Boston police hunt second bombing suspect: One suspect died

One marathon-blasts suspect dead while manhunt is on for second suspect at large in Watertown; Massachusetts police

Two Suspects

One of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing has died in hospital and police are searching for another who is at large in the Boston suburb of Watertown, officials in the US state of Massachusetts say.

Massachusetts state police have warned local residents not to open their doors.

"One suspect dead. One at large. Armed and dangerous. White hat suspect at large," Ed Davis, Boston police commissioner, said on Twitter on Friday.

Later Davis said of the man at large: "We believe this to be a terrorist. We believe this to be a man who has come here to kill people. We need to get him in custody."

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation released pictures and video on Thursday of two suspects in the marathon bombing, enlisting the public's help in identifying two men wearing backpacks and baseball caps in the crowd minutes before bombs exploded near the finish line.

Police were conducting a door-to-door, street-by-street search due to what it called a fluid situation.

"We believe that one of the suspects was struck and taken into custody," a Boston police official said on Friday.

The captured suspect died while in hospital after a firefight with police on Friday.

"For public safety ... we are asking everyone to shelter in place for the time being," the official said.

Doctors at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre said that police brought a suspect in with injuries at 1:20am local time (0520 GMT).

He died shortly from multiple bullet wounds and what appeared to be a blast injury.

Earlier on Thursday evening, a police officer for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was killed at the school's Cambridge campus, prompting a manhunt in a community on edge just days after the Boston Marathon bombing.

It was not immediately clear if the police activity in Watertown was related to the shooting at MIT, or if either was connected to the bombing of the marathon.

David Procopio, a spokesman for Massachusetts state police, said that while he did not believe the MIT shooting was connected to the Boston Marathon bombing, "I can't say that with 100 percent certainty at this time" .

MIT said early on Friday that the university's police had determined that the suspect in the shooting was no longer on campus and it was now safe to resume normal activities.
Source: Aljazeera Posted by Unknown 4/19/2013