arrested. there were devices unexploded found at the original scene? which original scene? on the marathon route? no. we cleared dozens of packages that had been dropped by people fleeing the scene. everything was treated suspiciously. in a situation like this, bombers often target first responders. we were expecting another device. we handled that very, very carefully. the eod teams did a tremendous job. there were no other devices found on the route. his sentiments are echoed by his counterpart in watertown, chief devoe. russian intelligence asked the fbi to interview the older brother back in 2011 after he returned from six months in russia. authorities were concerned he d become radicalized. we re live in moscow to explore the russia connection. phil, at this stage are authorities in moscow giving us any indication speaking publicly as to why they made that request?
getting robocalls like this one. hello. this is the watertown police department. there s an active incident in watertown right now. chief devoe is advising all residents to remain in their homes. if you hear or see anything suspicious, call the watertown police department at 617 617-990-6500. let s bring you up to speed on how everything developed. we have been covering this all night with the mayhem unfolding overnight starting with the shooting on the campus of m.i.t., the massachusetts institute of technology in came bridge. that s one mile from where john and i are standing right now one mile from the scene of monday s boston marathon terrorist attack. and an officer at m.i.t. was killed in that shooting a short time later with a carjacking by the two suspects wanted in that shooting and a police chase with
police s.w.a.t. teams going door-to-door in watertown. they re asking people to stay home, lock your doors. do not answer your doors unless you see a bona fide law enforcement official outside. this is an ongoing investigation. we can t get into details on the descriptions of the suspects or the names. we re trying to get information out to the people who live here, that they should stay in their homes, and not open their doors unless police officers are there. there s a 20 block perimeter around the location that chief devoe just talked about. we are concerned about securing that area and making sure that this individual is taken into custody. we believe this to be a terrorist. we believe this to be a man who s come here to kill people. if you re just joining us, there was a shoot-out overnight. and suspect number one in the boston marathon attack killed. suspect number two on the loose. we re going to take a look at some amateur video from the
and not open today until we can provide further guidance and information. so again, to repeat, to the residents of watertown, newton belmont, cambridge and the us aton brighton neighborhoods of boston, we are asking you to stay home, stay indoors. we are asking businesses not to open. we are asking people not to congregate outside. we are asking people not to go to mass transit. and we are hopeful that as the day proceeds that we can provide further guidance that we ll be able to open portions of the system and be able to ease these restrictions. but we are opposed to that now. let me ask chief devoe, is there anything else we want to say?
mbta, the transportation authority here, is sending buses to the watertown area to help remove the people who live there, evacuate some people, just get them out. get them to safety so they can do this manhunt and go door-to-door in the meticulous way they want. we do not want friendly fire if there will be fire going on. this is a residential neighborhood. so this is what law enforcement does, you get the citizens out and you now secure the area and hopefully as i have been saying when daylight comes, they ll be able to, he ll be more exposed than he has been. one of the ways they have been warning people in the watertown area is with phone calls, robocalls made to most of the residents there. let s listen to what it sounds like. there s an active incident in watertown right now. chief devoe is advising all residents to remain in their homes. if you hear or see anything suspicious, call the watertown