We are only two miles away from where the second suspect may be hiding. You can hear the helicopters overhead.
I woke up at 5.30 am ready to start my day and was shocked to read that our entire area is in lockdown mode. I’m listening to the Boston police scanner and monitoring Twitter. What’s happening right now is too surreal to articulate.
Since all schools and businesses are closed, and meetings have been cancelled, we are all huddled at home, monitoring the news and also trying not to think about near misses. For example, a close friend of ours is usually on the same street block during the time where/when the MIT security officer was shot last night. Her daughter dives at MIT, and she parks on that same street to pick her up–and, they often walk around afterwards to get a snack.
It’s a truly eerie time.
I’m grateful to the 9,000 people out there looking for the second suspect and who are risking their lives to do so.
Here’s a helpful summary (from entrepreneur Wayne Chang) of what’s happened so far as of 6.50 am:
Quick recap (pt 1):- 7-Eleven robbery- MIT officer fatally shot- MBTA officer in severe condition- Mercedes stolen
— Wayne Chang (@Wayne) April 19, 2013
Quick recap (pt 2):- Firefight with explosives in Watertown- Suspect #1 had explosives strapped to chest, detonated when detained
— Wayne Chang (@Wayne) April 19, 2013
Quick recap (pt 3):- Police, SWAT, DHS, etc set up perimeter, with Watertown Mall as command center.- Waited for daylight for advantage.
— Wayne Chang (@Wayne) April 19, 2013
Quick recap (pt 4):- Motion sensor went off at 100 Talcott Ave. Suspected safe house.- Ongoing street by street, house by house sweep.
— Wayne Chang (@Wayne) April 19, 2013
Quick recap (pt 5):- Public transit shut down.- All res in Boston & surrounding cities to remain indoors.- All businesses shut down.
— Wayne Chang (@Wayne) April 19, 2013