MIT shooting cause this week hasn't sucked enough

Word is that there is a suspicious package on the MIT campus. The school has issued warnings. Stay safe.

"Down on your knees"

"Get down on your knees!"

Holy shit

Did they get him!?

Yeah, I heard the "get down on your knees". I'm guessing it's just another bystander though, don't you think?

"What is your location, sir? Sir? What is your location?"

I lost the scanner I was listening to. What the hell happened?!

All is well. False alarm.

"Roger, you can cancel that, all is well."

Things are slowing down, sounds like they are gonna end up waiting until sunrise to start a search.

Yeah, suspicious package at 500 Memorial Drive. May just be an abundance of caution.

Fucking Twitch Admins shut down one of the Scanner feeds. The fuck man? Luckily someone started up another right quick. The hell is there problem though?

Also the dead suspect was shot and not killed by the explosive device.

Where's the new scanner?

LOL. The guy is playing Hotline Miami so his stream looks legit and not like a scanner feed.

Here is another scanner that you can use. I'm not sure if it is picking up the exact stuff that the twitch channel is. You might have to refresh the page a couple of times to get it to work.

@kishinfoulux: Which scanner were you following on Twitch?

http://www.twitch.tv/john_is

Oh no, 3 injured officers.

http://tunein.com/radio/Boston-Police-Fire-and-EMS-Scanner-s146109/

They didn't sound too serious though, might just be three officers just injured seperately throughout the night that have congregated at the command post.

Yeah, maybe just grazed in the firefight? Would make sense.

Good. The banned account got unbanned. That was pointless. Scanner is back at http://www.twitch.tv/febtv

Crazy, crazy night.

Or just fell, or pulled a muscle while running, or whatever

This is so surreal. My friend and I have been following this since the beginning and yet everyone else is asleep.

Playing Hotline Miami while a police scanner covering a live crime plays over it must be some kind of performance art critique of modern media, right?

There's now doubt about Suspect 2's identity, might not be Sunli.

I've been up since I got the WCVB alert on my phone. Surreal suits it perfectly.

@breadfan said:

Right there with you, duder. This is the first time I've ever followed something from the very beginning like this, it's been very surreal. Technology is pretty amazing when you can get near-instantaneous news like this.

If Suspect 2 is supposed to be "White hat", isn't he more caucasian?

Police have said Suspect 2 is a caucasian male with long curly, brown hair wearing a gray hoody sweatshirt.

4 AM here. I should try to go to bed now. I hope they catch this mother fucker.

4AM here, too. I need to get up in four hours... ha. Dangit.

They've been calling suspect 2 Mike Mulegata, or White Hat. They've never called him Sunil. Sunil is supposedly suspect 1, the suspect that is dead.

@fengshuigod: Yeah, that was my understanding as well. I guess I can see where the confusion might be.

Other way around I believe.

It's going to be crazy if I go to sleep in an hour, wake up and find they still haven't got this guy.

Yes. Pictures of "White Hat" have been compared with Sunil, the missing Brown student.

@kishinfoulux: Doesn't sound very crazy to me. It's been several hours already.

Sounds like things have just returned to the house by house search. I think I'm going to go get some rest.

Good luck with the search, guys! I know we're all just watching it unfold, but it was interesting. You all have a great night. Hopefully this will be resolved by the time I wake up in a few hours. :)

I have seen conflicting reports both ways. I'm thinking I might be wrong though.

The MIT officer who was killed may have saved countless lives if he had not seen the two suspects.

Reports are saying the second suspect is dead...

Sunil Tripathi appears to be the White Hat that was seen at a 7-11 earlier tonight. He fits the description of the one they are pursuing now. Sunil Tripathi(white hat) is the one on the run.

Where'd you hear that?

Also FBI Press Conference. http://livewire.wcvb.com/Event/117th_Running_of_Boston_Marathon

That officer is also confirmed as dead. :-(

This shit is bananas

@kishinfoulux: Basing that off the Reddit posting. I hope it is wrong. I want him caught alive.