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ComradeCosmobot posted:Reportedly this was near the Shell station down near the Micro Center (Magazine and Memorial). Where is that in relation to the 7-11?
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:35 |
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ToastyPotato posted:Where is that in relation to the 7-11? Depends on which one. It's probably not close at all. If the robbery was related to the shooting, it's probably the 7-11 in Tech Square. But who knows? It could (unlikely!) be the one in Central Square too. The Shell station is basically on the other side of campus (and then some) from where the shooting happened.
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:36 |
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Not really very near either of the 7-11s in Cambridge, but the car was carjacked elsewhere, so.
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:36 |
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God damnit. Monday, I leave class to find that some fuckhole bombed the Boston Marathon. Tuesday, I find out my neurologist suspects that my twice-weekly mild seizures are in fact ministrokes and I likely have multi-infarct dementia. Wednesday, my job turns to comforting my students and helping them make sense of Boston, because many of them have formed a running club with my marathon-running boss and they are running the Bolder Boulder in a month. It's my job to be aware of the cruelest images they are likely to see and the most odious responses they may read so I have some way to answer for this ugliness. After class, I find out about the Texas fertilizer explosion. Today, M.I.T. I hope that in four years when I am dribbling into a cup and swearing jihad on Cookie Monster, this week will not be my sole remaining memory. I'm just telling myself that this is hard because it has to be. We can't avoid tragedy and sorrow, but we can learn to enjoy every single day we have left because of it. Tomorrow I am spending the day on my beloved plains. I will walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs and rest in caves and shelters broken out of the canyons by long-departed nations. We've had to contemplate life and death far too frequently than any of us should. I think I need to spend a day with eternity.
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:37 |
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What the fuck, world. And as if it's not bad enough I'm in this thread and this is what I see when I reach the bottom: ![]()
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:37 |
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So is the carjacker a different person then the shooter now. Jesus Christ, how many people are running around town tonight with guns out?
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:38 |
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why can't people ever just knock it the fuck off
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:39 |
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Forearm posted:So is the carjacker a different person then the shooter now. Jesus Christ, how many people are running around town tonight with guns out? It's a big city, sadly neither armed robbery nor carjacking are super rare here. Shooting campus police is fortunately rare.
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:39 |
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Forearm posted:So is the carjacker a different person then the shooter now. Jesus Christ, how many people are running around town tonight with guns out? Unclear. As of two minutes ago, the shooter is still considered at large.
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:40 |
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Feranon posted:why can't people ever just knock it the fuck off http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLgYAHHkPFs ![]()
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:41 |
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Forearm posted:So is the carjacker a different person then the shooter now. Jesus Christ, how many people are running around town tonight with guns out? Guy who got carjacked just told officer this possibly is relating to the shooting at MIT and that suspects are possibly going to New York. This thread moves fast.
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:41 |
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ToastyPotato posted:Where is that in relation to the 7-11? About a mile and a half by the most direct route. I don't know that they are related although I may have missed something. Hockles posted:Why do I have a feeling that this is also very near Petey. I'm home, now, so the only thing I'm in immediate danger of is an Armenian uprising. Which would at least be delicious.
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:41 |
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caldrax posted:What the fuck, world. Where does it go when you click on it? It may be a clue. Stolen SUV is possibly heading to New York.
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:41 |
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Come on no reason to make things worse by playing the dreadful song.
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:42 |
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ComradeCosmobot posted:Unclear. As of two minutes ago, the shooter is still considered at large. Yep. Carjacking details: quote:Listening to police radio now - reports that two "Middle Eastern men", both armed, hijacked a Mercedes SUV license plate 137-NZ1 at 831 Memorial Drive in Cambridge (at the Shell station).
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:42 |
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You can't go blaming Yoko Ono for this, come on now.
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:42 |
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Shots fired at other officers now. The ones that were in pursuit of the carjackers. If I'm hearing this correctly. There was also some radio chatter I didn't quite get.. something like State police(?) were clearing out from Mass General (?) fast. The guy talking made some emphasis on the word "fast".
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:45 |
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Sounds like they may have found the Mercedes and the drivers are shooting at the police...?
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:46 |
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Kafka Esq. posted:CNN, too. This would have been an incredible scene if it wasn't for the fucking music.
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:46 |
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Just heard tons of sirens outside of Harvard Square. Police are hauling ass to wherever things are going on. E: I'm never leaving my apartment again ![]()
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:46 |
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Petey posted:Yep. Given that you're reading csail-related, I'll have you know that you only reposted the NBCConnecticut link because I read it in this thread before you even saw it. ![]()
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:47 |
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The cops REALLY want this SUV right now. All these units reporting in to dispatch that they're going to the chase, holy shit.
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:48 |
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Getting reports from twitter that the carjackers(?) are exchanging heavy fire with police in Watertown. I think they're reacting like this on the chance that these guys are either the MIT killer, the bombers, or both.
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:49 |
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Teddybear posted:Getting reports from twitter that the carjackers(?) are exchanging heavy fire with police in Watertown. What the fuck? I thought this was relatively over. Wow.
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:49 |
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Teddybear posted:Getting reports from twitter that the carjackers(?) are exchanging heavy fire with police in Watertown. That's consistent with what I just heard - tons of cops heading west on Mass Ave through Harvard. E: HOLY FUCK GRENADES?
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:49 |
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Amos Moses posted:The cops REALLY want this SUV right now. Holy fucking shit all these cops joining the chase.
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:50 |
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Amos Moses posted:The cops REALLY want this SUV right now. Some one post a live feed to the chase when it gets on TV. Also cause I'm sure I'm not the only one who needs it The general feel good thread: Cute, Adorable and Uplifting Mk. III thread.
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:50 |
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Whoever the dispatcher is needs to train all the other dispatchers in the country. She's on top of everything.
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:50 |
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Anyone know what police band they're all using for the pursuit? OFFICER REPORTING GRENADES SHOTS FIRED, EXPLOSIVES. GRENADES
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:50 |
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Grenades?
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:50 |
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FUCKING GRENADES. HOLY FUCK.
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:50 |
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Teddybear posted:Getting reports from twitter that the carjackers(?) are exchanging heavy fire with police in Watertown. Just heard a boom in Brighton.
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:50 |
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It sounds like every cop in Boston is responding to this SUV chase/shootout. Edit: Grenades?
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:50 |
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Holy shit, shots fired, something about explosives and grenades.
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:50 |
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People on twitter saying that the cops are working under the presumption that the carjackers are the Marathon suspects. Not sure how true any of that is.
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:50 |
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Holy fuck.
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:50 |
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Holy shit did they say someone had fucking grenades??
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:50 |
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They just said they have grenades, what the fuck? And near houses, too ![]()
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:50 |
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Petey posted:I'm home, now, so the only thing I'm in immediate danger of is an Armenian uprising. Which would at least be delicious. I say that, and then there are sirens outside my door. Scanner just announced they have grenades and explosives. Shots fired. They're down the road from me.
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# ? Apr 18, 2013 20:50 |
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I'm in Brookline and I'm hearing a lot of sirens go by. I think they're reacting under the assumption that these are related. WHAT THE FUCK THEY HAVE EXPLOSIVES.
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