**[BOSTON BOMBINGS SUSPECTS]** - MIT Shooting|Shootouts And Explosions|Officer Dead

I... I went to school with the living suspect. I didn't know him personally, but I was close to people who did. Wow.

I think they have got him.

Wow, that must be shocking. It's always alarming that someone that you've seen and vaguely know in school could do something as terrible as these acts.

A few of his "friends" spoke to local and main media and said he was a relatively "calm" guy and that they were surprised that he would commit such acts...

Source?

The cops thought they had him several times - turned out to be misguided and false.

I'm not seeing anything on local or main...

I have to say, this all seems a bit like bungling from the US forces here.

One Islamist, 19 years old and a whole city is on lock down for a day?

The Israelis sweep up these guys all the time and have the traffic running within 20mins.

Possible outcomes

1) Suspect is shot dead by the police. This would not be good because then we would not know why they did it (unless there is evidence found in their house etc). No suffering for their crimes and no justice. Also, no opportunity to find accomplices.
2) Suspect is captured alive. This is the best option for the security forces, but how? There were reports his brother was wearing a bomb vest so I don't know how he could be captured.
3) Further attacks. Suspect has explosives and weapons. Further casualties. This would give away his location at least, but would still be on the run.
4) Suspect gives himself up. His uncle has asked for this on TV
5) Suspect escapes forever

Whatever happens he must be running out of food, energy and time. It's quite unbelievable that he hasn't been caught already. The only way I can see him surviving is with the help of somebody, but this would require communication which would be monitored.

Any thoughts on where he is and how he is surviving?

I never met him, but I never heard anything negative about him. I'm sure they're being truthful about it; CRLS (the high school we went to) is a place that will not tolerate any sadistic behavior(/speech) as has become apparent in him now.

Amazing how someone can seemingly abruptly change - maybe he was strongly influenced by something/someone...?

You alright?

I wouldn't.

She'll be of the same extremist ilk.

Very rarely do the parents genuinely not know or realise.

He's detonated a bomb injuring hundreds. He's shot dead a cop. He's chucked grenades and explosives at cops. He's laced streets and buildings with explosives. He's shot at and injured cops (15 cops admitted to local hospitals in aftermath of Watertown shootout) and he's also wearing a suicide bomb vest and is injured. And on top of that, his brother is dead (and he won't be too pleased about that).

I highly doubt he's going to give himself up.

That's a lot of weapons. Wonder how/ where he got them?

he lives in america dude...

he lives in america dude...

Yeah, I'm curious to know what caused him to do all this.
I'll be okay. It's just rattling that I knew him...

You guys still think it's a lone wolf?

He's eluded the cops for so long now - personally, I believe he and his brother were never working alone. I think they might have been part of a cell. Whether that cell had any religious elements to it remains to be seen...

Hmmmm....yeah, maybe he had a time of weakness and a big impression was made on him? Someone did say in a new interview that his older brother was a little radical and had a big influence on his younger brother (i.e. the current suspect), so maybe his older brother is a major cause in the change?

We don't know yet - but I fear we will never know fully his motives if he's gunned down by cops or tries to go out all guns blazing :s

Did you manage to get any sleep (it's like late morning/early afternoon there now?)?

Mmm. That seams like the most likely. I'm worried about him potentially committing suicide in order to avoid arrest/prison/etc though.

I got 4 hours. 6 am - 10 am. It's currently 4pm here.

How would he communicate with them? The security forces shut down access into and out of the city, the mobile phone networks and would be monitoring it anyway, so any communication would be tracked.

Mmm. That seams like the most likely. I'm worried about him potentially committing suicide in order to avoid arrest/prison/etc though.

I got 4 hours. 6 am - 10 am. It's currently 4pm here.