The Boston marathon bombing case has taken a wild turn in the city, as police have killed one suspect and another is holed up in a house, as the two men in photos released by the FBI Thursday were identified as brothers Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev and they are the main suspects in the bombing.
One brother was killed after a spree that saw the two shoot a police officer and rob a convenience store before throwing explosives at police in Watertown. One is now reportedly surrounded by police while another suspect is also at large. One was an amateur boxer and student and had a scholarship to school and are originally of Chechen origin.
The young man seemed timid and tended to walk alone, he said. But the rest of the family was a bit of a mystery, O'Neill added - neighbors were not sure, for example, if the suspect had a sister too.
O'Neill was trapped behind a police line Friday morning and could not get home, having fled Cambridge Thursday night for a friend's house after he heard about the MIT shooting.
The Boston Marathon, run for its 117th consecutive year on Monday, is one of the most prestigious in the sport and attracts runners from all over the world. It requires most runners to qualify by having run fast times in other marathons. Many runners spend years trying to meet the standard.
Boston police spokeswoman Angeline Richardson said the department had not been notified of any thefts. Marathon spokesman Marc Davis also said he was unaware of such a theft.
Several gold-colored medals strung on yellow-and-blue ribbons for runners of Monday's Boston Marathon were being offered for sale on eBay on Thursday, listings the manufacturer described as "disgusting" because of the twin bombings at the finish line.
Dan Ashworth, president and owner of Ashworth Awards of North Attleborough, Massachusetts, which has made medals and pins for the marathon for the past 31 years, said passersby may have picked up medals in the chaos and could be trying to profit from them. Some were fetching bids of more than $500.