This story is probably one of several that goes back over events and fills in details on some of the areas that were a little unclear before.
For example...
The chase for Mr. Tsarnaev and his brother and alleged accomplice, Tamerlan, began Thursday night with the fatal shooting of a campus police officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After the shooting, the brothers allegedly used a gun to steal a Mercedes sport-utility vehicle, forcing the driver to give them his ATM number before pushing him out of the car.
The brothers fled, one driving the stolen Mercedes and the other their own Honda. They used the Mercedes' owner's ATM to withdraw $800. Police were able to track the Mercedes using its owner's cellphone—which had been left inside during the carjacking—to a back street in East Watertown, Watertown Police Chief Edward Deveau said in an interview Saturday.
About 12:25 a.m. a Watertown police officer spotted the cars and began pursuit. The officer's superiors told him not to stop the cars until backup arrived. But within two blocks, the brothers halted.
"All of a sudden they stop, jump out of the car and immediately start shooting at my police officer," Mr. Deveau said.
The officer backed up, and from 30 feet away began returning fire. Five more officers arrived. More than 200 gunshots were fired during a roughly 10-minute exchange. At one point, a suspect hurled a bomb that caused a "huge explosion," Mr. Deveau said. Police believe that bomb was like those used in Monday's attack because they later found a pressure-cooker lid embedded in a nearby car. The brothers also hurled four smaller grenade-like devices. Two exploded. Two failed to detonate.
At some point, Tamerlan Tsarnaev left cover and approached the police, firing. When the suspect ran out of ammunition, an officer tackled him in the street. As officers tried to apply handcuffs, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sped at them in the stolen Mercedes.
"Somebody yells, 'Get out of the way,'" Mr. Deveau said. "They look up and here comes the brother in the black SUV roaring at them. They dive out of the way, barely get out of the way."
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ran over his brother, dragging him under the car for about 40 feet. The brother was then taken to Beth Israel Deaconness Hospital where he died.
already, in that excerpt, a few details I find extraordinary: one officer facing down two men shooting at him until backup arrives, and then, when the older brother runs out of ammunition, they don't shoot him, they tackle him? just amazing.
oh, and the end of the story indicates that someone with a bullhorn had announced that the "suspect" had been captured alive, and then all the cheering and clapping broke out. I had heard some officious snob was worried about why people were cheering or what they were cheering, well that twit can now apologize for accusing others of blood lust. btw, when I saw that on the news, it seemed to me that people were expressing appreciation for the job that law enforcement had done.
