it will be an ongoing investigation. it is a criminal investigation that has the potential, is a potential terrorist investigation. we will be working diligently to gather information, and gather all the facts and bring those who are responsible for this crime to justice as swiftly as possible. it is an ongoing investigation as governor patrick mentioned. i m not at liberty right now to go into details of that ongoing investigation but echoing governor patrick s words, i encourage everyone to have a heightened state of vigilence here in the boston area tonight and tomorrow as we move forward. i urge anybody who has any information pertaining to this crime to call 1-800-call fbi. this is a tip line that we have set up, ready to receive tips that might come in or leads that might come in. the fbi is bringing a substantial, very, very substantial federal resources to bear along with our federal partners, atf is well represented here, gene marquez
path. thank you very much. i m gene marquez, acting special agent in charge. atf, boston field division. at this time, atf has done a partial nrt, national response team activation. we re bringing our explosive specialists here to the team and we ll be working jointly with the atf with its partners on the jttf. we have certified explosives specialives, explosives enforcement officers, special agent bomb techs and canines that are trained. at this time, we have approximately 30 forensics specialists on the scene and to dispel any rumors, there were rumors floating around there were up to seven devices at one time, that is not true. i think that happened as a result of some suspect packages
i m a, i m gene marquez, acting special agent in charge, atf, boston field division. atf in partial of our response team activation. we re bringing our explosives specialists here to the scene and we will work jointly with the fbi and partners in the jtt. if we have certified explosive specialists. we have explosives enforcement officers. we have special agent bomb techs and we have k-9s that are trained to detect any explosive devices or any residue. at this time we have a approximately 30 forensic specialists in or out on the scene and to dispel any rumors there were, there were rumors floating around there were seven devices, seven devices at one point. that is not true. i think that happened as a result of some suspect packages that were disrupted but we only have two devices that we re aware of.
investigation that is has the potential is a potential terrorist investigation. we will be working diligently to gather information and gather all the fax and bring all those responsible for this crime to justice as swiftly as possible. it is ongoing investigation as governor patrick mentioned. i m not at liberty right now to go into details of that investigation. echoing governor patrick s words i encourage everyone to have a heightened state of vigilance here in the boston area tonight and tomorrow as we move forward. i urge anybody who has any information pertaining to this crime to call 1-800-call-fbi. this is a tip line we have set up ready to receive tips that might come in or leads that might come in. the fbi is bringing a substantial, very, very substantial federal resources to bear along with our federal partners, atf is well represented here. gene marquez key allies of