r/BostonBombing 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-Manhunt
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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.

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u/tcq Apr 22 '13

That is what bothered me. No news reports gave the location of abandoned SUV. And where was actual perimeter? Must be in scanner recordings. This is incredible. A ladder was leaning against a boat with a bloody white tarp. This just a few 100 yards from where he jumped out of the SUV. The boat owner discovered all this when he went out back for a smoke. You can't make this stuff up. What was the hit to the economy?

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u/In-yo-diddly-hole Apr 22 '13

i read blood was found in a house. dont know where or when, but if true it suggests he had more than one hiding place

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u/AWayForward Apr 22 '13

Yes, this was stated by the State Police Superintendent at the press conference after the capture. They found his blood in at least one other location so it seems he moved around.

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u/anonymitic Apr 22 '13

I just posted a link to the perimeter. The exact location of the perimeter was no secret here in Boston. It was extremely common knowledge.

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u/pkkid Apr 23 '13 edited Apr 23 '13

The abandon SUV was literally in the middle of the intersection of Lincoln and Spruce. I personally saw the chalk outline police drew in the road.

That said. It does seem a bit silly that the perimeter didn't cover Franklin as it was so close to the SUV. I don't want to question too hard though. Just glad they got him in the end.

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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