alive, may still have explosives on his body. and that is why people have to be so concerned. we do know authorities are going door-to-door, they re clearing yards. they re clearing other areas, to try to get a handle on this. but the concern is that that suspect may have explosives on him. back to you. and indeed, joe, the doctors at the hospital where suspect number one, the one who died, was taken, told us that there were signs of not just gunshots in their news conference, not just signs of gunshots, but also signs of blast or explosive residue on the body. joe johns, thanks for that report. that is why perhaps they are concerned about suspect number two, that he could be carrying explosives. you re looking at live pictures right now that says boston right now where we believe there is some police activity under way. those coming from our affiliate whdh. not sure what is happening just in that neighborhood right now. but again, an enormous amount of police activity in and around
so that part of the investigation continues. you obviously have the wounded, i think it s 56 are still in hospitals, six still in critical condition. you have the service that the president came to boston to on thursday held here. watched in person by more than 1,000 and outside the church and on television by much of new england as well as most of the nation. and really a heart felt moment where a community was very much united and brought together and i i would say from those that i spoke to, it was a very important moment, i think, for people to in their hearts realize that as a community, things are okay. and, kerry, if you and george could just may be a little unsettled. i want to go to whdh s
because they pushed everyone back. we have no idea if this person is connected to anything. like you said, could be the wrong person, wrong place. wrong place, at the wrong time. we don t know. you re watching live coverage of a developing breaking news story out of watertown, massachusetts. that s our boston affiliate whdh. and i want to bring in kerry sanders. i have some information for you from the new york times. i want to summarize their account of what happened this evening. they re quoting a source that said there were two young men who began shooting at dozens of police officers from behind that black mercedes suv and as they were shooting at them, they then lit a bomb and threw it at the officers where it exploded. that one of the gentlemen ran toward the officers, he was tackled, they don t know if he was shot or injured in any way and the other one drove off and sped away. our affiliate whdh also is
disturbance on the m.i.t. campus that the police officer responded to. we don t know. and, kerry, i want to keep you on the line one second if i may and bring our viewers up to speed. you are seeing and hearing two different things. we re hearing a live report from nbc s kerry sanders on the phone. we are watching live video coverage from nbc affiliate whdh in boston. the story as it s developing, explosions reported in the town of watertown, massachusetts. witnesses say they heard at least three booms this evening. there s speculation that at least one person may have been taken into custody. there s a massive police response there at this time. this follows earlier violence in cambridge, massachusetts, that s at about 4 1/2 miles away from watertown, roughly a 15-minute drive away. earlier then evening, an m.i.t. campus police officer was shot and killed and the suspect in that case is also still being pursued. kerry, i want to bring you in if i may. you mentioned that police were
nbc s boston affiliate whdh. you can see the spot shadow there. the photo appears to show a bag sitting on the curb and after the explosions, the bag is gone. any number of things could explain why the bag is gone. is this a clue, is this a signal, or is this noise? we do not yet know. investigators are beginning to piece together crucial information about the bombs themselves. metal containers and in one instance a pressure cooker stuffed with bits of metal intended to become scraps of metal. they found a lid of a pressure cooker on the roof from the blast. today, a report that new information is available about what was used to ignite the bomb. they say it was the kind of battery that you typically find in little remote-controlled cars made in china and sold by the many thousands. investigators have also recovered a circuit board used