had serious ailments lately. i m sure he s going to be speaking. let s listen, in fact, right now. good evening, everybody. and thank you, all of you, for your patience, and to all of the viewers and listeners in the area who have also been very patient. i m going to have colonel alban give a quick update on what we can say about the ongoing investigation. i ll have a couple of comments then about the stay indoors request, and then we ll turn it over to the mayor. and then to chief devoe from watertown here. thank you, governor. good afternoon. i certainly want to thank all of you for your patience. i know you re all tired. we certainly are as well. but we remain committed to this.
cambridge. that s going to happen on norfolk street at a house we have secured earlier today. it s done out of an abundance of caution. it s done for the safety of the law enforcement officials that are over there before they proceed with a search of that premises. so that will be happening this afternoon as well. our plan at this point as we are going to continue with the following up in that neighborhood, we ve got several other new leads that just developed within the last few minutes and we re working on that. and i will be back here, i hope, within an hour or slightly above that to give you the next briefing. should we have any development between now and then, i ll be back even sooner. so i want to turn it over to chief devoe from watertown. thank you, colonel. i want to thank the media for getting the word out. there s been a lot of heroic actions as you ll hear about in the next few days what happened last night, early this morning and over the last couple of days as everybod
norfolk street as a house that we have secured earlier today. it s done out of an abundance of caution, it s done for the safety of the law enforcement officials that are over there before they proceed with the search of that premises. that will be happening this afternoon as well. our plan at this point is we are going to continue with following up in that neighborhood. we ve got several other new leads that just developed within the last few minutes and we are working on that. and i will be back here, i hope, within an hour or slightly above that to give you the next briefing. should we have any development between now and then i ll be back even sooner. so i want to turn it over to chief devoe, please from watertown. thank you. i want to thank the media nor getting the word out. there s been a lot of heroic actions that happened last night and early this morning and over the last couple of days as
of boston. so much has transpired since 5:00pm eastern time yesterday when the fbi released photographs of the two suspects wanted in connection with the boston marathon bombings. the latest from the governor deval patrick. a couple of points i want to make, myself as the mayor, kernel albin and the chief of the watertown police force, chief devoe. we will not be able to take questions, i m sorry. i know you have many. first of all i want to we all want to thank the members of the public who have -p a pwaeuded honored our request to stay indoors. it s been enormously important and helpful to the many, many in law enforcement who are trying to do their jobs, and we thank all of you for helping to get
you all have it. that s the individual that we re looking for at this moment. that s suspect number two? that s suspect number two. the white capped individual. suspect number one was shot then? that s correct. i just want to be clear. we will do regular updates to this. but right now we re in a pub li safety mode. our concern is for people in that neighborhood right there. an active search by tactical teams to locate and apprehend this individual. he should be considered arm aed and dangerous and is a threat to anybody that might approach him. please, use extreme caution and stay in your homes. if you hear something, if you see something unusual, we d like you to call 911. i ll ask chief devoe of the watertown police department to a, the orod and the streets involved up there so everyone is clear on that. just an incredible morning. one suspect from the marathon bombings dead.