I’m going to try to update this as carefully as I can. Going from scattered reports, the situation that began at MIT appears to have expanded toward Watertown. Seems to be a very complicated situation involving police from multiple police municipalities. There’s too much ‘fog of war’ uncertainty to say more with any certainty. Would recommended following the Twitter feed of The Tech (MIT student paper). Wesley Lowery (Globe). Eric Moskowitz (Globe).
Late Update – 1:06 AM: Chaotic surreal situation unfolding north of Boston. Gunfire and explosions in Watertown, the town just west of Cambridge.
At one point police officers screamed that they feared IEDs, no explosions where I am but officers here were horrified. #MITShooting
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) April 19, 2013
Horrifying silence right now. Cops have largely left this area and run further toward alleged explosions/shootout
— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) April 19, 2013