Boston police: Bombing suspect is in custody

April 19, 2013 at 7:54 p.m.

by The Associated Press

Law enforcement search for the 19-year-old suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the Boston Marathon bombings, Friday, April 19, 2013, in Watertown, Mass. Tsarnaev was taken into custody shortly before 9 p.m. EST.
Law enforcement search for the 19-year-old suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the Boston Marathon bombings, Friday, April 19, 2013, in Watertown, Mass. Tsarnaev was taken into custody shortly before 9 p.m. EST.

WATERTOWN, Mass. — Boston Police say a 19-year-old college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings is in custody after a manhunt that left the city virtually paralyzed and his older brother and accomplice dead.

Police announced via Twitter that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was in custody. His brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan, was killed Friday in a furious attempt to escape police.

The brothers are suspects in Monday's marathon bombings, which killed three people and wounded more than 180 others. The men are also suspected of killing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer in his vehicle late Thursday.

Authorities in Boston had suspended all mass transit and warned close to 1 million people in the entire city and some of its suburbs to stay indoors as the hunt for the remaining suspect went on.

Read Saturday's Arkansas-Democrat-Gazette for more details.

Boston Marathon explosions

Video available

A series of explosions at the Boston Marathon killed two people and injured several on April 15, 2013.

Watch Video

Upcoming Events