shelter in place recommendation has been extended throughout the city of boston. there is a lot of information coming in. we are working very closely with federal authorities in washington. we are examining all databases. all potential leads and officers moving around the city right now. please be patient with us. work with us. if you see anything suspicious, let us know. we are trying to make this safe as quickly as possible. but this is an ongoing situation. i want to stress that. this is an ongoing situation. colonel timothy alvin. first, i want to say thank you to each and every one of you. you got the message out to the neighborhood. i have to ask to you continue to do that. our number one priority right now is with the neighborhoods here in watertown and making them safe and finding this individual. that s what we re committed to, we need more time, we re making significant progress up there. but it may take hours to do this. so please bear with us. i know that there is a lot o
0 in the shooting death of an m.i.t. police officer. police may believe he is one of the suspects in the boston marathon bombing. he should be considered armed and dangerous. it is a threat to anybody that might approach him. the associated press is reporting right now, we have not confirmed the associated press is reporting that both of these suspects, the one who is dead and the one on the run, they believe they re from chechnya and they moved here awhile ago. legally. that is being reported right now by the associated press. we will be reporting on that as we can all morning. we have learned that the second suspect, second suspect is dead. suspect number two on the run right now, people are told to be staying in their homes right now in the town of watertown, the surrounding towns, as well, and being told to avoid public transportation. it s completely shut down. subways, buses not running and amtrak not coming in and out of the city. we wanted to update you on the major develop
one suspect is dead. the other at large. police are on the trail. they believe they have kind of cornered him in a building in the watertown section of boston. if you are just joining us and just waking up to the news it started at 10:30 last night when these two suspects robbed a 7-11 in cambridge and went to the cam pus of mit where they shot and killed an mit police officer, car-jacked a car and then the police started chasing them into watertown. the watertown area. as they were doing so. the suspects were throwing explosives from the car. they arrived in the watertown area there ensued a gun ask the fight. the guy in the black hat got out of the car. he had an ied strapped to his body and mr. white hat escaped. he is at large considered at large and dangerous, and the entire area of watertown, the western suburbs of boston have been shutdown. that s where we are right now, as we start the full court press this morning. we will monitor the situation and keep you updated
white hat is the one that the police are still looking for. actively at this moment, they have shut down busses and subways in boston. they are warning people to stay away from those platforms, not to wait or congregate in areas. they want people locked in their houses and is away from the street. what do we know about these guys? nbc news is reporting they have international ties, may have military experience and appear to have been in the u.s. for as long as one year. and they do seem like there are some military ties here to be this well suited to all these things. people are already speculating that they might have some sort of military background or training at least that has come in. andrew. i was just going to say, the organization that must have been required for what took place early this week but for clearly the amount of ammunition and bomb making that story question, right? i would be and by the way, if they re only searching for one person and they
point all of boston. all of boston. this is a serious situation. we re taking it seriously. we re asking the public to take it seriously, as well. and with this law enforcement, by following those simple instructions, we have every asset that we can possibly muster on the ground right now. they are doing a terrific job and working in concert with each other, but we are going to need the public to help us help them stay safe. where are you, commissioner? right behind you. thank you, governor. as the governor said, this is a rapidly developing situation. within the last half hour, we received information that i have communicated to mayor menino the mayor asked me to come here and to tell you that the shelter in place recommendation has tended throughout the of boston. there s a lot of information coming in. we re working very closely with federal authorities in washington. we are examining all databases, all potential leads and there are officers that are moving around the ci