A Watertown resident was live Tweeting events and photos from the shootout, which happened right outside his room and has continued to throughout the day as law enforcement and helicopters swarm his neighborhood.
Below are his Tweets which give those of us not in Watertown an incredible insider’s viewpoint of events as they unfolded. We have taken the liberty of putting them in order from the first Tweet to the last one to make it easy to view them in order as events unfolded.
Shoot out outside my room in Watertown. 62 Laurel st. #mit #boston #shooting twitter.com/AKitz/status/3…
— Andrew Kitzenberg (@AKitz) April 19, 2013
Shoot out with 5 minutes of gun fire and pressure cooker bomb. #mit #boston #shooting #bombs twitter.com/AKitz/status/3…
— Andrew Kitzenberg (@AKitz) April 19, 2013
PD claiming IED’s on the street. Everyone stay off of laurel st. #mit #boston #shooting #bomb
— Andrew Kitzenberg (@AKitz) April 19, 2013
Crashed cop car with all windows shot out in our driveway #mit #boston #shooting twitter.com/AKitz/status/3…
— Andrew Kitzenberg (@AKitz) April 19, 2013
Green accord license: 116GC7 involvedin shooting. Crashed cop car windows shot out. 62 laurel #mitshooting #boston twitter.com/AKitz/status/3…
— Andrew Kitzenberg (@AKitz) April 19, 2013
Dark video of black Benz in shoot out with Watertown on laurel st PD #mitshooting #boston #mityfrog.us/1fu2xpnryybxwj…
— Andrew Kitzenberg (@AKitz) April 19, 2013
Site of the bomb explosion on laurel st. bomb detectors are out #mitshooting #boston #mit twitter.com/AKitz/status/3…
— Andrew Kitzenberg (@AKitz) April 19, 2013
Backpacks left on laurel st. Bomb squad is out #mit #mitshooting #boston twitter.com/AKitz/status/3…
— Andrew Kitzenberg (@AKitz) April 19, 2013
#mit #mitshooting #boston twitter.com/AKitz/status/3…
— Andrew Kitzenberg (@AKitz) April 19, 2013
A dozen officer going into our yard at 62 laurel st. #mitshooting #mit #boston twitter.com/AKitz/status/3…
— Andrew Kitzenberg (@AKitz) April 19, 2013
Ongoing search on laurel st #mitshooting #mit #boston twitter.com/AKitz/status/3…
— Andrew Kitzenberg (@AKitz) April 19, 2013
Bullet hole through our wall and the chair on the second floor, slug beside #mitshooting #mit #boston twitter.com/AKitz/status/3…
— Andrew Kitzenberg (@AKitz) April 19, 2013
Bullet hole through our wall and the chair #mitshooting #mit #boston twitter.com/AKitz/status/3…
— Andrew Kitzenberg (@AKitz) April 19, 2013
Bomb squad robot inspecting the back seat of the sedan #mitshooting #mit #boston twitter.com/AKitz/status/3…
— Andrew Kitzenberg (@AKitz) April 19, 2013
Bomb squad robot and body suit are inspecting the vehicle #mitshooting #mit #boston twitter.com/AKitz/status/3…
— Andrew Kitzenberg (@AKitz) April 19, 2013
The bomb squad has gone through the backpacks #mitshooting #mit #boston twitter.com/AKitz/status/3…
— Andrew Kitzenberg (@AKitz) April 19, 2013
Swat is out on laurel st.#mitshooting #boston #mit twitter.com/AKitz/status/3…
— Andrew Kitzenberg (@AKitz) April 19, 2013
Evacuated from our apartment by military with assault weapons around 6 We’re all safe #terrifying #mitshooting #mit twitter.com/AKitz/status/3…
— Andrew Kitzenberg (@AKitz) April 19, 2013
Officer are searching on oak st, just a block from laurel st. #mitshooting #mit #Boston twitter.com/AKitz/status/3…
— Andrew Kitzenberg (@AKitz) April 19, 2013
Taking coverage in the neighbors house on oak st. Cops searching all around us. #mitshooting #Boston #mit twitter.com/AKitz/status/3…
— Andrew Kitzenberg (@AKitz) April 19, 2013
Suspect may be in 18 oak st. Next door to us. 9 brave people in a basement #mitshooting #mit #Boston twitter.com/AKitz/status/3…
— Andrew Kitzenberg (@AKitz) April 19, 2013
Evacuated for the 2nd time out of a house on oak st. Laurel st. is still off limits #mitshooting #mit #Boston twitter.com/AKitz/status/3…
— Andrew Kitzenberg (@AKitz) April 19, 2013
The black hawks are here #mitshooting #mit #Bostonyfrog.us/f52ezazrhdaiyk…
— Andrew Kitzenberg (@AKitz) April 19, 2013
Just got back into our apt on laurel. And we are hearing reports that they have captured the suspect #unconfirmed #mitshooting #mit #boston
— Andrew Kitzenberg (@AKitz) April 19, 2013
After a long and terrifying day, happy to say we’re all feeling safe now that the suspect is captured!! #mitshooting #mit #BostonStrong
— Andrew Kitzenberg (@AKitz) April 20, 2013
Happy to be safe, now with friends and smiling!!!
Samuel is a writer, social activist, and all-around troublemaker.
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