Police: Bombing Suspect Still on the Loose

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Officials confirmed early Friday morning that they are searching for the second Boston Marathon bombing suspect in Watertown following a chaotic night that left the first suspect dead.

The Associated Press is reporting the surviving Boston bomb suspect is identified as Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, of Cambridge.

"We believe this man to be a terrorist," Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis said at a post-4 a.m. press conference about the at large suspect. "We believe this to be a man who's come here to kill people. We need to get him in custody."

An MBTA Transit Police Officer was shot during the overnight manhunt through Cambridge and Watertown.

Richard (Dic) H. Donohue Jr., 33, is in surgery now at Mt. Auburn Hospital, according to a police spokesman just after 8 a.m.

The suspect is considered armed and dangerous.

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Updates

1:03 p.m.: Funeral services for the 29-year-old Medford woman killed in the Boston Marathon bombings Monday have been announced, according to the Boston Herald. The Herald quoted Krystle Campbell's grandmother as saying the wake is Sunday, from 3 to 7 p.m., at Dello Russo Funeral Home on Main Street in Medford. A funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph’s Church

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12:59 p.m.: The Transit Police officer injured in a shootout last night has been identified as 33-year-old Winchester resident Richard H. Donohue Jr. Donohue has been an officer with the Transit Police for three years, according to HomeNewsHere.com.

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12:56 p.m.: A Collier family statement was read on Channel 4: We are heartbroken by the loss of our wonderful and caring son and brother, Sean Collier. Our only solace is Sean died bravely, doing what he committed his life to—serving and protecting others. We are thankful for the outpouring of support and condolences offered by so many people. We are grieving his loss and ask that the media respect our privacy at this time.

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12:40 p.m.: At a press conference minutes ago, Gov. Deval Patrick said the stay indoors order remains in place, and the investigation continues to develop.

Police said surviving Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has not been apprehended at this time.

"There are continuing developments in the investigation which we will be able to talk about – not now, but later," Patrick said.

"We are progressing through this neighborhood, going door to door, street to street," said State Police Col. Superintendent Timothy Alben. He said they have searched about 60 to 70 percent of the Watertown neighborhood they have been looking at.

Alben also said there will be a controlled explosion at a home on Norfolk Street in Cambridge this afternoon, before proceeding with a search of the premises.

He said several new leads are developing, and another update will provided in about an hour.

Watertown Police Chief Edward Deveau thanked residents for staying indoors and allowing police to continue their search, but said more time is needed. He said it may be tomorrow or even further into the weekend before the crime scene is under control.

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino also spoke at the press conference.

"We're a city that's not going to let the terrorists win over," he said. "We're going to get through this, we'll be a stronger city as we move forward."

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12:24 p.m.: The Boston Globe created a map of the manhunt.

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12:18 p.m.: Slate writer Emily Bazelon said her two friends who went to school with Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at Cambridge Ringe and Latin, can’t believe he is capable of the terror he and his brother inflicted this week on Boston.

“He was really nice,” Bazelon said Sam Greenberg, now a junior at Harvard, told her, adding he played sports and was “pretty quiet.” “He was pretty quiet. Didn’t have a ton to say but was very normal, seemed like a nice kid.”

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12:02 p.m.: State Police Spokesman David Procopio told reporters gathered in Watertown that the gray Honda CRV is believed to have been involved in the carjacking last night. Procopio did not know how exactly it was involved, and that police have, in fact, found the car in Massachusetts.

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11:55 a.m. An emotional Ruslan Tsarni, the uncle of the two suspects, referred to his nephews as "losers" in a brief media availability held minutes ago outside his home.

"I never, ever would imagine that somehow children of my brother would be associated with that," he said. "It is atrocity."

Tsarni said his family has not seen his nephews since December of 2005. He said he never knew either of them to have any ill will toward the U.S.

"Even if I had a guess or something, I would just submit them myself," he said. 

Asked what might have prompted his nephews to set bombs and shoot police officers, Tsarni replied, "Being losers. Hatred to those who were able to settle themselves. These are the only reasons I can imagine. Anything else to do with religion, Islam, it's a fraud, it's a fake.

"Of course we're ashamed, they're children of my brother," he added. "I respect this country, I love this country."

Tsarni also urged his nephew, Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, to turn himself in to authorities.

"Turn yourself in," he said. "You bring shame to this family."

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11:48 a.m. The FAA has issued a temporary flight restriction, prohibiting air traffic in a 9 mile radius of Boston at less than 3,001 ft in altitude to provide for safe environment for law enforcement. This includes Watertown where the shootout occurred between police and suspects earlier this morning.

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11:28 a.m. A YouTube video, which purportedly documents gunfire during last night's shootout with police, has been posted in our gallery.  

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11:21 a.m. Acela Express & Northeast Regional service is suspended indefinitely between Providence, RI and Boston.

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11:16 a.m. Cab service in Boston restored, according to Boston Police. 

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10:43 a.m. Watertown Police Scanner: Police report they may have second suspect on the ground, at gunpoint. He reportedly "has a device" strapped to him. Location withheld. 

10:40 a.m. UMass Dartmouth is being evacuated. "Please leave campus calmly as soon as possible. Go to umassd.edu for more details." 

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10:24 a.m. The car has been found in Boston, according to Connecticut Police.

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10:08 a.m. BULLETIN: MA Plate 316ES9 - 99 Honda CR-V, grey in color. This vehicle may be related to the Terror investigation. Call 911 ASAP if seen. Connecticut Police are also looking for the vehicle. 

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9:57 a.m. Long Island News News 12 reports that a train was searched at the East Norwalk station in relation to the manhunt.

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9:34 a.m. More on the MIT police officer: Collier first joined the MIT Police Force in January of 2012. Prior to that, he was a civilian employee of the Somerville Police Department, according to the Middlesex District Attorney's office. 

Chief DiFava described Collier as a dedicated officer who was "extremely well liked" by his colleagues and the MIT community, according to a press release. 

Collier was reportedly found with "multiple gunshot wounds" around 10:30 p.m. Thursday on the MIT Campus.

He was later pronounced dead at Mass General Hospital. 

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9:33 a.m. The Middlesex District Attorney's office identified Sean Collier, 26, of Somerville, as the MIT police officer who was shot to death late Thursday. 

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9:31 a.m.

"Alvi Tsarni, whose nephew is Tamerlan, told WBZ-TV in an interview, that “it is not possible,” the two men raised committed the bombing and Watertown shooting. 

“I can’t believe this,” he told WBZ-TV. 

Tsarni said Tamerlan had been in the United States for 7 or 8 years and that he had spoken to him on Thursday, April 18. He said the boys grew up in Kyrgzstan.

Tsarni said he learned from a relative that Tamerlan had been killed. "

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9:03 a.m. Mass State Police's strike team is requesting MBTA buses to evacuate neighbors. 

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8:44 a.m. Boston Globe Reports: "BREAKING: Police have surrounded a home in Watertown in hunt for Marathon terror bomb suspect." [EDITOR'S NOTE: Address removed to avoid compromising investigation.]

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8:41 a.m. The suspects' uncle tells Fox 25 that they have lived here since 2000-2001, have two sisters in their early 20s, and their parents are back living in Chechnya. 

Asked what he would say to his nephew Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, on the run from police, right now if he could, the uncle said, "I would say Dzhokhar, turn yourself in. Turn yourself in. Whatever it is in your head, it's wrong. It's false. You murdered people. Go and ask mercy from the families. This is the only thing."

The uncle suggested the older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed during a shootout with police in early Friday morning, had an influence over his younger brother, who wanted to be a doctor and was going to college. In contrast, the uncle portrayed the elder brother as being unemployed and not going to school.

Asked if he had a message for the people of Boston, the uncle said, "I'm having this conversation, I was found by my last name. I extend my dearest condolescences, to the victims, to their families. I can't find the right words to express that. I feel for them. I feel for them. It's an atrocity, that's what I say, what's been commited. And it's done by cowards. The only name I would give them being cowards, nothing else."

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8:30 a.m. - Boston Police have issued new photo of suspect. 

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8:23 a.m. 

-NECN is reporting the controlled detonation of a pipe bomb after a cab was stopped by police in Kenmore Square. 

-The Associated Press confirms the suspects were brothers, citing an interview with three law enforcement sources and the suspects' uncle. 

8:17 a.m. All taxi service in the City of Boston has been suspended pending further notice.

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8:15 a.m. Nearly 1 million people now under stay-at-home order in Massachusetts. That's roughly 935,000 people. #OneBoston

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8:09 a.m.

Shelter-in-place—the order to stay indoors—extended to all of Boston, Gov. Deval Patrick says at briefing. Previously only Allston-Brighton section of Boston under shelter-in-place order, along with Watertown, Newton, Waltham, Belmont, and Cambridge. 

"There is a massive manhunt underway," Patrick said. "We've got every asset we can possibly muster on the ground right now."

People in those shelter-in-place towns are asked to not the door for anyone other than a properly identified law enforcement officer.

Officials identified MBTA Officer Richard Donahue, Jr., 33, as the transit police officer shot earlier tonight. Patrick said that Donahue was seriously wounded and is currently in surgery.

Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis said that over the last half hour, officials have been receiving information that has been communicated to Mayor Tom Menino. Davis stressed that "this is an ongoing situation."

State Police Col. Timothy Alben said that the hunt "may take hours" and that the first priority "is with these neighborhoods in Watertown, making them safe and finding this individual." 

7:54 a.m.

-Dead suspect has been identified as 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev according to NBC News. 

-Police conducted a controlled detonation in the area of Commonwealth Avenue and Charlesgate on Friday morning. NECN has video. 

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7:33 a.m. "Media/public advised to clear area of Norfolk Street in Cambridge. Ongoing investigation. Potentially dangerous. Stay clear." - Cambridge Police.

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7:10 a.m. Police are advising residents in the areas of Comm Ave. and Charlesgate that officers will conduct a controlled detonation

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7:06 a.m. Amtrak service temporarily suspended between Providence and Boston. 

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6:52 a.m. Lesley, Suffolk, Bentley and Boston College  are also closed today.

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6:46 a.m. Boston University and Northeastern also closed today. 

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6:02 a.m.

The Globe reports that Harvard, Emerson, and MIT are all closed today.

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5:50 a.m.

Law enforcement officials asking residents of Watertown, Newton, Waltham, Belmont, Cambridge and the Allston-Brighton neighborhoods of Boston to stay indoors and for businesses to not open today.

Also, no vehicle traffic will be allowed in or out of Watertown until further notice. 

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5:40 a.m. MBTA service has been suspended this morning. 

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5:30 a.m. Businesses in area of 480 Arsenal St closed until further notice. Employees instructed to remain home. Per Boston PD 

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5:28 a.m.

The first suspect was pronounced dead at 1:35 a.m. at Beth Israel Hospital, hospital officials said in a press conference.

Hearing the shots and explosions in Watertown, the hospital prepared for another mass casualty incident as on Monday. At 1:10 a.m. the EMS system notified the hospital that a patient was coming in with multiple injures—combination of potentially a blast injury and gunshot wounds.

That adult male arrived at the hospital under police guard at 1:20 a.m. in traumatic arrest with CPR ongoing. Physicians spent about 10-15 minutes trying to recesitate the suspect before he was pronounced dead.

Beth Israel initially had 24 patients from the bombings on Monday and still has 12 patients from the bombings in the hospital.

Physicians said they do not have any information on the identity of the deceased patient to release other than him being an adult male.

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5:12 a.m. A witness in Watertown tells Patch reporter Charlie Breitrose she was getting ready for bed when she heard multiple gunshots.

She thought they may have been fireworks, but heard about the MIT shooting on the news and wondered if they were related. 

"I heard big booms and then I really got scared," she said. 

She and her parents saw a man lying on the ground near Mt. Auburn Street, and police told them to go back inside. 

"I heard more gunshots, at least 12," she said. "We were all scared."

"Now it is hitting home," she added. "You can't get any closer. It is in my backyard...none of us are sleeping."

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5:04 a.m. All Boston hospitals are on lockdown at this time. 

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4:59 a.m. Police searching on Dexter Avenue.

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4:30 a.m. Patch reporter Franklin Tucker said that the manhunt is concentrated on the School Street and Laurel Avenue area—mainly everything south of Mt. Auburn Street to Arsenal.

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4:14 a.m. Police have released a photo of the second suspect from surveillance footage. 

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4:13 a.m. Police being told "not to use their radios." 

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4:12 a.m. Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis confirms via his Twitter account that "one suspect is dead. One at large. Armed and dangerous."

He refers to the "white hat suspect at large." 

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3:53 a.m. Officers say controlled detonation in area of Dexter and Laurel going to happen. Air horn before explosion.

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3:52 a.m. Police scanners indicate a team is heading to the Watertown Mall Target, perimeter is being held. 

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3:46 a.m. IMPORTANT: Update from Mass State Police: "Police will be going door to door, street by street, in and around Watertown. Police will be clearly identified. It is a fluid situation." 

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3:34 a.m. Boston Globe reporting that a transit officer has been shot, condition unknown. 

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3:28 a.m. From Patch reporter Franklin Tucker: "Just heard at road block that police are beginning to evacuate homes as the search continues."

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3:24 a.m. Media email from Watertown PD: "This is Detective Connors with the Watertown Police Department there's an active incident in Watertown. Chief Deveau is advising all east end Watertown residents to remain in their homes. if you hear or see anything suspicious call the Watertown Police Department at 617-972 6500"

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3:23 a.m. Open door at 465 Arsenal Street, Cops requesting flashlights and canines, per scanner. 

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3:15 a.m. MIT website says "it's safe to resume normal activities" on the campus. It encourages community members to "remain vigilant." 

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3:14 a.m. The FBI Boston Division issues a statement they are aware of the law enforcement activity in the greater Boston area. "The situation is on-going.  We are working with local authorities to determine what happened."

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3:12 a.m. Foot pursuit has ended, police said. "No active police pursuit at this time." 

Report of a white male on a bicycle wearing a white cap. 

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3:02 a.m. Police are engaged in a foot pursuit on North Beacon Street near the mall. 

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2:58 a.m. Mass Police: "There will be no briefing on the street in Watertown."

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2:54 a.m. From the State Police Twitter Account: "MSP assisting Cambridge, MIT police in investigation into shooting. Victim is MIT officer. No arrests at this time."

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2:48 a.m. Police scanners transmit police are looking for the suspect "in the white hat from the photos." 

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2:44 a.m. Reverse 911 call: "There is an active incident in Watertown right now. Chief Deveau is advising all residents if they see or hear anything to call the Watertown Police Dept."

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2:38 a.m.

-MIT police say suspect in fatal shooting of officer is no longer on campus, but is still at large.

-Newton Police are handling all police calls in Watertown unrelated to the incident. 

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2:25 a.m. Hazel Street home cleared, residents allowed back inside. 

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2:24 a.m. Reports of more possible shots fired in Watertown, location not known. 

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2:23 a.m. Resident at 14 Hazel reportedly heard foot-steps on the roof. 

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2:17 a.m. A Patch employee near the scene reports he heard "40-50 shots fired." Said he started counting after hearing "a dozen or so."

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2:15 a.m. From Patch reporter Franklin Tucker: "Cops are going up and down the side streets yelling at everyone to 'Get inside and lock your doors!' They are walking around with flashlights and guns drawn. On me!"

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2:07 a.m. SWAT on-scene. 

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2:05 a.m. Police are looking at a house at 14 Hazel Street with an open door. They are waiting for backup before entering. 

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1:57 a.m. Police have requested a reverse-911 message be broadcast to Watertown residents: "We dont want anybody coming out of their homes right now." 

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1:53 a.m. Police robot is still on Laurel Street. Residents report helicopters are "everywhere." Police search continues.

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1:38 a.m. Reports of an explosion, likely controlled and intended by police. 

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1:33 a.m. Police are reportedly advising journalists and other officers to turn off their cell phone devices. It is unclear why, though it may be due to concern about explosive devices. 

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1:30 a.m. A bomb team is working to clear multiple devices, sweeping multiple cars in the area of Mt. Auburn Street and Dexter Avenue. 

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1:26 a.m. Police may have unexploded devices on Laurel and Dexter, getting residents out of there. 

Another possible suspect may be involved. 

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1:25 a.m. Suspect is being held at Mt. Auburn St. and Adams St. in Watertown. 

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1:22 a.m. Boston Police Chief Linskey is on scene. 

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1:20 a.m. Police believe they have second suspect in custody. Potential mistaken identity, police are confirming. 

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1:17 a.m. "Party on the ground, Boston PD is requesting assistance on Upland." - Watertown PD Scanner

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1:16 a.m. One suspect remains at large. Another in custody. 

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1:03 a.m. Two officers are down at the scene in Watertown, as is one of the two suspects, according to police scanner reports.

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12:55 a.m.

Two men allegedly hijacked a black Mercedes SUV in Cambridge around midnight, according to police scanner reports. The men let the driver out of the vehicle on Memorial Drive about 30 minutes later, according to the reports.

Police then tracked the vehicle to Watertown and are currently in a shootout with the suspects near 105 Laurel St. in Watertown, according to the reports. There are also reports of explosions in that area.

It is unclear if this incident is related to the MIT shooting at this time.

ORIGINAL STORY

A MIT Police officer is dead after a campus shooting near Vassar and Main Streets, the Middlesex District Attorney confirmed early Friday morning. 

The officer was responding to a report of a disturbance when he was reportedly shot, a press release reads. Evidence was found of "multiple gunshot wounds." 

He was pronounced deceased at Mass General Hospital. Authorities are aware of no other victims.

No arrests have been made and the situation is ongoing. 

According to a report in the The Atlantic, MIT released an emergency alert at 10:48p.m. Thursday. 

"Shots fired near 32 Vassar Street (Stata Center)," the notice read. "Police officer down. Please stay inside."

At 12:01 a.m., the official MIT Twitter account tweeted, "Police are sweeping the campus in relation to the shooting at Building 32/76 (Stata/Koch), continue to stay indoors until further notice."

Patch will update this story as more details become available.