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Second Boston Bombing Suspect Captured

Staff Reporters |
April 19, 2013 | 4:15 p.m. PDT

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was arrested on Friday. (via Twitter)
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was arrested on Friday. (via Twitter)
The second Boston Marathon bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was captured Friday evening in Watertown, Mass. His condition is unclear but he is believed to be wounded.

Boston CBS affiliate, WBZ-TV reported that police surrounded Tsarnaev hiding on a boat.

Tsarnaev, 19, had been on the run since early Friday morning after a firefight with police that killed his brother and fellow bombing suspect, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26. 

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ran over his wounded brother as he fled from police, The Boston Globe reported. Prior to hiding on the boat, the suspect had eluded a dragnet, abandoned the car he was driving and escaped on foot.

According to CNBC, a Watertown resident noticed blood on the cover of her trailered boat, parked in her backyard, and called police. Authorities arrived after thermal imaging showed someone was hiding inside.

The ninteen-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is now recieving medical treatment. Residents of Boston have been given official clearance to leave their homes and travel the town normally. Many individuals in the area have taken to the street in celebration of the arrest.

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