# Gun battle with the Tsarnaevs: Close-up photos! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-battle-with-the-tsarnaevs-close-up-photos/656516 "2013-04-23T18:24:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-battle-with-the-tsarnaevs-close-up-photos/656516/1 "2013-04-23T18:24:09Z")
Things that make you go :eek:. Some dude who lives just above the spot where the Tsarnaev brothers shot it out with the police had the bright idea to stick his head up and take [pictures](http://www.getonhand.com/blogs/news/7743337-boston-bombing-suspect-shootout-pictures) of the ongoing gun battle. Fortunately, he survived, but this was absurdly foolhardy – note the picture toward the end showing the bullet hole where a shot came through the wall and punctured his roommate’s desk chair. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-battle-with-the-tsarnaevs-close-up-photos/656516/2 "2013-04-23T19:31:00Z")
I don’t see no steenkin’ pitchurs! ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-battle-with-the-tsarnaevs-close-up-photos/656516/3 "2013-04-23T19:36:21Z")
The cops must have jump this guy. He took the pics down. deadspin reposted them 😃 > **[The First Photos Of The Boston Bombing Suspects' Shootout With Police](https://deadspin.com/the-first-photos-of-the-boston-bombing-suspects-shooto-477881348)** > > Andrew Kitzenberg lives on Laurel Street, in Watertown, Mass. On Friday morning, just before 1 a.m., he heard a series of pops from outside his window. The Boston Marathon bombing suspects, Tamarlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, were engaging in a wild... ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-battle-with-the-tsarnaevs-close-up-photos/656516/4 "2013-04-23T19:52:00Z")
Any previous misconception that Dzhokhar was some kind of a passive participant just went out the window. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-battle-with-the-tsarnaevs-close-up-photos/656516/5 "2013-04-23T20:43:14Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Any previous misconception that Dzhokhar was some kind of a passive participant just went out the window. Has that ever been the case seeing as there were two bombs and they are both shown carrying backpacks? That seems pretty active participant to me. What I have heard is that the older brother was more the ring-leader and converted his younger bro. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-battle-with-the-tsarnaevs-close-up-photos/656516/6 "2013-04-23T21:31:39Z")
He sold them. They are available on the British site mentioned in the comments. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-battle-with-the-tsarnaevs-close-up-photos/656516/7 "2013-04-24T02:32:22Z")
> [@SmellMyWort](#): > > Has that ever been the case seeing as there were two bombs and they are both shown carrying backpacks? That seems pretty active participant to me. What I have heard is that the older brother was more the ring-leader and converted his younger bro. His parents both say they were framed, so it’s clearly true that they were. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-battle-with-the-tsarnaevs-close-up-photos/656516/8 "2013-04-24T09:05:51Z")
whoever designed that site should be beaten with reeds. my nexus tablet- with its 2560x1600 display- gets served the mobile version of the page. which is a narrow strip along the left edge complete with a fake iOS look to it.