Shooting at MIT (And continued events in Boston 18-19 April)

You guys should be able to listen to the scanner here:
www.broadcastify.com...

hopefully it works.

My skype source is saying that there's been a HUGE explosion, 7 ambulances and 3 fire trucks just went by.

I'm willing to go out on a limb and say an armed robbery usually does not involve grenades and explosives. These could be the guys, or another part of a "cell" ??

Reporting explosives strewn all over the street now (Mass State Police Scanner)

still reports of loud booms and explosions. CONFIRMATION OF 2 PEOPLE. They have "long rifles"

Live video feed going here: livewire.wcvb.com...

Several units with long rifles.....this is getting interesting.....

REPOSTING LIVE SCANNER LINK

www.broadcastify.com...

dES

reply to post by kosmicjack


In a chaotic trauma situation with cell phones aplenty, I'd expect "confirmations" of a lot of assertions . . .

assertions that

1. were wrong based on flawed perceptions
2. were wrong based on flakey mentalities and emotionalities
3. were wrong based on raging biases
4. were partly wrong . . . see 1-3 above

5. were right based on first hand observations of high quality
6. were right based on good hunches, logic and/or great intuitive perceptiveness.
7. Were mostly right to right based on inside information from first responders
8. were mostly right based on such

etc. etc. etc.

PERSONALLY, I'd rather have all that stuff on the table for the incredible diversity of fine minds on ATS to sort through and make some discerning assessments of. Sooner or later the truth TENDS to out. It seems to me it NEEDS to be a robust process to result in the best conclusions.

imho, ATS has far too many knee-jerk sorts of naysayers ready to squelch all manner of early inputs strictly because of their biases; their personality variables; their emotional denial of hazards etc. I don't see those factors as all that contributive toward truth or accuracy.

IN ORDER TO

DENY IGNORANCE,

WE MUST HAVE

TONS OF INFORMATION. imho, taking it all in, INITIALLY, is essential.

Setting up a perimeter around a building. The car is behind it.

Second officer down. This is definately something the police have to risk their lives for. They have to catch them!

More State Police units heading to the scene in Watertown now. Calling in the airwing (helos) now.
(Mass State Police Scanner)

There is reports one suspect is down!
Scary!

something about sticks of dynamite being thrown.

Reports of explosives going of, multiple officers down. WTF is going on?

How could they have so much fire power unless they planned to go out like this?

Originally posted by HomoSapiensSapiens
reply to post by JayinAR

 

People are really still on edge - the amount of bomb scares and general "false alarms" is really growing this week - just today, a couple of universities (including the entire CSU in LA) were evacuated due to a bomb scare!

It's as if we've forgotten all about North Korea. Reality is truly turning into what you see in the movies and tv shows. We are on edge of our seat, and don't lnow what's going to happen next (or do know-since so many shows are predictable), we just don't know what the next big thing will be is the scary part.

News report on grenade and guns
RT @suntimes: live TV feed from Boston: livewire.wcvb.com... … Pitched gun and grenade battle underway ...

reply to post by kosmicjack


It sounds like it has calmed down with the live feed. Weird how quickly it is over. Are they did or caught?

Man on foot going through back yards, mentioned he is HEAVILY ARMED (emphasis from officer)
(Mass State Police Scanner)

Originally posted by Phoenix267
There is reports one suspect is down!
Scary!

They may have one? How is this may?

Now they are retreating? What?