MIT: Shooter On Loose; Officer Down

Atlantic Wire ^ | 18 April 2013

[NautiNurse]

MIT issued an emergency alert at 10:48 on Thursday night reporting shots fired on the university campus. The school newspaper reports, "Shots fired near 32 Vassar St (Stata Center), police officer down. Please stay inside." That report is backed up by CBS News's Bonney Kapp who reports hearing "officer down" on the police scanner just before the MIT alert went out. For now, details are scarce, but the suspect is on the loose and considered armed and extremely dangerous.

[nutmeg]

Most of the time, the traffic over our radios is pretty generic, even boring to an extent. We do have TAC channels, that we may go to when a tactical situation arises. Here is the rub though, because so many different agencies are involved in this event, BPD, WPD, MSP, CPD and MBTAPD, it is necessary to share one frequency that all of them have. We call it the MRD channel here in NY, because going to TAC does not allow us interagency comms.

Thank you for that very interesting information, ConservativeNewYorker. I had no idea...

[mylife]

Brilliant. /s

[Pinkbell]

My understanding is that the cop was shot in a shoot out with the suspects. Suspect 1 is dead, and the cop is now in the hospital.

[Ray76]

This is great in traffic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnU7WFyZS3M

[Pikachu_Dad]

code 50

475 arsenal court

something? residents taken out of their house

why is it dexter and ?

that is where the bus is located,

no, it should be here in a minute

any idea if it is closer or wrong location

unclear

do you have another roster that can maintain perimeter

walkover

? and dexter. walkover.

come a block for that location

we don’t want htem up here

walkover

going to report in ? a party supposedly no desciption crouched down

one more

120 poplar peering out of the bushes sp male

[mylife]

Who are the terrorist’s? again?

[nutmeg]

120 Poplar... male... peering out of the bushes!

[Ray76]

“peering out of the bushes”

They will soon have him!

[amom]

Ah thanks for the clarification. I’m monitoring two scanner feeds but missing the news conference.

[ConservativeNewYorker]

You are most welcome.

[Drago]

Drudge staff must all be asleep!! (again)

[Pikachu_Dad]

59 and 53 echo
59 and 23 echo
thank you

yankee al
go ahead
walked on
did the watertown public works barriers, do we know where they want them
where can you direct that
at the command post

yankee charlie 2
some information first suspect had a explosive device on his chest that exploded when he was taken into custody.

units use caution, he might have an explosive object on his person.

[nutmeg]

Use caution... may have an explosive item on his person!

[amom]

If they keep this one alive they can ask him questions...if not then...

saying he might have explosive object on his person.

[nutmeg]

Holy crap!

[Right Ahead]

The guy in the grey hoodie is the suspect on the loose. Wait, dark colored hoodies belong to African Americans. Why would an Arab terrorist be wearing one?

[nutmeg]

89 Dexter

[onyx]

A man seen carrying a backpack near arsenal court. Any innocent fool walking around Watertown carrying a backpack better just lay down right now. Has to be him....stand by for more scary stuff. They are closing in on him.

Yikes.

[amom]

Drudge staff must all be asleep!! (again)

STILL? lol

[penelopesire]

Thanks...alert went out...suspect might have explosives on his person...’suicide vest’ ?? They know he has explosives..he has been tossing them all night everywhere.