It's over!

And I'm glad they got him alive so that

1) we can find out what they were thinking &

2) it will quieten all those conspiracy theories that always follow in the wake of something like this.

When and where?

He was hiding in a tarp-covered boat in a backyard in Watertown, MA. He was also injured.

He was hiding in a boat behind a house. The lady noticed the ladder had been moved and called the cops instead of checking it out - good move.

They fired a lot of rounds and put a flash bang into the boat and he still didn't come out. I don't know what made him change his mind.

He is hurt and they had an ambulance take him off. Don't know if it was from the previous gun fight, from the more recent shots or a combination of both.

I am completely in awe at the amount of leo's. Glad he's alive as well.

I've been getting a lot of updates from a good friend of my wifes who lives there. Like, RIGHT there. As in, she was locked down for most of the day, and had a half a dozen swat people clear her house before proceeding on. Interesting stuff to hear it from the inside.

Their uncle described the older brother as an angry looser
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/04/19/bombing-suspects-uncle-says-hes-shocked/

The town folks are cheering the cops/officers/teams as they pull out.

Kinda cool to see.

This has played out like a movie. How many screenwriters are furiously typing at this moment to wrap up their 3rd acts?

RexSeven wrote: He was hiding in a tarp-covered boat in a backyard in Watertown, MA. He was also injured.

Just heard someone say to the news that they didn't want to tell what hospital the guy is going to, and then minutes later another guy blurted out which one.

To me probably the most effective thing they did in this whole hunt was to lock down the town and require people to remain indoors.

That meant he was the only one moving, he couldn't count on finding a vacant house to hide in and he had eyes in every window of every house that could see him.

It effectively locked him down too.

On a side note, my wife was working a couple blocks from the Watertown border when they called the big lock down. Kinda crazy.

Not sure how I feel about this. I am not sure we really need to know too much more about the reasons (I suspect the older brother was the leader here anyway). Really don't like the idea of shelling out 40 grand (or whatever) a year to keep him alive for the rest of his life.

Good to see it's over, and quickly. Can't wait for the news to go into de-newsgazm mode.

I don't think there has ever been a lockdown of this proportion before. Think about it, nearly 8million people were forced to stay inside their homes and thousands of police officers responded. Heck, the national guard was even called in. I'm amazed that a response of this magnitude could be warranted by one person.

nicksta43 wrote: I am completely in awe at the amount of leo's. Glad he's alive as well. But honestly I was hoping some old mean ass veteran found him and had him in a basement somewhere slowly peeling pieces of his skin off.

In reply to aircooled:

It's not just his motivations, its who and what he knows. If this clown was influenced by or connected to a larger terrorist group, he might have names or future plans that can lead to further arrests and foiled plots. He could be a gold mine of intel.

aircooled wrote: Really don't like the idea of shelling out 40 grand (or whatever) a year to keep him alive for the rest of his life. Good to see it's over, and quickly. Can't wait for the news to go into de-newsgazm mode.

I thought child killers didn't fare well in the prison "community".

Mmadness wrote: I'm amazed that a response of this magnitude could be warranted by one person.

I'd say it was warranted by well over a hundred people... and then a police officer, and some other bystanders...

It would be one thing if the D-nozzle bombed the marathon and went into hiding. No, the chaos had to continue. I'm sorry, but at that point you don't know where it was going to escalate. Yes, escalate from the initial bombing. We still had/have no idea of motives or possible future plans.

Hammer time.

In reply to RexSeven: And he will probably trade that Intel off for dropping the death penalty......

yamaha wrote: In reply to RexSeven: And he will probably trade that Intel off for dropping the death penalty......

Rufledt wrote: I thought child killers didn't fare well in the prison "community".

I dunno, I kinda like the idea of him being alive, and slowing going insane among a population that won't ever sympathize with him.

Knurled wrote:

yamaha wrote: In reply to RexSeven: And he will probably trade that Intel off for dropping the death penalty......

Rufledt wrote: I thought child killers didn't fare well in the prison "community".

No death penalty in MA. If he survives his injuries he will rot in solitary for the rest of his life.

Knurled wrote:

Mmadness wrote: I'm amazed that a response of this magnitude could be warranted by one person.

I'd say it was warranted by well over a hundred people... and then a police officer, and some other bystanders... It would be one thing if the D-nozzle bombed the marathon and went into hiding. No, the chaos had to continue. I'm sorry, but at that point you don't know where it was going to escalate. Yes, *escalate from the initial bombing*. We still had/have no idea of motives or possible future plans. Hammer time.

Exactly, I can't remember an act of destruction were the person who caused it actually survived for a substantial period of time. It will be very interesting to hear what he had planned. From what the media reported, he was equipped to do much much more damage. Apparently his apartment was full of pipe bombs and he threw explosives at the pursuing officers last night.

On an off-topic note, the Boston police did ask the Dunkin Donuts to remain open, I'm not joking.

Rufledt wrote:

aircooled wrote: Really don't like the idea of shelling out 40 grand (or whatever) a year to keep him alive for the rest of his life. Good to see it's over, and quickly. Can't wait for the news to go into de-newsgazm mode.

I thought child killers didn't fare well in the prison "community".

That's kiddie diddlers.