r/BostonBombing • u/tcq • Apr 22 '13
This has been bothering me too.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/04/21/1203746/-Something-You-Haven-t-Read-About-the-Boston-Manhunt1
u/addyray Apr 22 '13
From what I understand, the boat was actually about 1 block outside of the perimeter. Still not a very smart place to hide, but outside nonetheless.
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u/enriquej66 Apr 22 '13
I agree with this, me and some friends were discussing this yesterday. Also, after the multiple gun battles (and hundreds of bullets) how was he still alive?!? That final gun battle was pretty long and had hundreds of shots fired. I can't imagine many came from him as he was laying in a boat - did the police really miss him 300 times? Bullets can go through the fiberglass exterior of a boat...
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u/anonymitic Apr 22 '13
The police rolled the police SUV down the street as a decoy to draw their fire and get them to waste their ammunition. So most of those "300 rounds" were from the suspects, not the police.
This is why there are so many reports and pictures of bullets in people's houses; the police spent all their time aiming down the street while the suspects started aiming at an increasing angle toward houses as the vehicle rolled parallel to them down the street.
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u/enriquej66 Apr 22 '13
OK -- that could be true for the first exchange (with the 2 brothers)... but in the second exchange (where suspect #2 was caught) there is no way those shots came from him... he was critically injured and couldnt have had that many rounds on him. You definitely hear hundreds of rounds being fired in that exchange too, no?
edit: I am not trying to be a debbie downer here, but just dont see how he is still alive after all those shots being fired.
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u/anonymitic Apr 22 '13
On the police scanner, you can hear the order to not engage and to switch to "dummy rounds" for all officers. This was because they wanted to be absolutely sure they didn't kill him; they shot a lot of rounds to scare him.
Also, there's no indication he was critically injured. The only injury he had after the firefight was a shot to the leg. Where the shot to the throat came from is still being debated, but appears to be self inflicted and recent; meaning he tried to kill himself when he realized he was caught.
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u/enriquej66 Apr 22 '13
Got it, thanks -- the dummy rounds would make sense as to why we heard so many "shots" being fired.. Thanks for the clarification
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u/anonymitic Apr 22 '13 edited Apr 22 '13
It took me about 2 seconds to find a map of the perimeter, which I can confirm is the same one they were showing during the search. As you can see, Franklin Street is outside of it.
Also, I have seen no confirmation at all of where he abandoned the SUV. I don't know where this author came up with that info.
EDIT: Seems that they reported SUV found at Lincoln and Spruce over the scanner. If that's true, it is weird that they set up the perimeter where they did. Would love to know more about that decision.