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Boston Marathon killer pictured walking calmly away from scene of horror



A new image has emerged of the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings calmly walking away from the scene of carnage. The image taken by Florida businessman David Green emerged just hours after the FBI lodged an appeal to identify two suspects behind the attacks that killed three and injured over 180.

His picture shows runners and spectators fleeing in panic around the suspect, closely resembling the man identified by officials as Suspect Number Two, who is wearing a white basketball cap and a dark hooded sweatshirt.

Mr Green has spoken to the FBI and told the New York Times and CNN's Piers Morgan that agents believe the man is Suspect Number Two.


He said agents had contacted him and requested copies of the photo. He told the Times: 'I have spoken to several agents and they have got the photos, they are picking up material from me, and I don’t think there’s any doubt.'


Earlier on Thursday, the FBI launched a hunt for two 'armed and extremely dangerous' men now considered suspects in Monday's deadly Boston bombings - as it was revealed they stayed to watch the carnage unleashed by the twin blasts.

The earlier images, released by the FBI, show the as-yet unidentified men walking in single file toward the finishing line of the race eastward along Boylston Street at 2:37pm, approximately 13 minutes before the twin detonations which came 12 seconds apart. Hours after the initial photos were made public, investigators released closeup shots on Friday morning of the two suspects that more clearly show the men's faces.


Mr Green captured the astonishingly clear photo with his iPhone at 2:50pm on Monday, as he ran toward the site of the first blast.


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Chaos: In a photograph captured by David Green, a man closely resembling suspect Number Two in the Boston Marathon bombings (pictured far left in a white baseball cap) is seen calmly walking away from the scene










Early on Friday morning, the FBI released closeup shots of Suspect Number One (left) and Suspect Number Two (right)







This photo (right) released by the FBI early Friday April 19, 2013, shows what the FBI is calling the suspects together, walking through the crowd in Boston on Monday


Clearer shot: David Green, 49, captured this picture with his iPhone likely of the man identified by the FBI as Suspect Number Two, as Green faced east on the corner of Fairfield and Boylston Streets, shortly after the Boston Marathon blasts






Comparison: Suspect Number Two is seen in surveillance footage from the FBI released on Thursday (left). The man closely resembling that suspect is seen (right) in a clearer image released by a man who had competed in the Boston Marathon and captured the picture as he ran toward the site of the blast





The married 49-year-old, who is the CEO of an athletic apparel company, had competed in the marathon and finished the race at around 1:40pm.


It was the first time he had competed in the race.

He was in search of friends who were cheering for him in the crowd when the blasts occurred, he told CNN's Piers Morgan on Thursday night.


As he ran toward the scene of the blast, he captured just one picture with remarkable clarity.


After the explosions, Mr Green posted the photo to his Facebook page and also contacted the FBI on Monday, alerting them to the scene he had captured on his smartphone.


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On Thursday, after officials released the photos of the main suspects in the Boston bombings, one of Mr Green's friends contacted him and noted the resemblance to the man in Green's photograph and the picture of Suspect Number Two released by the FBI.


Earlier on Thursday, FBI Special Agent Richard DesLauriers spoke at a press conference to release photos of two men identified as 'suspect one' and 'suspect two' from surveillance footage near the blast site.


Suspect one is dressed in dark clothes, a baseball cap and wearing sunglasses, while suspect two is clearly wearing a white baseball cap on backwards - both are seen in the images with back packs on.

Originally, Mr Green thought that his photograph also included the man referred to as Suspect Number One, who was wearing a black baseball hat, a dark hooded jacket and khaki pants.


Though there is a man wearing khaki pants in Mr Green's picture, who is seen next to a woman in a pink jacket, the man in his picture is wearing a red jacket and is not believed to be the suspect being hunted down by the FBI.



Wanted: Suspect One (pictured back in khakis and a black hat) and Suspect Two (pictured front in a white hat and backpack) are the main suspects in the Monday bombings



Captured on camera: Suspects One (left) and Two (back right) who are wanted for questioning in relation to the Boston Marathon bombing of April 15th were revealed in this handout photo during an FBI news conference today









Boston bombing suspects, Tsarnaev brothers, caught on video





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Images of suspect number one (left) and suspect number two (right) were released by the FBI on Thursday at a press conference held in Boston


















'I have spoken to several agents,' Mr Green, who is from Jacksonville Beach, Fla. told the New York Times.

'They have got the photos, they are picking up material from me, and I don’t think there's any doubt,' he said.


During his interview with CNN, Mr Morgan also probed about the authenticity of the photo.

FBI officials 'told me it looks like a good picture,' he said.


After Mr Green's photograph was published, a federal investigator in Boston told the MailOnline that officials would not comment on the credibility of photographs other than the earlier pictures released by the FBI.

The Florida resident told Piers Morgan that he is still numb from his experience in New England earlier this week.


'I was incapable of helping anybody. It was well beyond anything I had seen or knew how to deal with,' he said.


'It all happened very fast, there was a lot of screaming and a lot of noise.'

As he sorts through the emotional impact of the experience he said it brings him some relief knowing that a simple photograph could possibly help investigators locate the perpetrators of the horrific attack.


'I hope if it helps solve this case, [it could] in a way redeem what I couldn't do at the site,' he told the CNN host.


In the photo taken by Mr Green, the man who appears to be Suspect Number Two is not wearing a backpack in the aftermath of the blast. He noted that a closeup of the photograph shows how the side of the suspect's hat has a number 3 emblazoned on the side.


Previously, commentators had speculated it appeared that the number on the hat could have been a 7.



This combination of Associated Press file images released by the FBI on Thursday show two images taken from surveillance video of what the FBI are calling suspect number 1, (left), in black cap,and suspect number 2, (right), in a white cap

Agent DesLauriers confirmed there are images of suspect two placing a backpack on the floor at the site of the second explosion 'within minutes' of the blast - but the FBI declined to show this sequence as specific details about it may be important for future questioning.

Making a direct appeal to the public, agent DesLauriers asked for any information, however insignificant that could lead to them identifying and eventually speaking to these individuals who are wanted in connection with the terror attack which killed three and injured over 180 people.


DesLauriers said investigators were particularly interested in interviewing witnesses who were in front of the Forum restaurant, site of the second blast.

He also cautioned the public not to approach the two men, even if they think they identify them.

'We consider them to be armed and extremely dangerous, No one should approach them, do not apprehend them,' said DesLauriers.

'Do not take any action on your own. If you see these men, contact law enforcement.'

The bombings that killed three people and wounded over 180 began a week of security scares that rattled the United States and evoked memories of the September 11, 2001 hijacked plane attacks.


Members of the media photograph images released by investigators of suspects in the two explosions during the Boston Marathon, at a news conference in Boston


Did the suspects stay to watch what they had done:

Both men carried backpacks that were believed to contain the bombs. The man identified as suspect number one wore a dark baseball cap. suspect number two wore a white cap backwards and was seen setting down his backpack on the ground, agent DesLauriers said.


According to FBI sources who have spoken to CNN, still unreleased footage reveals that the suspects stayed at the scene to watch the devastation the two blasts created.


'When the bombs blow up, when most people are running away and victims were lying on the ground, the two suspects walk away pretty casually,' said the official to CNN, who has seen the unreleased video.


'They acted differently than everyone else,' he added.

What is the Significance of what the Two Men were Wearing - Internet pore's over their attire

Internet users immediately began scrutinizing the mens' clothing and backpacks on Reddit, and within minutes, one user had identified the cap on one of the suspects as a Bridgestone Golf hat, available at Walmart.com for $14.99.


The black hat has distinct white markings and a logo above the brim that looks identical to the Bridgestone hat.


The hat on the second suspect has proven more difficult to identify.


The suspect wore the white cap backwards in the images and the logo on the front is only visible for a split second on a grainy video.


There appears to be a number - possible a '7' - on the side of the hat.


Some on Reddit suggested that it could be a Polo Ralph Lauren Hat - the markings are similar to one that's available online for around $30 - but that hat only comes with the number '3' on the side.


'Today we are enlisting the public's help to identify the two suspects,' Richard DesLauriers, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's special agent in charge in Boston, told a news conference.


'Somebody out there knows these individuals as friends, neighbors, co-workers or family members of the suspects. Though it may be difficult, the nation is counting on those with information to come forward and provide it to us,' said DesLauriers while cautioning that they were considered armed and dangerous.


Investigators hoped the men would be identifiable within hours of the release of the pictures and video, a national security official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.


Law enforcement were looking at the men for some period of time before deciding to make the videos public, and they had extensive video and still pictures to justify the FBI decision to label the two men as suspects, the official said.


This image released by the FBI on Thursday, April 18, 2013, shows in a image from video what the FBI are calling 'Suspect Number One', front left, in black cap, and 'Suspect Number 2, in white cap, (back right)

Mingling with the thousands of spectators: How the two men made their way through the crowd raising no suspicion.

Investigators were looking at the men for some period of time before deciding to make the videos public, and they had extensive video and still pictures to justify the FBI decision to label the two men as suspects one official said.


But through intensive viewings, the FBI concluded that the two men were associated with each - as they strolled calmly through the crowd.


The two men are seen walking together in an eastwardly direction at the intersection of Boylston and Gloucester Streets within proximity of the finish line at 14.37 - exactly 13-minutes before the twin blasts at the marathon.


Suspect one, dressed in a black baseball cap and khaki-colored trousers is around five paces ahead of suspect two, who is wearing a white baseball cap backwards, with a grey hoody underneath a black coat black pants.


In grabs taken from video, the two suspects, who appear to be in the early to mid-twenties, do not talk to each other, but move in the same direction with backpacks hanging off their shoulders.


The footage shows suspect two place down his backpack at the scene of the second explosion just in front of the Forum restaraunt and then move back down Boylston Street in a westward direction.


Suspect one is seen moving through the marathon crowd toward the finish line and scene of the first blast - without suspect two who has disappeared from police view.


Video of suspect two planting his device exists, but the FBI has chosen not to release it because were the media to repeatedly show the suspects leaving the bomb, it might cause some people to overreact if they came into contact with them.


In the new images released by the FBI - the as yet-unidentified men known as suspect one and suspect two - are first seen walking in single file along Boylston Street after turning at the intersection of Gloucester. Suspect number two wearing a white hat was seen setting down a backpack at the site of the second explosion at the Forum restaurant

Was a timer used or were the blasts triggered using a cell phone?

In the hours since the photographs were released, speculation has centered on one of the images which reportedly shows suspect two with a cell phone to his ear.


ABC News quoted authorities as saying that they believe a mobile phone device was used to trigger one of the Boston marathon explosions.


A senior law enforcement official said that a 'Massive effort was underway to capture every cell phone call in that local area at the time of the bombings.


And that 'Attempting to trace the call back to the bomber is a time consuming process, but a top top priority.'


However, a law enforcement source told CNN that despite a belief that the bombs were detonated by remote control, the bombs were probably detonated by timers.


However, The FBI has said details of the detonating system are still unknown.


How the Boston bombing victim in iconic photo helped identify attackers

Jeff Bauman, whose legs were blown away in the first explosion, told investigators that he stared right into the eyes of the man who tried to kill him.


Bauman lost both his legs below the kneww in the blast and a picture of him in a wheelchair, pale and bloodied was broadcast around the world.


But just before 2.50 p.m. on Monday, Bauman was waiting in the crowd for his girlfriend to cross the finish line when a man wearing a cap, sunglasses and a black jacket over a hooded sweatshirt looked at Jeff, 27, and dropped a bag at his feet.


Two and a half minutes later the bag exploded - destroying Jeff's legs - but Jeff had seen a man who matched suspect one's description.


'He woke up under so much drugs, asked for a paper and pen and wrote, ‘bag, saw the guy, looked right at me,’ Chris Bauman said yesterday in an interview given to Bloomberg.


However, despite his severely medicated state, Jeff managed to give an interview and description to the FBI - which helped them narrow down the man they were looking for.

At least one other person of interest who featured in crime scene pictures had been ruled out as a suspect. Also ruled out earlier in the week was a Saudi student who was injured in the attacks, the official said.

The images were released hours after President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attended an interfaith service at a Roman Catholic cathedral in Boston to remember the three people killed and more than 180 wounded in the twin blasts Monday at the marathon finish line.



The break in the investigation came just days after the attack that tore off limbs, shattered windows and raised the specter of another terrorist attack on U.S. soil. FBI photo-analysis specialists have been analyzing a mountain of surveillance footage and amateur pictures and video for clues to who carried out the attack and why.




Find these men: FBI reveal Boston Bombing suspects








FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard DesLauriers and JTTF officials unveil images depicting two suspects in their investigation in Boston, Massachusetts, in a dramatic press conference on Thursday afternoon





Map showing the Boston crime scene perimeter where experts are trying to piece together the clues left behind the deadly marathon explosion

Generally, law enforcement agencies release photos of suspects only as a last resort, when they need the public's help in identifying or capturing someone.

Releasing photos can be a mixed bag: It can tip off a suspect and deny police the element of surprise. It can also trigger an avalanche of tips, forcing police to waste valuable time chasing them down.

Within moments of the announcement, the FBI website crashed, perhaps because of a crush of visitors.

In the images, both men appear to be wearing dark jackets. Suspect 1 appears to be wearing a backpack. The planting of the backpack is not depicted in the video footage that was made public.

The FBI made no mention of the men's height, weight or age range and would not discuss the men's ethnicity.

'It would be inappropriate to comment on the ethnicity of the men because it could lead people down the wrong path potentially,' said FBI agent Greg Comcowich, a spokesman for the Boston FBI office.

The information on the first suspect was developed within a day or so before its release, DesLauriers said. Agent Daniel Curtin said the FBI did not issue the photos earlier because authorities wanted to be meticulous: 'It's important to get it right.'

At the Cathedral of the Holy Cross earlier in the day, Obama declared to the people of Boston: 'Your resolve is the greatest rebuke to whoever committed this heinous act.' He spoke in almost mocking terms of those who commit such violence.

'We finish the race, and we do that because of who we are,' the president said to applause. 'And that's what the perpetrators of such senseless violence - these small, stunted individuals who would destroy instead of build and think somehow that makes them important - that's what they don't understand.'

'We will find you,' he warned those behind the attack.

Seven victims remained in critical condition. Killed were 8-year-old Martin Richard of Boston, 29-year-old restaurant manager Krystle Campbell of Medford, Mass., and Lu Lingzi, a 23-year-old Boston University graduate student from China.

Horrific Scene: The aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing on Monday evening in the city



Video and photos recovered in the investigation are being examined and enhanced by an FBI unit called the Operational Technologies Division, said Joe DiZinno, former director of the FBI lab in Quantico, Va.

Investigators are looking at video frame by frame - a laborious process, though one aided by far more sophisticated facial recognition technology than is commercially available, forensic specialists said.

'When you have something that is this high-profile, they are going to use every available resource that they have,' said former Miami federal prosecutor Melissa Damian Visconti.

The investigation will probably collect about a million hours of videotape from fixed security cameras and cellphones and cameras used by spectators, said Gene Grindstaff, a scientist at Intergraph Corp., a Huntsville, Ala., company that makes video analysis software used by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies.

But after years of investigating terrorist incidents and other crimes, the FBI is practiced at cataloging, categorizing and analyzing such evidence and will winnow it down dramatically, he said.

'Back in the days of 20 years ago, you were lucky if you had video and it was probably of poor quality and it took a tremendous amount of enhancement. Today you have a completely different issue,' Grindstaff said.



Injured people and debris lie on the sidewalk near the Boston Marathon finish line following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013



Investigators can set the video analysis software so that it automatically searches for certain types of objects or people matching a height and weight description. The software can also spot patterns that analysts might not notice, such as a certain car that turns up in different places, Grindstaff said.

DiZinno, who ran the FBI lab from 2007 to 2010, said any retrieved bomb components such as the pressure cookers, shrapnel and pieces of timers or wire will be closely examined for fingerprints, DNA, hairs and fibers.

The bomb components would be traced by figuring out the item's maker, where each piece is typically purchased and whether the device resembles any bombs the FBI has seen in past attacks. The FBI lab keeps a detailed file on past bombings, including many overseas attacks.

'Let's say there was a timer,' DiZinno said. 'Was there a serial number? Who was the manufacturer? That can provide leads for investigators.'

The press conference held at 5pm on Thursday was the first time in over 24 hours that federal officials released any information about the case.


Minutes before the long-awaited briefing, the local Boston FOX affiliate released a picture of a person that they believe is the possible second bomber.

The station said that they confirmed the photo was confirmed by the FBI.


Earlier on Thursday, high school student Salah Barhoum denied being involved in the bombing after much speculation about images of the 17-year-old track star standing next to his reported coach, who was wearing a white baseball cap.

Barhoum spoke to MailOnline, saying that as soon as he saw his picture circulating online, he went to speak to police on his own accord and was cleared of any charges relating to the fatal bombing that killed three people and injured more than 180 others.

Since late Wednesday night, no further clarification was announced about the on-going investigation in spite of multiple reports that police had clear images of two potential suspects.

There was no reason given for their reticence in handing the picture out to media outlets throughout the day on Thursday.

According to CBS News senior correspondent John Miller the big debate right now among law enforcement is whether to release the images of the men to the public.

'It's been a tough call,' said Miller. 'For investigators, there's always a difficult choice because if the person doesn't know you're looking for him, he may stay in place, you may catch up to him,' said Miller.

'If he does know you're looking for him, he may run. On the other hand, if you don't get him, it's always great to enlist 20 million or so more eyes in the public who may be able to give you a location right away.

'That's not going to happen tonight anymore. It was going to happen earlier- they've rethought that. It may happen with the release of that picture tomorrow. They're reassessing.'

At this point, investigators have been sifting through masses of images, gathered by either civilian fan footage and multiple surveillance cameras in the area.Anyone with any information regarding the two suspects is urged to call the FBI on 1800 222 5324

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