reporter: what a week it s been for boston police, fbi, multiple jurisdictions throughout this year. and with that news tonight, people to the streets of watertown where this whole thing went down to cheer the police. look. reporter: what a crowd. suddenly fear turned into relief. the boston marathon suspect, dzhokar tsarnaev. there is also plenty of appreciation here in boston for the s.w.a.t. team. it swooped in and helped in this manhunt.
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,
able to take control of him. they said he was weakened by board loss. susan, let me jump in. i want to explain to our viewers what we re looking at. this is a photograph of cbs news. this is the boat with this t.a.r.p. i don t know who this person is. this is the boat. oh, this is him i m being told, dzhokar tsarnaev, the 19-year-old as he was getting out of his boat finally. that s right. then there s another photograph of them tending to him. he is whisked away. but the most remarkable fight happened after that as police
ran over him and then escaped. 900 police officers were immobilized. this is my home and it s scary to think of your homes alike a war zone almost. around 4:00 a.m., authorities released a new photo of dzhokar tsarnaev parentally taken from a convenience store camera. there s a manhunt under way. public schools and university like harvard and m.i.t. closed. trains, subways, ordered to stay put. an historic city in danger and in fear. we believe this to be a terrorist. reporter: brian todd, cnn, boston. all of this ended with dzhokar tsarnaev on a boat and this is a photo of that moment. he was on a boat on a trailer.
the art of dzhokar tsarnaev was greeted by cheers. we ll have a live report from poppy harlow to the reaction of the arrest. friday night s dramatic events followed a massive manhunt. after thursday night s gun fight that resulted in the death of his older brother, dzhokar tsarnaev was finally cornered late friday afternoon hiding on a boat in the backyard of a watertown home. now we go to cnn s edward davis. he exchanged gunfire with the police this afternoon. there was an exchange back and forth of gunfire this afternoon in the boat location, is that correct?