Tag: Bombings: Page 7

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No Charges for Man Who Shot Oklahoma Chief During Swatting Incident

Bullets then ripped out of Dallas Horton’s firearm, striking Ross’ vest-protected chest three times. A fourth bullet struck Ross’ arm.

January 19, 2015

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Authorities Think Tsarnaev's Friend May Have Supplied Gun Used to Kill MIT Officer

Federal prosecutors believe a Boston-area man, arrested this week on drug charges, possessed a handgun that the Boston Marathon bombing suspects are thought to have used to kill a university police officer, the man's lawyer said on Thursday.

July 23, 2014

Technology

TraceX Explosives Detection Kit

Morphix Technologies

Morphix Technologies developed the TraceX Explosive Detection Kit to help identify bombers, bomb-makers and bomb-making facilities by detecting the most common explosive materials and their precursors at trace levels in a single test.

July 23, 2014

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Authorities Think Tsarnaev's Friend May Have Supplied Gun Used to Kill MIT Officer

Details emerged Wednesday on another friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev who may have been linked to events surrounding the deadly attack, this one a high school classmate tied to a gun used to kill a university policeman during a manhunt for Tsarnaev and his brother.

July 22, 2014

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Tsarnaev Friend Found Guilty of Hiding Marathon Bombing Evidence

A former student at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth was convicted Monday of obstructing a terrorism investigation by concealing a backpack containing fireworks that belonged to his close friend Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.

July 21, 2014

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Louisiana Campus Evacuated for Bomb Threat

Louisiana State Police bomb technicians have detonated a suspicious package that was made to look like a bomb found near the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus Wednesday morning.

July 15, 2014

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Video: Minnesota Teen Planned to Bomb School, Murder SRO, Kill Family

There, the 17-year-old planned to set off pressure-cooker bombs full of nails and metal ball bearings in the cafeteria. Students who weren’t maimed or killed would be gunned down in the halls, he told police.

May 1, 2014

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Suspect Facing Charges After Boston Police Say He Dropped Backpack at Marathon Finish Line

Boston Police said two backpacks were left unattended by the finish line around 7 p.m. The Boylston Street area was shut down for about 3 hours, with pedestrians and motorists asked to avoid the area.

April 15, 2014

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Video: Heroic Boston Officer Recalls Marathon Bombing Response

He was just feet from the finish line, on-duty at the time, working crowd control, when the first bomb went off.

April 14, 2014

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Veteran Boston Officer Decorated for Marathon Bomber Shootout Dies on Duty

Dennis O. Simmonds, 28, was a highly decorated officer, with Boston Police for six years. Simmonds earned the department's highest honor of the Schroeder Brothers Memorial Medal for his bravery during the Watertown shoot-out after last year's marathon bombing..

April 10, 2014

Special Units

Taking Down Tsarnaev

Last April 19, Revere, Mass., Police Chief Joseph Cafarelli was leading the North Metro SWAT team as it participated in a massive manhunt. Units from federal, state, and local agencies—including North Metro SWAT—were literally going street to street and even building to building searching for the surviving Boston Marathon bomber.

April 2, 2014

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Officials: FBI Agent Will be Cleared in Shooting of Man Connected to Boston Bombing Suspect

The officials said that an independent investigation set to be released next week will also clear the agent, although the Florida prosecutor overseeing that probe denied Friday that he has come to a final conclusion on the shooting.

March 23, 2014