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Re: Shots fired at MIT - report of an active shooter near Bldg. 32 (Stata)

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Post by spitx »

weisser wrote: post #135
spitx wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Live WHDH coverage Streaming video: http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive Live WCVB coverage Streaming video: http://livewire.wcvb.com/Event/117th_Running_of_Boston_Marat... UPDATE: ------- [1] Image of Suspect #1 lying on the ground earlier suspected to have explosives underneath his clothing. [2] Took into custody only after fully undressing. [3] Was put in police vehicle naked. https://twitter.com/bruce_arthur/stat…

Isn't this insane? I'm watching http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive muted along with the police scanner. I cannot believe these crazy TV news people... I believe news 7 did a live report in front of the family's home of a person that died at the marathon...at 11pm. They really are heartless.

Surely.

Moments ago, WCVB had a live shot of the suspect lying on the ground arms stretched in front of him on the asphalt with police officers guns drawn but receding from him.

He may have warned them of detonating possible explosives on him.

Update:

GABE RAMIREZ (CNN Photojournalist)

Suspect was taken into custody after disrobing fully.

Suspect was put in the police vehicle "fully undressed."

"Thin darker skinned individual"

Re: Shots fired at MIT - report of an active shooter near Bldg. 32 (Stata)

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Post by orangethirty »

Am I crazy or does the person in this photo sort of resemble one of the people in the marathon suspect pictures released by the FBI? http://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/759765692....

I was wrong. But news outlets are reporting the people responsible for this tragedy are the same people suspected for the Boston Marathon bombing.

Re: Shots fired at MIT - report of an active shooter near Bldg. 32 (Stata)

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Post by WestCoastJustin »

Breakdown of what is happening on this reddit thread [1]. You can listen to the police scanner here [2]. Live steaming video here [3]. For those listening on the scanner this is the area/streets they are talking about [4].

[1] http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1cnwms/mods_removed_th...

[2] http://tunein.com/radio/Boston-Police-Fire-and-EMS-Scanner-s...

[3] http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive

[4] https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=100+talcott&hl=en&ll=4...

Re: Shots fired at MIT - report of an active shooter near Bldg. 32 (Stata)

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Post by weisser »

WestCoastJustin wrote: post #143

Breakdown of what is happening on this reddit thread [1]. You can listen to the police scanner here [2]. Live steaming video here [3]. For those listening on the scanner this is the area/streets they are talking about [4]. [1] http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1cnwms/mods_removed_th... [2] http://tunein.com/radio/Boston-Police-Fire-and-EMS-Scanner-s... [3] http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive [4] https://maps.goo…

A much-needed mirror (broadcastify is getting slammed): http://tunein.com/radio/Boston-Police-Fire-and-EMS-Scanner-s...

Re: Shots fired at MIT - report of an active shooter near Bldg. 32 (Stata)

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Post by WestCoastJustin »

weisser wrote: post #144
WestCoastJustin wrote: post #143

Breakdown of what is happening on this reddit thread [1]. You can listen to the police scanner here [2]. Live steaming video here [3]. For those listening on the scanner this is the area/streets they are talking about [4]. [1] http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1cnwms/mods_removed_th... [2] http://tunein.com/radio/Boston-Police-Fire-and-EMS-Scanner-s... [3] http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive [4] https://maps.goo…

A much-needed mirror (broadcastify is getting slammed): http://tunein.com/radio/Boston-Police-Fire-and-EMS-Scanner-s...

Updated -- thanks!

Re: Shots fired at MIT - report of an active shooter near Bldg. 32 (Stata)

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Post by [deleted] »

WestCoastJustin wrote: post #143

Breakdown of what is happening on this reddit thread [1]. You can listen to the police scanner here [2]. Live steaming video here [3]. For those listening on the scanner this is the area/streets they are talking about [4]. [1] http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1cnwms/mods_removed_th... [2] http://tunein.com/radio/Boston-Police-Fire-and-EMS-Scanner-s... [3] http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive [4] https://maps.goo…

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Re: Shots fired at MIT - report of an active shooter near Bldg. 32 (Stata)

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Post by a_p »

WestCoastJustin wrote: post #143

Breakdown of what is happening on this reddit thread [1]. You can listen to the police scanner here [2]. Live steaming video here [3]. For those listening on the scanner this is the area/streets they are talking about [4]. [1] http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1cnwms/mods_removed_th... [2] http://tunein.com/radio/Boston-Police-Fire-and-EMS-Scanner-s... [3] http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive [4] https://maps.goo…

The most accurate information may be gleaned from police scanners. News cameras may give you pictures of the amount of police officers at the scene, but they cannot get close enough to give you video of what's actually happening. The irony is that of those three sources of information (Web site, radio, news camera), the best source of "real time" information is the oldest. Yes, it's true that the scanner is being broadcast over the internet, but you could listen to the police scanner with amateur radio equipment decades ago.

EDIT: I find that it is much easier to listen to the police scanner than a news station, because the SNR ratio is much higher. When there is a break in the action, news reporters fill the air time with speculation or repeat the same old information. On the police scanner, when they have no new information, they are silent.

Having said that, I still find it cool to hear an officer ask the dispatcher (on the radio) to tell an overhead helicopter to point a searchlight at a certain location, and moments later see on television a helicopter flying overhead with its searchlight on.

Re: Shots fired at MIT - report of an active shooter near Bldg. 32 (Stata)

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Post by jlgreco »

ra wrote: post #71
untog wrote: post #5

Don't wish to make light of this at all, but I do wonder- how often does this happen? After all, "shots fired" is not an uncommon thing in many cities in the US. I just wonder whether we will look back in 12 months time at the "week of hell" and realise that it was actually just a week in which we found all the things that usually go on every week that we don't hear about.

Having never lived in the US, I find it astounding that you could make a comment like that and get so many nods. I've never even heard a gunshot, and I don't know anyone who ever has.

When I used to live in Philadelphia, summer holiday nights used to be very unnerving. Previously I had thought that firing guns wildly into the air in some form of celebration was something that was only done in underdeveloped countries... I grew up in a very rural area where there were lots of guns, but nobody was that irresponsible with them.

Re: Shots fired at MIT - report of an active shooter near Bldg. 32 (Stata)

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Post by marcamillion »

nikatwork wrote: post #137
marcamillion wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for this. Kinda feels weird sitting in Jamaica listening to the police scanner around MIT. Kinda awesome too - I know the tech is simple...but actually experiencing it, gives you this "world is small" feeling.

I would dearly love to be able to listen to the Jamaican police scanner!

Hrmmm....now that I think about it...so would I!

I wonder how that could be arranged.

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