Sunday, April 21, 2013

Younger bomber killed his older brother by running him over with the hijacked SUV

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4/20/13, "‘Talent, Guts And Glory’: Watertown Police Chief Tells CNN The Riveting Story Of Bombing Suspect Capture," MediaIte, Matt Wilstein

"CNN’s Wolf Blitzer sat down Saturday for an extensive debrief interview with Watertown Police Chief Edward Deveaux that covered nearly every aspect of the whirlwind couple of days that this small Massachusetts suburb endured....

The 30-year police veteran also explained to Blitzer how the Tsarnaev brothers ended up in his town of Watertown in the first place, after they had carjacked a civilian’s SUV in Cambridge. He described the dramatic scene in which approximately 200 rounds were exchanged between the suspects and the Watertown police officers, as well as a pressure cooker bomb very similar to the one used in the original marathon bombing event that was hurled at police. Deveaux confirmed that the suspects had handguns, a rifle and at least six bombs, three of which exploded during the shootout....

Deveaux also revealed new details about the moment that the older suspect, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was run over by his younger brother Dzohkhar. He explained that Tamerlan had run out of ammunition during the firefight with police, allowing them to run in and tackle him and try to get him in handcuffs. As Deveaux described it, at that moment the highjacked SUV, driven by Dzohkhar came speeding towards the officers on the ground, who dived out of the way before the SUV ran over Tamerlan. By Deveaux’s account, it was the younger brother Dzohkhar who effectively killed his older brother Tamerlan by running him over."...

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