One Boston Bomb Suspect Dead, One on the Loose

One of the suspects – “Suspect # 1” – in the Boston Marathon bombing is dead and the second suspect – “Suspect # 2” is on the run.

“Suspect #1” died overnight in Watertown Mass. following a violent shoot out with law enforcement officers, according to news reports.

Earlier on Thursday evening, both suspects committed armed robbery of a 711 near MIT and a police officer was fatally shot in his car. The suspects then fled to Watertown where gunfire ensued and Suspect # 1 was shot and killed by law enforcement.  It is believed that Suspect # 1 had explosives on his body.

Suspect 2 has been identified as Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, of Cambridge, Mass., according to news reports.  It is being reported that both suspects are brothers from the Russia region near Chechnya.

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The dramatic turn of events began Thursday night with a robbery at a 7-Eleven — where Suspect 2 was ID’d by police — which was followed by a fatal shooting of a MIT police officer at about 10:30 p.m. in Cambridge, Mass.

Police say the suspects then committed an armed carjacking in Cambridge. When police pursued them into neighboring Watertown, the suspects threw explosive devices out of the stolen car.

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