# Explosions at Boston Marathon **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 15, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781 "2013-04-15T19:16:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 33
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/641 "2013-04-19T07:01:12Z")
[https://twitter.com/sethmnookin](https://twitter.com/sethmnookin) > [@](#): > > Seth Mnookin ‏@sethmnookin 2m > > “One more suspect at large. Two accounted for should be revised. One accounted for. One at large.” - state police PIO. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/642 "2013-04-19T07:01:45Z")
Unconfirmed suspect names: Suspect 1: Mike Mulugeta Suspect 2: Sunil Tripathi Unclear which is which. Skolnik mentioned something about one of them being a missing student from Brown… ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/643 "2013-04-19T07:02:03Z")
I keep hearing one bombing suspect is dead. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/644 "2013-04-19T07:02:34Z")
They’re backing off on the second guy. Not sure which one that is. They just released new pictures. Much clearer this time. If they have the guys they can definitely identify them now. Now they just reported two guys under arrest again. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/645 "2013-04-19T07:03:14Z")
Skolnik repeats only one accounted for, the other still at large. ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/646 "2013-04-19T07:06:14Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Unconfirmed suspect names: > > Suspect 1: Mike Mulugeta Suspect 2: Sunil Tripathi > > Unclear which is which. Skolnik mentioned something about one of them being a missing student from Brown… Sunil Tripathi is the name of the missing Brown University student…he would have to be “Suspect 1” in the black hat…but I don’t think the pictures of the missing student look like the FBI pictures released (the newest frontal views) ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/647 "2013-04-19T07:06:42Z")
Foot pursuit of second suspect, calling for SWAT backup. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/648 "2013-04-19T07:06:59Z")
Now they got a note from the State Police, and wouldn’t read it. They’re showing video of naked guy. Believed to be associated with MIT shooting. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/649 "2013-04-19T07:07:15Z")
CNN is showing a video of a naked man being led into a police vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/650 "2013-04-19T07:08:31Z")
I’m reading on Twitter that one of the suspects was identified on the scanner as Sunil Tripathi, the missing Brown student. Did anyone hear this? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/651 "2013-04-19T07:08:37Z")
> [@edwards\_beard](#): > > Sunil Tripathi is the name of the missing Brown University student…he would have to be “Suspect 1” in the black hat…but I don’t think the pictures of the missing student look like the FBI pictures released (the newest frontal views) We were discussing that this evening. We didn’t think a Brown student could make a working bomb. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/652 "2013-04-19T07:10:41Z")
> [@chizzuk](#): > > I’m reading on Twitter that one of the suspects was identified on the scanner as Sunil Tripathi, the missing Brown student. Did anyone hear this? Facebook report is all I could find. Discussed that possibility with my wife this evening. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/653 "2013-04-19T07:15:11Z")
That possibility had crossed my mind. I think a lot of people considered it. ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/654 "2013-04-19T07:15:50Z")
If one of the suspects really is Sunil Tripathi, does that give any background on how long this may have been planned? He is originally from PA and has been missing since March 16 ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/655 "2013-04-19T07:16:47Z")
> [@chizzuk](#): > > I’m reading on Twitter that one of the suspects was identified on the scanner as Sunil Tripathi, the missing Brown student. Did anyone hear this? Michael Skolnik tweeted names of suspects: Suspect 1: Mike Mulugeta Suspect 2: Sunil Tripathi ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/656 "2013-04-19T07:17:06Z")
TV station keeps reporting suspect dead at hospital. [http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive](http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive) ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/657 "2013-04-19T07:17:57Z")
[https://twitter.com/sethmnookin](https://twitter.com/sethmnookin) > [@](#): > > Seth Mnookin ‏@sethmnookin 1m > > Two metro swat trucks just tore through police tape, followed by “Tell him to turn off his fucking siren.” ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/658 "2013-04-19T07:20:11Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > TV station keeps reporting suspect dead at hospital. [http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive](http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive) Earlier there were tweets about a “Code Black” at hospital, and speculation that it meant suspect was dead. ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/659 "2013-04-19T07:20:45Z")
wcvb is interviewing a girl that lives in watertown near all the commotion and she said she heard the police saying suspect 1 was killed. When she asked them if that’s what they really said…they wouldn’t say anything else. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2013, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781/660 "2013-04-19T07:27:30Z")
[http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive](http://www1.whdh.com/video/7newslive) WHDH is now reporting that one suspect has died. ETA: Also saying that there may be a suspect holed up in a house. I’m confused as to how many suspects there are. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explosions-at-boston-marathon/655781.md?page=34)