Any responsible individuals, any responsible groups, will feel the full weight of justice. April 16, - Obama, speaking at the White House, describes the bombings as an act of terrorism. Officials confirm that there were only two bombs, despite earlier reports that other unexploded devices had been found. Authorities, including bomb experts, search an apartment in Revere, Massachusetts, and remove items.
Officials caution that there are no clear suspects and the motive remains unknown. April 17, - A federal law enforcement official tells CNN that the lid to a pressure cooker thought to have been used in the bombings has been found on a rooftop at the scene. Purported miscommunication between government officials lead several news organizations, including CNN, to report prematurely that a suspect has been arrested and is in custody.
April 18, - Attorney Kenneth Feinberg, an expert on victim compensation, is announced as the administrator of the One Fund Boston, a fund to assist individuals affected by the attacks. At a press conference, the FBI releases pictures of the suspects they are seeking in connection with the bombings. The suspects are later identified as brothers, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Late in the evening, Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier is shot and killed on campus.
Soon after, Tsarnaev brothers carjack a driver in Cambridge. The driver is released about 30 minutes later. As the police chase them, Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev throw explosives out the windows and exchange gunfire with officers. Tamerlan is wounded and later dies at Beth Israel Hospital. He had bullet wounds and injuries from an explosion, according to officials. April 19, - Boston police identify the bombers as Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, brothers from Cambridge, Massachusetts.
They are of Chechen origin and legally immigrated to the United States. Tamerlan is identified as the person killed in the encounter with police while Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a student at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, remains at large.
Throughout the day, hundreds of law enforcement officers go door-to-door on 20 streets in Watertown, looking for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who authorities believe is still in Massachusetts. Boston-area residents are asked by authorities to stay inside as the hunt continues for Tsarnaev.
Between 6 and 7 p. Law enforcement agents later take Tsarnaev into custody. He is hospitalized in serious condition. April 22, - Tsarnaev is charged with one count of using and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death and one count of malicious destruction of property by means of an explosive device resulting in death. May 1, - Three year-olds are arrested in connection with the bombings.
The three men are accused of helping Dzhokhar Tsarnaev after the bombing. Federal prosecutors say Azamat Tazhayakov, Dias Kadyrbayev, and Robel Phillipos took items from Tsarnaev's dorm room after the bombing to throw investigators off their friend's trail.
Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev are foreign nationals charged with obstruction of justice. Tsarnaev will spend the rest of his life in jail regardless of the Supreme Court's judgement. Who is Dzhokhar Tsarnaev? Rolling Stone defends Boston cover.
Death sentence for Boston bomber. Image source, Boston Globe via Getty Images. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his elder brother Tamerlan planted bombs close to the finish line of the Boston Marathon on 15 April Rolling Stone defends Boston bomb suspect cover.
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A jury in found Tsarnaev guilty of all 30 counts he faced and later determined he deserved execution for a bomb he planted that killed 8-year-old Martin Richard and year-old Chinese exchange student Lingzi Lu. Restaurant manager Krystle Campbell, 29, was also killed. Bill and Denise Richard, whose son Martin was the youngest fatality in the attack, in a statement printed on the front page of the Boston Globe in had asked the U.
Department of Justice to drop its pursuit of the death penalty, saying it would only prolong their pain. On the day of his sentencing, Tsarnaev admitted his crimes. Legal News Updated.
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