City Councilor Matt O’Malley, who lives in and represents Jamaica Plain, had some harsh words on Twitter for Arkansas state Rep. Nate Bell, who brought the gun debate into the Boston Marathon tragedy. Bell wrote on Twitter this morning, “I…
Month: April 2013
Faulkner, other hospitals in lockdown
JAMAICA HILLS—Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital at 1153 Centre St. is among the Boston hospitals in lockdown right now, according to hospital officials. And the Martha Eliot Health Center at 75 Bickford St., operated by Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH), is…
Gov. Patrick: Everyone in Boston stay home
Gov. Deval Patrick said everyone in the entire city of Boston should stay home and keep their doors locked until the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect has been captured. Patrick spoke at a televised press conference to announce the latest…
Bomb suspect at large is Cambridge teen
The Boston Marathon bombing suspect currently on the run has been identified as Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, of Cambridge, according to the Boston Police Department. The FBI also released a new photo of Tsarnaev, a normal portrait-type image. The Boston…
All T service shut down by manhunt
All MBTA public transit is shut down until further notice due to the manhunt for the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings and other crimes, according to the MBTA and officials at a televised press conference today. Officials also…
Police: Bomb suspects linked to tonight’s crimes; 1 dead, 1 still at large
The suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings are also suspects in tonight’s crimes in Cambridge and Watertown, including the killing of a campus police officer and explosives thrown at police cars, according to State Police at a televised press conference…
BPD head indicates 1 bomb suspect dead, 1 at large
Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis has indicated in a tweet that one Boston Marathon bombing suspect is dead and another is still at large. “One suspect dead. One at large. Armed and dangerous. White hat suspect at large,” Davis tweeted…
FBI releases close-up photos of bomb suspects
The FBI early this morning released new photos of the Boston Marathon bomb suspects showing their faces closely. The photos were released as chaotic gunfire and possible explosions erupted in Cambridge and Watertown, including the killing of a Massachusetts Institute of…
Red Cross CEO runs marathon, then helps victims
Jarrett Barrios, the chief executive officer of the American Red Cross of Eastern Massachusetts and a Jamaica Plain resident, had his first-ever run of the Boston Marathon halted by Monday’s bombing. Then, despite hurting his leg during the run, he…
FBI releases images of 2 bombing suspects
The FBI has released images and video of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing at fbi.gov. The images appear to show two men, one in a dark baseball cap and one in a white baseball cap, each carrying a…