An MIT campus police officer has been killed, and a transit policeman shot and in serious condition in Watertown, Massachusetts nearby some time later. An enormous collection of police and law enforcement has converged in the Watertown area and there was a gun battle involving explosives (used by the suspects) on Laurel Street, Watertown. One suspect was apprehended there and the other escaped by ramming police cars with a Mercedes SUV. The Boston Globe reports the man arrested is one of the FBI’s suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing. At this time the Watertown area is being searched and a second suspect (in the shootout on Laurel Street) is on the loose. Police scanner traffic indicates there is an extensive bomb clearing operation underway on multiple streets.
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