the chases would on into the night and the boston suburb of watertown. just after 1:00 al, witnesses heard gunfire, dozens of officers moved in, s.w.a.t. teams in full body gear carrying assault rifles. we heard gunshots and saw the explosion. i actually saw a black suv come down laurel street, cross over dexter. it likes like they hit a police car. police now knew who they were dealing with, two brothers, 26-year-old tamerlan tsarnaev and 19-year-old dzhokar tsarnaev. the older brother got out of the car, parentally ready to go down and take others with him. we re told he was wearing explosives and a trigger. his younger brother, in a car,
into the night and into the boston suburb of watertown. just after 1:00 a.m., witnesses heard gunfire. we heard gunshots and then we saw the explosion. i actually saw a black suv come down laurel street and cross over dexter. it looked like day hit a police car. they were just shooting at that. police now know who they were dealing with. two brothers and 19-year-old dzhokhar. they seemed cornered and were desperate to escape. police say they threw exploes efs out the window at them. we re told he was wearing explosives and a device to trigger them. police shot him. he would die, soon.
after a night of chaos and violence. advising all watertown residents to remain in their home. reporter: residents woke up in the middle of the night during a shootout between police and the boston marathon bombing suspects. they say it was like being in the middle of a war zone. we heard gunshots and then we saw the explosion. i actually saw black suv come down laurel street, cross over dexter. looked like it hit a police car and they were just shooting at that and just loaded with that. i freaked out. i called 911. we re like we don t want to freak you out but there s a shooting right outside of your house. you need to get down. i crouched down and i saw the bullet come from here through there. it was so scary, so loud. reporter: police rushed into homes with guns drawn, many families lives disrupted. families are still out here
is. so that is the latest here from watertown, which i can tell you visually is buttoned up tight. now i want to toss to some sound from a witness who witnessed some of what was happening last night on the streets here in watertown. take a listen to this. we thought we heard firecrackers, so me and my son looked out the third floor window and we heard gunshots. and then we saw the explosion. i actually saw a black suv come down laurel street and cross over dexter, it looked like it hit a police car and they were just shooting at that. we must have heard about 60 gunshots. reporter: that is similar to what other witnesses i talked to, it sounded like a running gun battle car to car through the streets. and at one point the police issued a notice that they had to clear the streets to make sure
i actually saw a black suv come down laurel street, cross over dexter. it looked like it hit a police car. and then they were just shooting at that and just loaded with that. we must have heard about 60 gunshots. what was that explosion like? it was pretty loud. it shook our house. obviously, that is an impression from somebody who has witnessed the suspect on the left, if you re able to see him, he was killed in the shootout. he apparently had explosives strapped to him and somehow may have detonated. sources warn that the man on the right is rigged with similar exploes is. that s why there s such an abundance of caution going on right now. i want to bring inneric micaddo now. eric, you were a friend of the younger suspect, dzhokhar. you seem to know a lot about him. begin with telling us when you knew him.