One suspect in this week's deadly Boston Marathon bombing was killed after a shootout while a second suspect is still at large and the subject of a massive overnight manhunt in Massachusetts, police said early this morning.
The man the FBI identified Thursday as suspect 2 in photos related to the Boston Marathon bombing investigation is on the loose and is armed and dangerous, police said. He is the target of an "active search by tactical teams."
"We believe this is a terrorist, we believe this is a man that's come here to kill people," said Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis said in a brief press conference this morning.
The first suspect was killed after exchanging fire with police officers, during which multiple explosive devices were detonated, police said. Officials at Beth Israel Hospital reported they received one patient who later died, but could not confirm it was the first suspect. That patient came in under guard and had suffered blast, shrapnel and so many gunshot wounds that caregivers were "unable to count."
One police officer was also injured and is in critical condition at a local hospital.
Police also released a new image of Suspect 2, which they said was taken at a Cambridge 7-11 during an alleged robbery there.
Watertown police have blocked off at least one town street and multiple police cars, ambulances and fire trucks are on the scene.
Before the press conference, the FBI said, "We are aware of the law enforcement activity in the greater Boston area. The situation is ongoing. We are working with local authorities to determine what happened."
Massachusetts state police have tweeted guidance for Watertown residents to stay in their residences and not answer their doors unless it is for an identified police officer. Police are "going door by door, street by street, in and around Watertown. Police will be clearly identified. It is a fluid situation," according to the state police tweet.
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer was fatally shot Thursday night near a building on the university's campus in Cambridge. There is no word if the investigation in Watertown is connected to the MIT shooting.
The Monday bombing near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed three people and injured more than 170 more. Thursday evening the FBI released images of the two suspects in the case.
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