Women cheer after the arrest of a suspect of the Boston Marathon bombings in Watertown, Mass., Friday, April 19, 2013. Two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing killed an MIT police officer, injured a transit officer in a firefight and threw explosive devices at police during their getaway attempt. AP
WATERTOWN, Massachusetts — Celebrations erupted in Boston and beyond as the capture of the remaining marathon bombing suspect was announced in a tweet from police.
In the neighborhood where 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev engaged in a firefight with police while hiding out in a parked boat, dozens of people at a police barricade cheered and applauded as law enforcement officers and emergency responders left the scene.
Tsarnaev was taken to a hospital after his capture Friday night.
The jubilation was widespread. The mayor of Boston tweeted, “We got him!” And in New York City, at the home of the Mets baseball team, fans leapt to their feet and cheered.