near the finish line.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Boston police said on Friday that all transit service by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority "has been suspended until further notice" as a manhunt for a suspect was ongoing.</div><div class="in-article-item document" style="background-color: #eeeeee; clear: left; 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text-decoration: none;">Follow the latest updates</a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Vehicle traffic was also suspended in and out of Watertown, Boston police said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The captured suspect died while in hospital after a firefight with police on Friday.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">"For public safety ... we are asking everyone to shelter in place for the time being," the official said.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Doctors at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre said that police brought a suspect in with injuries at 1:20am local time (0520 GMT).</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">He died shortly from multiple bullet wounds and what appeared to be a blast injury.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Earlier on Thursday evening, a police officer for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was killed at the school's Cambridge campus, prompting a manhunt in a community on edge just days after the Boston Marathon bombing.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">MIT said early on Friday that the university's police had determined that the suspect in the shooting was no longer on campus and it was now safe to resume normal activities.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><strong>Motive unknown</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Massachusetts state police and Cambridge local police said they were assisting in the investigation.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Procopio said the motive for the shooting was not known and the investigation would be led by the Middlesex county district attorney's Office after the death of the officer.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Greg Comcowich, FBI Boston special agent, said the office was referring questions about the shooting to Cambridge and MIT police.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">"I can tell you that we are aware of it however."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">The shots on Thursday night were reported near Building 32, MIT said in an emergency statement warning students to "stay indoors and away from the area."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">MIT police representatives could not be reached immediately for comment.</div></div></div>

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