officers that lost their life or were seriously injured, we are committed to seeing a conclusion to this case. thank you. thank you, colonel. in light of the status of the investigation here in watertown and the developments in the course of the day, the stay indoors request is lifted. the t is opened effectively immediately. we are asking the public to remain vigilant. if you were out, continue to be alert to suspicious activity and backpacks and remember there is still a very, very dangerous individual at large but we feel confident, based on what we know about the status of the investigation right now, that to that extent we can return to living our lives. we begin in the areas where the
about whether that s true? i think that s going to go to the investigation and i don t want to comment on that. should i feel safe to let my kids out of the house? i think you should be reassured by the enhanced presence of the state police in the watertown police department being here in your neighborhood and we are convinced that we did absolutely everything that we could in this neighborhood to ensure that this individual is not where he left last night. last question, colonel. last question. how did he get away? how did he get away? and do you have a sense of where he is? he abandoned a car that he used in a pursuit from cambridge here to watertown last night. in terms of how he got away, he did it on foot. he fled on foot. i don t know where he went specifically after that. so he abandoned the car and
menino is there and i believe we re going to start the press conference. let s listen in. 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 alben 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 the t and then we will turn it over to the mayor and then to chief devoe from watertown here. first to colonel alben. thank you, governor. good afternoon. i certainly want to thank all of you for your patience. i know you are all tired. we certainly are as well. but we remain committed to this. we do not have an apprehension of our suspect this afternoon. but we will have one.
careful and contact their local police department if they even suspect they identified him. are you concerning of the arsenal bomb making material? we ve done a number of searches this afternoon but again it s going to go to the investigation and i don t want to comment on that. there s a lot of questions about why. well, i think that would always be law enforcement s preference but sometimes those are decisions that they take away from us and we hope that s not the case here and that s why i m appealing to him to give himself up. do you think that they were together at some point and then separated? they were together last night. one of them was killed and one of them fled the scene. how did he do that exactly? on foot this is a homicide case that we re talking about and i don t want to discuss the evidence in this te case. colonel, can you tell us
on emergency deployment. we are working 12-hour shifts and there will be a significant police presence throughout the city. please give us some space around the copley area as we process this scene. again, if there are any any pieces of information or photos from the incident, getting those to the two tip lines, the fbi tip line primarily, they are now in charge of the investigation because of the nature of this investigation, as well as the boston police line at 1-800-494-tips. i would like to invite the district attorney to say a few words. thank you very much, commissioner. earlier this afternoon, like so many bostonians, i was on boylston street near the finish line. had left about 30 minutes before this incident occurred. a short time ago, commissioner davis, myself, colonel alben and special agent delorea and our top staff went down to the scene. it was a large and disturbing