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'The Hunt Is Over:' Police Apprehend Marathon Bombing Suspect

NPR

Police tweet: "CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over. The search is done. The terror is over. And justice has won. Suspect in custody."
 

Key Developments:

— After a massive manhunt that locked down most of the Boston metropolitan area, police apprehended Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, whom the FBI had identified as suspect 2 in the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon.

— His older brother, Tamerlan, was killed in a gun exchange early Friday.

— The two are ethnic Chechnyans, though relatives say they lived much of their lives in Kyrgyzstan and the U.S.

— They are also suspected in the shooting death of an MIT university police officer.
 

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David Luckin joined WJCT as a development producer in 2000, bringing with him 19 years’ experience as a Jacksonville news photographer and a lifelong passion for music. The New York native hosted his first local music program at Gainesville’s NPR affiliate while earning his degree at the University of Florida.